Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis and quarterback Zach Frazer probably haven’t spoken since the latter left the Irish and transferred to Notre Dame.
That’s why Frazer was playfully trying to eavesdrop a bit on Weis’ conversation with a few reporters from Connecticut Tuesday afternoon. As a bunch of scribes huddled around a speakerphone inside the Burton Complex, Frazer inadvertently (by that I mean intentionally, of course) got a listen to a few of Weis’ thoughts on facing his former QB.
“He still has that live arm and can sling it all over the place,” Weis said. “But instead of trying to be a hero, he’s been doing a better job of running the team. You can see he’s grown up.”
Frazer says he left the Irish because “The coaching situation over there just didn’t work out.” He had three different quarterback coaches in his brief tenure.
“He came here and he was a good player for us,” Weis said. “We went through a spring where things didn’t work out on the depth chart for him. He decided that it would be in his best interest to try and find another opportunity. It was a very cordial way we handled it.”
Frazer also said there are no hard feelings (hard to tell if I believe him)
“I still like the campus, I still love the school,” Frazer said. “But I’m on the UConn side now. We’re playing them on Saturday and I want to get a win.”
Weis wished Frazer the best _ sort of.
“I’m glad to see him playing,” Weis said. “I just hope he doesn’t play very well this week.”
Frazer’s grandmother, Isabel “Izzy” Stathas, died last week, perhaps adding to his motivation.
“I’ll be playing for her,” Frazer said.
- Neill
