Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis Accepts Hawaii Coach’s Apology — Sort Of

Sat, Aug 1, 2009

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Charlie WeisNo one could ever accuse Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis with being exactly gracious when it comes to accepting an apology.

A day after Hawaii coach Greg McMackin made a derogatory comment toward the Irish and their tradition and apparently minutes after the Hawaii coach called to personally apologize, Weis issued a statement about the whole flap on Friday. Weis, a naturally surly guy, said he accepted the apology and pretended to let bygones be bygones.

Weis said the comments were in poor taste but that he had moved on, but clearly he wasn’t about to just let it go at that.

“Yesterday, Coach McMackin demonstrated poor judgment when, while making comments critical of our football program, he used a derogatory word,” Weis said via a released statement Friday. “Speaking only for our program, we were …

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