Comments on: Irish Can’t Stay Afloat in Raleigh

By: irish88

irish88 — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:52:27 +0000

In reply to Mike Coffey. My bad

By: VMarks

VMarks — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:35:15 +0000

Everyone is talking about ND losing to Stanford. Never mind it, the bigger embarrassment will be when ND gets whipped by Virginia Tech.

By: VMarks

VMarks — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:24:15 +0000

In reply to ND Dad 2010-2014.

I agree with you one hundred percent.
I used to read and listen all I could about Charlie Wise and be inspired. Regardless of how people felt later on, I always believed everything he did, was for the betterment of players and Notre Dame. His Friday night prior games rallies brought tradition to relevance. His emphasis on players staying for four years and obtaining a degree were of the utmost importance. In contrast, Kelly’s famous statement “tradition does not win games”, told me all I needed to know about his character. I felt he was not qualified on day one and certainly still feel he is not qualified today. He can promise vulnerable young men they will play as a freshman and go to the NFL early but he will not earn their respect. He can’t lead young men, recruited from all states and all walks of life, and turn them into future leaders, be it on a football field or personal life. Kelly is all about Kelly. He blames all in public and never himself. I agree he needs to go and the sooner the better. Yes, I will love ND forever.

By: VMarks

VMarks — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:02:26 +0000

I am sick to my stomach. I Can’t understand why Notre Dame extended the contract to what continues to be a failure of a coach.
From day one, Kelly proves he is clueless calling the right plays. Be it calling time outs at wrong time or critical mistakes on what should be simple plays.
He is not deserving of a coaching job at Notre Dame. His previous coaching qualifications at lower level schools were insignificant at best. His seven years average at Notre Dame maybe better than prior coaches but he is not good enough for Notre Dame.
We keep hearing about him going to the NFL. I wish him luck but I believe no owner is dumb enough to hire him as a coach.

By: serreno

serreno — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:49:27 +0000

Let me ask this last question? If you had to call it, will Kelly survive another year or will the administration make a move? And if they were to make a move, who would be some names probably in the mix and would they really have an interest. I have heard many names mentioned as always but it is always the “usual suspects””. I really don’t see Notre Dame winning all of the remaining games, although every week I get this feeling we can get it done. I’m probably being foolish, but I think we can beat Stanford and Miami.

Finally, I agree with the gentleman above (irish88) that we were never really a championship looking team the year we went to the big game. I always appreciate the return responses. Thank you.

By: Mike Coffey

Mike Coffey — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:55:49 +0000

In reply to irish88. I think if you read what I wrote more closely, you'll see we agree.

By: irish88

irish88 — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 05:20:11 +0000

In reply to Mike Coffey. Please stop with the national championship game stuff. We lucked into that and weren't a championship caliber team. We were squeaking by inferior teams and needed all sorts of pathetic play by Pittsburgh including a missed field goal in OT to win that game. Championship caliber teams pummel inferior teams regularly. That team never did that, and it was obvious to all it was a once-in-a-lifetime-gimmick team, not a team that had national championship talent. I believe ND can compete for a national championship again regularly and that the tough admissions standards is nonsense because it's been that way for a long time and we continue to get top-10 recruiting classes. However, it will take a coach with at least these three skills: recruiting, development, and motivation/killer instinct. Kelly has the first two. Holtz had all three as do Saban, Meyer, and, unfortunately, Harbaugh.

By: GG

GG — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:29:47 +0000

In reply to Ellen Bush. We need to get rid of Swarbrick immediately. I think he is the root of this all.

By: Mike Coffey

Mike Coffey — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:21:46 +0000

In reply to serreno. Even with his myriad flaws, Brian Kelly took ND to a championship game. If someone like Kelly can do it, why can't a number of other coaches?

By: serreno

serreno — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:47:55 +0000

I try to cut Kelly slack because he was such an improvement and better coach then the three that preceded him. Honestly though, if after 7 years and this is what kind of a team and program you have, there is something desparately wrong. I am not sure Notre Dame can attract the kind of coach like an Ara or Lou anymore. I think there may be a perception out there you can’t win at ND anymore because the Administration takes a harder line on admissions and other factors as well. I doubt seriously I will ever see the glory of ND football return. I can’t see Notre Dame competing with the real elite programs. I hope I am wrong.