Comments on: “Speed Freak” and Kelly’s Offensive Vision

By: CateND

CateND — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:42:01 +0000

In reply to Teo. Chip was the OC for Oregon before he became the head coach. These are his guys--unlike BK.

By: rustle

rustle — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:11:29 +0000

In reply to Teo. Wrong. He was the OC at Oregon starting in '07.

By: mpsND'72

mpsND'72 — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:18:53 +0000

The jury is still out on Kelly and what he can or can’t do with speed and his “get-used-to-it” attitude/mindset. Sure, he can recruit to his system. But will his system be able to dominate top BCS teams, i.e., where ND becomes “the favorite” to win in big game match-ups – like in the good old days? Or will it only serve to rack up some nice (sic) seasons with 8 or 9 victories, and a nice (sic) bowl game? If nice is what were after, Kelly may make it at Notre Dame for more than 5 years. But . . .

I still think that most of ND Nation is sick for a National Championship. So, we’re still on that “give him 3 years” measure, before we really have an idea if the guy has what it takes to deliver a Big Time Program.

Kelly blew a couple games this year. At worst, ND should have been an 8-4 team. Kelly’s final first-year grade comes in on December 31. Let’s see what happens. But win or lose, we need to see some real progress and the promise of solid, consistent Notre Dame football no later than the end of 2012.

By: Teo

Teo — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:24:03 +0000

In reply to qb2333.

Chip’s only been there a year, though, too. I think this is his second year. I’m sure he’s got a lot of kids who were recruited for a different brand of offense.

The bottom line, it seems to me, is still that what happens on defense matters much, much more than what happens on offense. If they score 10-20 points and we score 20-30 points, we win. I don’t care if we throw or if we run. But I do care about how we address the opponent’s throwing and running games.

By: Nate T

Nate T — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:25:08 +0000

I have to agree that Kelly is going to run an up-tempo spread offense in the future. I just hope that he doesn’t forget to develop a power game (even out of the spread) because there are times when you just have to knock the d on its ass.

By: coach Mike Walker

coach Mike Walker — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:44:47 +0000

THE IRISH GOT BETTER AT THE END..THEY WILL KICK MIAMI BUTT IN THE BOWL GAME…BEEN A FAN SINCE 1952 LISTENED ON THE RADIO…GO IRISH

By: Ray McConaghy

Ray McConaghy — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:40:32 +0000

For the year Oregon averaged 21 seconds of game time per offensive play. We averaged 24 seconds. Through the BC game, before Dayne Crist got hurt, we averaged 21 seconds also. Where Oregon surpassed us was effectiveness. It scored a touchdown every 12.0 offensive plays this year. We scored a touchdown every 22 offensive plays. Last year Cincinnati scored a touchdown every 12.6 offensive plays, the best rate in the country.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:08:28 +0000

ND can only get better as Kelly and staff recruit the players needed to excel in their offense /defense systems.

By: BruceB

BruceB — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:43:16 +0000

There seem to be two distinct schools of thought when it comes to coaching college players. Ara and Lou were really good at developing systems the players on hand could execute, and they produced good results. Kelly seems more focused on developing the players to the point where they can execute the system. This takes longer (apparently) but, in the long run should produce equally good results without depending on bringing in a 5 star QB, TE and WR every year. To Kelly’s credit, after the Tulsa game he was able to make the adjustments in his offense necessary to win with the talent he had, not the talent he wished he had. I have a lot of confidence in this guy.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:33:49 +0000

Mike,
Our defense has been pretty solid sans Navy the last half of this year. I completely respect the fast paced philosphy. Even look at the Charlie Weis era and you can see the no-huddle offense that he would occasionally employ had good success in the college game.

It’s a paradigm shift in offensiving thinking and as long is we can occasionally exploit a defensive weakness with a power game like the last USC drive we will have a very improved offense next year.