BVG hasn’t kept a job for than two years before arriving at ND. What does that tell us???? HE SUCKS!!!!

Jake,
I agree about the defense being terrible. I still cringe at the thought of a frosh QB throwing the same deep pass to the same player running the same route. Inexcusable to me. I also think we didn’t tackle well at the end of the game or we still would’ve won. I’m sure they wore down but again still no excuse. There was adjustments made, in fairness and after getting hit in the mouth they erased a 17pt deficit in part because they D got about 4 stops in a row and a turnover. I understand that we as fans overreact to any lose particularly week 1 and its gloom and doom and we will never win again. Sorry, I’m annoyed but not illogical. We will win against Nevada by 4tds and after we beat Mich St things will settle down a bit. I thought 10-2 before the year starts so until we dont finish with that record and I’m not acting like we are on the titanic.

Mike, I don’t like everything Kelly does- I was offering the most likely explanation as to why he would go to Zaire to start the second half. All spring he said they were equal so going into the game he must have planned to give the non starter the first possession of the second half. That didn’t cost them the game. The atrocious Defense did that. I am not a Van Gorder fan and by extension Kelly has to take heat for his coaching hires. Again, I don’t love everything about him and I’m not scared to replace him if I had a coach whom I thought was perfect for everything that comes with ND but since I don’t and they have had immense trouble landing the big fish, I’m okay with sticking with him. If i saw a regression in recruiting or losses at home to inferior opponents my opinion would change rather quickly. Full disclosure I’m in my mid 30’s and unfortunately I have a hard time parting with a coach who has been the second best in my lifetime and with whom I see having made significant improvements over the previous 15 years of garbage.

PC, with all due respect, we lost a game because we were not prepared defensively
to execute on any level..

It’s the same old story over and over again.. Enough already..

Kelly is stubborn and arrogant.. He got outcoached!! There’s no way around it..

I’ve given plenty of names in the past in who would be a better coach..

We will struggle with Nevada this weekend.. That’s how bad this has gotten.

“He must have promised him that”. So one of the reasons we lost a game was so a coach could “keep a promise” to a player? Something as specious as that doesn’t bother you? You think a coach who would do that is in any way top-tier?

Personally, I think Tom Herman can do better. But at this point, I’ve seen what Kelly’s ceiling is, and it’s short of what ND should expect from its coaches. He should have fired VanGorder last year, and ND is going to miss another chance for a title because of it. If you’re too scared to try to replace mediocrity with something that can be better, that’s on you.

Jake, they lost a game on the road in which they were 3 pt favorites in. A true road game versus these neutral site pretend road games by the way. Texas probably has the 2nd or 3rd most talent of any team on the schedule and this was a scary game as they have been drawing ND’s name in the sand for a year and put everything into this game defining their season. I will give Kelly crap for not letting Kizer the run the team after the one possession he gave to Zaire was ineffective. I really didn’t understand why Zaire started the first possession of 2nd half. He must have promised him that because it made no sense. Saying all that I am quite dissapointed in their ability to stop the deep ball and make a freshmen complete something other then running a go route and throwing it as far as he can. Van Gorder its not working buddy! As for they never win a big game- they shouldve beat FSU and a phantom call prevented and they lost by 2 to the runner ups last yr also on the road. By the time Stanford and Ohio ST games were played they had no one healthy. You can call those all excuses or understand they are facts and you have to make an informed decision when debating letting a coach go. Again I ask everyone who wants Kelly gone who are we replacing him with that will do any better? Until there is a big time proven coach ready to come here he’s the guy hands down to me.

Oh how blinded are we?!

Amen to that!!!!!

Sorry Jake, Kelly signed a monster extension. Just like Charlie did.