In case you missed my tweet earlier, it seems there are some rather salacious rumors floating around South Bend about Notre Dame men’s basketball coach — and legendary on-again, off-again BrendanLoy.com Whipping Boy / Silly Meme Generator — Mike Brey. While this is still mostly in the realm of rumor and “undernews” for now, it appears there is some possibility that Brey will be fired, or forced to resign, in the near future.
If this happens, it would seem to sound the death knell — albeit going out in a blaze of glory, of course — of one of my favorite silly blog/tweet memes, perhaps best encapsulated by this graphic:
Once Mike Brey is no longer Notre Dame’s coach, if indeed that comes to pass, how can we continue to blame him for totally random things, and call for his head at nonsensical moments in unrelated discussions? Thankfully, kcatnd has stepped up to the plate with a much-needed inspirational speech worthy of (I blame) Obama:
I’m not worried – my favorite Loy-meme will still be applied nonsensically to anything as we see fit.
I think about all that we’ve seen throughout his career at ND – the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told he couldn’t, and the fans who pressed on with that Irish creed: FIRE MIKE BREY.
When there was despair in the Joyce Center and depression across the campus, we saw a green nation conquer fear of itself with a new refrain and a new sense of common purpose: FIRE MIKE BREY.
When Butler narrowly missed a Goliath-slaying shot in the final seconds, we dropped our raised arms in disbelief, only to whisper the words that could bring comfort: FIRE MIKE BREY.
When controversy and passion ignited in the wake of an iPhone theft, we reached no easy conclusions, but knew who to blame. FIRE MIKE BREY.
Whenever an Irish Trojan prediction proved to be incorrect or the frantic pace of blogging exposed a momentary weakness in judgment, his readers were there to remind him of that stirring call: FIRE MIKE BREY.
FIRE MIKE BREY, Living Room Times readers. Fire him as often as needed. Thank you. God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.
LOL!!
In all seriousness, let’s hope these shady rumors/quasi-allegations prove to be nothing more than unsubstantiated Twitter chatter. If Notre Dame is going to Fire Mike Brey someday, I want it to be over basketball, not this sort of nonsense.