Kevin White: Still manages to step on his dick

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:03 pm

I could have added this to my earlier rant about Kevin White, but we're lacking for new topics and this deserved it's own special post.

Even when White tries to make a connection with the ND fan base, he still manages to step on his dick and let the pussy that he truly is shine through. Note the parts I bolded. I couldn't agree more with the first statement, and then he follows that up with his loser/pussy opinion on the schedule. Fuck you, Kev.

White: Notre Dame returning to Rockne barnstorming era

TOM COYNE
Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame's decision to schedule a game each season at neutral sites starting in 2009 is an attempt to return the school to its independent roots, athletic director Kevin White said Tuesday.

White said the goal is to travel to different parts of the country and ensure that the only school with a national television contract remains a nationwide school. He said it would help with recruiting and give more Fighting Irish fans a chance to see the team play.

Division I football will go to a 12-game schedule for all schools beginning this season.

"I think over time we've really begun to behave like a wannabe conference member," White said. "I think it was real important for us to go back to our roots and behave more like an independent - go back to the coach Rockne barnstorming era if you will."
The game is a sign that Notre Dame is moving further away from possibly affiliating with a conference, White said.

He said the games aren't truly neutral-site games, but home contests played away from South Bend. They will not be against what White described as "heavyweights."

"We have enough heavyweights on the schedule," he said. "We need to have a schedule that's conducive to success."

He said the university is negotiating to play in Jacksonville and Orlando, Fla., New Orleans and Dallas. The school is looking at existing bowl-game organizations to help stage the contests.

"It's really not a bad idea for Notre Dame to have relationships with lots of different entities," White said.

White, who has been inaccessible to the media in recent months, met informally with reporters for 90 minutes Tuesday to discus a wide range of issues, including upgrading university facilities, his decision to give football coach Charlie Weis a new 10-year contract and football scheduling.

Some Notre Dame fans have criticized the team's upcoming schedules, saying they are not as tough as they have been. White said he is not trying to put together the nation's most difficult schedule.

"We need to schedule in a way it puts us in a position to win national championships. We could have a great football team and schedule ourselves out of a championship. You can schedule yourself in, you can schedule yourself out," he said. "The last time I checked, the most important thing here is to try to win national championships. That's what we're trying to do."

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Wed May 17, 2006 12:07 am

Cant believe he admitted that out load.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:26 am

What year was ND going to be playing a few Big East teams per season?

buckeye_in_sc · Post by **buckeye_in_sc** » Wed May 17, 2006 12:59 pm

so I guess we can kiss a future tOSU vs ND game goodbye?

I guess we will just have to pound you guys in bowl games? :D

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:14 pm

E-fucking-gads.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:17 pm

And yet...this isn't all that different from Tim Curley's act at PSU. These guys couldn't be happier than when they're looking at 4-5 cupcakes on the schedule. Some folks in the fanbase are actually football fans, not spreadsheet fans.

Please please don't kill the sport I love, assholes.

Jimmy Medalions · Post by **Jimmy Medalions** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:57 pm

Over/under on White's termination set at one year.

While Larry Smith was at USC, he said "USC will never be the powerhouse it once was, people need to realize that".

Dumbfuck.

buckeye_in_sc · Post by **buckeye_in_sc** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:58 pm

^^^^too bad there will be gaping hole where SC's ass was in 08 and 09 when tOSU rolls them... :D

yep quick drive by...

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:03 pm

buckeye_in_sc wrote:so I guess we can kiss a future tOSU vs ND game goodbye?

I guess we will just have to pound you guys in bowl games? :D

Not until Steve Orsini or another like minded, qualified alum (fuckers already go Gene Smith

) takes over and realizes that the AD doesn't need to fuck with the goose to get it to lay more golden eggs, just be happy with the eggs it already lays.

Notre Dame got rid of half the equation when they got enough people to oppose Monk renewing his term. I don't think Kevin White is a bad guy, but he is a horrible person to have as the face of a major program's athletic department. He reeks of pussy and constantly negotiates from a point of weakness.

I bet he is an awful poker player.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:15 pm

Killian wrote:Not until Steve Orsini or another like minded, qualified alum (fuckers already go Gene Smith ) takes over and realizes that the AD doesn't need to fuck with the goose to get it to lay more golden eggs, just be happy with the eggs it already lays.

Notre Dame got rid of half the equation when they got enough people to oppose Monk renewing his term. I don't think Kevin White is a bad guy, but he is a horrible person to have as the face of a major program's athletic department. He reeks of pussy and constantly negotiates from a point of weakness.

I bet he is an awful poker player.

I was a bit surprised that Orsini left UCF for SMU. Lateral move at best. I know he worked for a while in Dallas, but he was doing some good things for UCF, namely getting a new basketball arena and an on campus stadium for them.

What year is ND supposed to be playing 2 or 3 Big East teams a season? If they wanting to play in Jax or Orlando they could kill 2 birds with one stone and play USF. I know Woolard and White have discussed this a bit, but nothing has come of it yet.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:29 pm

Mucho,

I think that it's 2008? 2007 is when ND cuts ties with BC because of their back room dealings with the ACC (hence their new name, Fredo). I wouldn't be surprised to see a neutral game with USF, especially if USF agrees to a Neutral/Home series and not a Neutral/Home/Home.

Personally, I would like this game about 8-10 years from now.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:54 pm

Woolard has definitely scheduled well since he has arrived here. I would think he'd love the opportunity to play ND, even with the game in FL being neutral.

I do agree about scheduling games a bit further on down the road. We just signed another 1 for 1 with Miami and there has been talk of a series of games with Oklahoma or Nebraska, which would be nice as well.

Terry in Crapchester · Wed May 17, 2006 8:19 pm

Jimmy Medalions wrote:Over/under on White's termination set at one year

Much as I'd like to agree with you on that point, I cannot, based on history. It appears that Kevin White, as ND's athletic director, is in a similar position to George Costanza as Assistant to the Traveling Secretary with the New York Yankees -- no matter how badly he screws up, he can't possibly get fired. Or maybe he just has some very incriminating photos of some very important people at ND.

Mucho,

For awhile, ND played 3 Big East teams just about every year. 2003 was the most recent year it happened. As of right now, I don't think there are any future schedules with 3 Big East games, but there's enough room to move yet that it could happen around the end of this decade or so.

Killian wrote:2007 is when ND cuts ties with BC because of their back room dealings with the ACC (hence their new name, Fredo).

I think they stay on the schedule until 2010, no? In any event, they're clearly on borrowed time as a regular on ND's schedule.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:27 pm

ND just had a press release within the last year stating that the 2007 game would be the last between ND/BC, and that ND is not renewing their option for 08-10.

So, ND better pound the hell out of them next year, or ND fans will hear about it for a long time.

stuckinia · Post by **stuckinia** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:57 pm

Killian wrote:ND just had a press release within the last year stating that the 2007 game would be the last between ND/BC, and that ND is not renewing their option for 08-10.

So, ND better pound the hell out of them next year, or ND fans will hear about it for a long time.

That sounds similar to the VT situation has with WVA now. The game last season was the last in the series and now there is no end to the Neer fans proclamations of Hokie fear and other such bullshit. It is 100-fold worse considering how they are currently being overhyped.
Unfortunately, beating them last year has done nothing to shut their mono-toothed yaps, so I doubt the BC fans will be silent if their team loses.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:59 pm

stuckinia wrote: That sounds similar to the VT situation has with WVA now. The game last season was the last in the series and now there is no end to the Neer fans proclamations of Hokie fear and other such bullshit. It is 100-fold worse considering how they are currently being overhyped.
Unfortunately, beating them last year has done nothing to shut their mono-toothed yaps, so I doubt the BC fans will be silent if their team loses.

Wow. You just nailed BC fans and their mentality. ND is scared, yadda, yadda, yadda. Excellent summary.

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Fri May 19, 2006 3:24 pm

Maybe I've been exposed to Deloss Dodds too long but I think White is correct, teams that schedule too many tough opponents seldom if ever win championships. This doesn't mean you schedule all shitty opponents but I think that if ND has 3 or 4 tough opponents then white has done his job by both the fans and the team.

One of the biggest problems with the old SWC in the late 80's early 90's was that it was such a shitty conference that Teams like Texas and a$m had to load up their non-conference schedule with tough opponents to compensate for the conference shortcomings. Well early tough schedules usually result in early losses which can screw up a good season.

If scheduling results in ND winning a couple MNCs I'm pretty sure ND fan will not be bitching. Lets face it the national media doesn't care who ND plays they will vote for them as long as they stay undefeated.

Terry in Crapchester · Fri May 19, 2006 5:59 pm

Vito Corleone wrote:If scheduling results in ND winning a couple MNCs I'm pretty sure ND fan will not be bitching.

ND's last national championship came in 1988. If you look at our schedule that year, it was far from a creampuff schedule. http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia ... ?year=1985

Yes, we had both Navy and Air Force on the schedule, but Navy has been continuous since 1931 and Air Force was a more or less annual rival at the time. We also had Rice, but that was a last-minute fill-in after the NCAA dropped the death penalty on SMU, who was supposed to be on our schedule in '88.

Lets face it the national media doesn't care who ND plays they will vote for them as long as they stay undefeated.

ND stayed undefeated late into the '02 season, but IIRC, never rose above #6 in the human polls (although they did get as high as 3 in the BCS rankings). We probably have to put together a few decent seasons in a row before we can expect that to happen.