ND's Kelly-not the man

[NapRover]

Coach Kelly proved again that he is not the coach to restore ND to "glory". His ill-coached, ill-prepared (but supposedly highly skilled) players are nowhere near ready for prime time. Coming off a bye week, ND reverts back to game 1 with turnovers, ridiculous penalties, poor tackling, lousy fundamentals. They might get an invitation to a Dec. 24 bowl again-which they should accept only to enable additional practices. We're stuck like a June bug on its back with this poor coach. Hopefully another will emerge in a few years, when we've had our fill of this clown.

[drluvred]

Did not understand him leaving Crist in at the goal line instead of using Hendrix!! D coordinater has got to go also. This aint high school football in Cincy!!

[Goldenrules]

Hey, neither was Ty Willingham...Bob Davie, Charlie Wide or George O'leary. lol....ND is not a power in College football for 20 years running. They are for fan following, but the program lives off of the Lou Holtz era and before that. It's pathetic.

[Hocus Pocus]

^^well put.

[Pudge]

Hey, neither was Ty Willingham...Bob Davie, Charlie Wide or George O'leary. lol....ND is not a power in College football for 20 years running. They are for fan following, but the program lives off of the Lou Holtz era and before that. It's pathetic.

I have been telling this to many for about the past 15 years. ND used to walk into any Catholic HS in the country and pick who they wanted, sign on the dotted line, and that kid would be at fall practice. Those days are gone!!!! and ND fans don't want to admit it. You are no longer a 'major player' in FB OR BK. Accept it and move on.

[dorciepatrick]

Doesn't it say something that Brian Kelly could take UC from absolutely nowhere to the top ranks of college football -- including two BCS bowls in two years -- but hasn't been able to put ND into the top echelon?
He's the same coach as before. He hasn't gotten stupid.
Maybe the answers to Notre Dame's lack of success lie elsewhere.

[Goldenrules]

They also have a similar schedule to what he had at UC in the Big Easy(t)..USC hasn't been that dominant team the last 2 years, Michigan hasn't had a great team for what? 4 years? And then he has the fillers of the service academy's...along with Pitt and their Big 10 teams etc. They should have won if they were going to the last 2 seasons.

[baseball]

Lets face it ND has been run over by the SEC just like everyone else has.

[Hocus Pocus]

We need to re-train you ND haters...(versus retraining you "Weis" era players). Joke, get it?...
ND is a money making machine!

[alpinepatriot]

ND will not return to glory. The days of recruiting Irish Catholic and Polish Catholic kids and winning are over. ND football has become a joke and the laughing stock of NCAA football. ND used to be the money making machine. Just like the polls, they have dropped like a rock in the overall revenue category. Brian Kelly made a huge mistake going to a program that is irrevelevant. He could have had many great jobs if he stayed at UC for 1-2 more years.

[big_tiger_fan1]

nd lives off past,its been years since their greatness.

[Warpath_ejh]

His most recent comments slamming the players he "inherited" were pretty wrong IMO too. Maybe he's willing to release them from their scholarships so they can play elsewhere?

Naaa, I doubt it.....

Eric

[Hocus Pocus]

ND has a great past!...and is taking it to the bank, year in, year out.

[o.a.b.]

We need to re-train you ND haters...(versus retraining you "Weis" era players). Joke, get it?...
ND is a money making machine!

Tell me about it---last game I was at,they took up a 2nd collection.

[big_tiger_fan1]

nd is smart for not hooking up with a conference,most of them they would be a bottom feeder.

[Hocus Pocus]

ND is filling its coffers with treasure! They will sell out FedEx field this Saturday night against lowly Maryland AND will be televised nationally! They're doing something right...

[NapRover]

Kelly brings his "players" in totally unprepared again. Getting waxed by Stanford, plagued by turnovers, stupid penalties. No chance they can compete with a coach like this.

[Hocus Pocus]

^^^Kelly looks like a pressure-cooker just waiting to blow. Defense looked STOUT Saturday night. The offense, Kelly's brain-child, was anemic. Turnover, int, fumble, QB afraid to stand in the pocket and take a hit. A QB that gets out-run by his own offensive guard... They looked weak. ND can expect to be in a money-maker bowl (v. Florida State?) which they will either blow the opponent out or get absolutely blown out.
The defense has improved since last year's bowl victory over Miami. The offense, with the same skill players, has taken several steps back.

[NapRover]

Coach Kelly proved again that he is not the coach to restore ND to "glory". His ill-coached, ill-prepared (but supposedly highly skilled) players are nowhere near ready for prime time. Coming off a bye week, ND reverts back to game 1 with turnovers, ridiculous penalties, poor tackling, lousy fundamentals. They might get an invitation to a Dec. 24 bowl again-which they should accept only to enable additional practices. We're stuck like a June bug on its back with this poor coach. Hopefully another will emerge in a few years, when we've had our fill of this clown.

Well I was off by 4 days. The team has shown 0 improvement since the original post, in fact they've gotten worse. Same old stuff--extremely poor on fundamentals. Missed field goal, stupid, costly penalties, a generous portion of turnovers, coach yelling at everyone. It's groundhog day for this hapless team, hapless coach and hapless fan. Maybe another freshman quarterback to start next year? Then we'll have a few years to get him up to snuff. Hopefully Kelly will have enough by then and resign.

[pigskin fever]

It'd be nice if ND became formidable again. Them being good would be good for college football. It'll be twice as hard for Kelly now with Urban Meyer at the helm for Ohio State, even moreso than Hokestone, because of the inroads he's made in Ohio.

-EB

[pigskin fever]

Best of luck to ND in every sport. I follow them in football and basketball.

-Pig

[Sports_daddy]

They are about to lose Oline Coach Warriner to OSU as well. Offense goes from bad to worse. Coach Kelley is just that, Coach Kelley. ND will be the same has beens they are for years to come.

[Lancer '65]

Notre Dame can't attract the guys that they once just assumed would come to Notre Dame. They are no longer a top Division I Football Power. In fact, they really aren't a power at all. They can win against mid-majors and lower end Division One teams, but their days as a power have been over for quite some time. They are, however, still a money machine for the University and die-hard Irish fans still believe that Knute will re-appear in the sky over the Golden Dome and lead the Irish to one more National Championship, but I just don't expect that to happen. Coach Kelly did a great job at Cincinnati, but then he may have had better players than he does now and his schedule was very similar to what he has now. Blame the academic requirements if you want to, blame the more attractive locations that prime time college players can go, blame it on whatever you like but please go easy on the coach. Knute himself couldn't win consistently with the players who don the Green and Gold these days.

[netblocker]

Agreed, don't know if Notre dame will ever be a power, the Florida state team they played were missing 3 o-lineman replaced by freshman actually 2 running backs and 2 defensive players and Notre dame still couldn't win, long and dark years for the Irish.

[Hocus Pocus]

^^I was thinking the same thing. Irish could not beat FSU's freshman team last week. Gheesh!...

Kelly is TOO hard on the QBs. They all looked scared this year- scared of making mistakes.

[safety27]

then they should quit making mistakes...

[Hocus Pocus]

^^They are the product of a fear based system~ perhaps.

[dorciepatrick]

If Notre Dame's football program is so pedestrian, then why do all of the OSU/Big 10 followers want the Irish to join the conference?
It looks to me like they would be one more team to muddle through the regular season, then lose in a bowl game.

[Blutarsky]

Looks as though Kelly signed a two-year extension to his contract, taking it to 2016......

[Lancer '65]

He might as well. If they are happy with him, he should go ahead and become a very wealthy man. Why not? I don't think it will impact Notre Dame's future one way or the other.

[olineguy72]

I'll say this the man can recruit. Pulled a 5 star qb from LSU.

[safety27]

Let me see, people were saying he's too hard on QB's? Then I would say Gunner Keil has a pretty good pair of b@***. Awesome pick up for the Irish.

[NDFAN1974]

ND may have not been winning for 20 years but they are one of if not the most popular product in college sports. If ND isn't relevant anymore then how come we are on here talking about them. Kelly has got some great young talent. They were young this year. Lynch is a freak. Tuitt and Nix along with Lynch up front is scary with Te'o at MLB. The problem is at QB and turnovers. If they cut the turnovers down ND possibly could have went 10-2 11-1. ND outplayed all but 2 teams this year. They just need to put it all together.

[Lancer '65]

Perhaps, but it just hasn't happened in South Bend in such a long time that I think many have decided that it just isn't in the cards for the Irish to rise to national prominence again in football. While ND may have picked up some talented kids, so have all the major players and I'm thinking ND will not improve themselves nearly enough to compete any better over the next few years than they have for the last two decades. Plus, their schedule isn't all that impressive and their prestige has taken a rather large hit out on the recruiting trail. Plus, there are academic standards at Notre Dame and that doesn't interest today's "big time" recruits...after-all, isn't college football about practice, film study, travel to big time venues against legendary opponents and an occasional football theory class thrown in to keep their minds sharp.

I know that I am exaggerating, but I'll bet not as much as you might think. At Notre Dame, to their credit, they still think that academics are the major reason a person chooses a college.

[Hocus Pocus]

ND may have not been winning for 20 years but they are one of if not the most popular product in college sports. If ND isn't relevant anymore then how come we are on here talking about them. Kelly has got some great young talent. They were young this year. Lynch is a freak. Tuitt and Nix along with Lynch up front is scary with Te'o at MLB. The problem is at QB and turnovers. If they cut the turnovers down ND possibly could have went 10-2 11-1. ND outplayed all but 2 teams this year. They just need to put it all together.

FSU's freshmen dominated them in the bowl game... Good players, yes, but they got handled. Rees' timid play can't lead the team, again, next year.