Hailing from an old Irish family, I had no shortage of old Irish great-aunts growing up. And like so many old Irish great-aunts, mine were into snow globes. Every couple weeks when we’d pile into the station wagon and head over to Canaryville to “make the rounds”, I’d see dozens and dozens of them gathering…
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The Invincible Invisibles?
Coach Kelly is certainly following through on his stated recruiting strategy of going after big skill players who can play a number of positions. Here’s what Kelly told Irish Eyes: “Big skill is profiling out, if I could take 20 guys who are tough gentlemen who fit the profile at Notre Dame academically and were…
Situational Analysis
Esteemed Pit poster Kevin O’Neill (aka Kayo), sometimes reporter for Irish Sports Daily, put together his thoughts on the current situation with ND’s men’s basketball program and how best to improve it. Current Situation Notre Dame finds its basketball team sitting on a 15-5 overall record, 4-3 in the Big East. Its poor non-conference schedule…
Kelly and Leadership Part I: Developing Players from the Inside Out
(The Rock Report) – One of the key building blocks behind Brian Kelly’s success (despite not having a recruiting class finish in the top 50 in the country at Cincinnati ) is his emphasis and structured approach to developing players physically and mentally. It’s a philosophy that goes back to his days at Grand Valley…
Will Kelly’s Spread Offense Work at Notre Dame?
See also: Brian Kelly and the Secret Sauce See also: Kelly and Leadership, Part I: Developing Players from the Inside Out (The Rock Report) – There has been a “lively” debate over whether a pass-first spread offense can work at Notre Dame, but one thing that became clear during the debate is that very few…