Comments on: Get Used To It

By: Andrew Alexander

Andrew Alexander — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:24:42 +0000

What’s even more astounding than the Irish losing to a clearly inferior opponent, yet, once again, is the fact that I wasted 4 hours of my personal time watching it!

By: PDD

PDD — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:18:55 +0000

ND has squandered the greatest amateur sports mythology in the world and replaced it with an athletic program now known for mediocrity and unspeakable underachievement. Navy’s desire and discipline exposured our lack of both. Recent losses to Connecticut, Syracuse, and Tulsa–schools without a single player deemed worthy of recruitment by ND, is unbearable to consider. For the sake of the old, noble competitors, not yet dead, stop football scholarships, get into D3, and let our scholars compete against small like minded schools.

By: GWL

GWL — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:13:09 +0000

In Brian Kelly’s wildest dreams he never envisioned that he would be in such a fish bowl You can’t blame the guy for trying, but you can blame the school for making a hasty decision in hiring him. I challenge somebody out there to explain to all of us why you would throw a pass in that situation? I can’t figure it out?

By: Rockett55

Rockett55 — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:13:07 +0000

I dunno what to think anymore these are truly dark times i will keep supporting this teams in a hope to see some improvement all the injuries,mistakes,bad calls the last 3 yrs and counting have been tough to watch i know one thing ND football is in a tough place

By: uninvited.guest

uninvited.guest — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:12:33 +0000

They will not win another game. Utah will embarrass them. Army will option Iaco’s (the D is silent) out of the building and USC and Lane Kiffin will run up the score on the way to 40 point win. They will finish 4-7, lose a significant number of commitments and we will be starting over again in three years. Does anyone else see the irony that BK sounded exactly like Jay Cutler after last week’s 4 picks to D’Angelo Hall (“I would run the same play again and again”). Anyone who quits on his team to move “up” the college coaching ladder has a significant character flaw IMHO. And this guy has done it twice. They play a grammer school defense, they make no adjustments whatsoever. They are incapable of running the football with any continuity and their special teams play is atrocious. Why is Ben Turk still a starting punter on this team (let’s leave aside the line drive that he kicked directly to Johnson for a moment; how about the punt from the 38 late in the game that went out of the center of the end zone for net 18 yard punt after touchback? What he was trying to do there exactly). And while Rees looked good at the start, he was sub 50% from his fourth possession on with three picks two of which were atrocious. Three of his completions from that time forward were the result of superb athletic plays by receivers or would have been close sub 40% completion rate. With all due respect to Greenman, the only thing ND will be doing in 2014 is trying to figure out if BK’s successor can get us back to .500 that year. Rome wasn’t built in a day, it took about 100 years and it feels like today that respectability is about that far off.

By: KellyK

KellyK — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:09:51 +0000

Did the Irish have a game yesterday? I stopped watching a month ago. At least my Texas Rangers are providing some October entertainment!

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:08:21 +0000

This was 100% Kelly’s fault. Why on earth would you throw the ball in that situation?

By: Ted Sivalon

Ted Sivalon — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:04:40 +0000

I have been a ND fan for over 70 years suffering through the likes of Brennan, Waterbucket Joe. High School Harry, Davies, Willingham and Weiss. The only way ND ever has another winning season is by joining a conference preferably the Big Sky.

By: Patrick Mikes '79

Patrick Mikes '79 — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:03:58 +0000

I can say, without doubt or exaggeration, that the play-calling at the conclusion of yesterday’s game was the most inexplicably stupid I have ever seen. Put the ball between the hash marks, call TO, bring in the the best FG kicker in the country, kick the FG, win the game, and go home. A child could have made this call.

By: bigfoodman

bigfoodman — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:03:48 +0000

Inexplicable. The very worst coaching decision/plan selection I have ever seen. Can we assume that if the final pass had been completed for a touchdown Kelly would have elected to go for two to cover the spread? There is no possible explanation for his decision.