Comments on: The Brian Kelly Spectrum

By: Mikeyoc-Pgh

Mikeyoc-Pgh — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:44:47 +0000

In reply to Irish Patrick.

It’s would “have”, not would “of”. Hope you’re not an ND English major…….

By: 2013

2013 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:36:27 +0000

wow. bizarre.

By: Irishruff

Irishruff — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:12:29 +0000

Chip to the Eagles. Does anyone doubt that would have been BK if he was offered the job??

By: George Kaplan,

George Kaplan, — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:46:33 +0000

Upon further review Swarbrick should get some of the blame for the timing here.

By: George Kaplan,

George Kaplan, — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:40:37 +0000

8 1/2. Agree with ChicagoND. Besides, I”m not convinced yet by BKs coaching. this year the team was tougher and all on the same page: credit BK. But they won because of the defense: credit Diaco, and BK. Special teams underperform, in part because the best players aren’t on them. This is partly a depth problem and should improve. Offense has never been as advertised. Non-maturity is a good excuse but we’ll see. He still lost 4-6 games he should have won, and team and coaches underperformed in not just this but last bowl. He has a B to B+ right now on performance. But this move was bad pr, bad fan relations, bad for recruiting, and just insulting. If I were Jack and I could definitely bring in Chucky or somebody like him I”d do it right now.

By: Irish4710

Irish4710 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:35:19 +0000

Being from the Grand Rapids, MI area, I have followed Brian Kelly for many years. What he did with the Grand Valley State program was nothing short of unbelievable. Every stop since then, he has turned the programs around to the positive to say the least. Coach Kelly is a winner, on the field, off the field. During his press conference after taking the job at ND, myself and many of the other ND fans up here would have followed him into a war zone if he asked. We were that excited during this speech. He has shown that he can get the most out of his players the right way. I know many of the players that went through Grand valley, they would have given their left arm for this man, and from what I see so would this years ND team

By: TimmyIrish

TimmyIrish — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:43:15 +0000

BK was the best coach available when he was hired, and he has improved the team every year. As much as we would like to think that the ND job is a coach’s final destination, that’s just not the case. I don’t like the way the situation was handled, but we are much better off with BK as our coach than we would be if some of these irrational suggestions about getting rid of him were implemented. We were 12-1 and have the #1 graduation rate. That’s pretty darn good. We are all disappointed in the NC game results, but many contributors need to chill out and enjoy the fact we had a very good season. BK is our best chance for success. Saban, Stoops, and Meyer aren’t leaving their current jobs to come to ND.

By: tc'69

tc'69 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:59:58 +0000

a-3

By: RockMcD

RockMcD — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:09:37 +0000

I made the comment previously that I was glad Brian Kelly started this interview process as fast as freaking possible after the NC game. Because the later he starts it, the closer he gets to signing day. I also said the timing would look much much worse and unethical if he waited until after early entries signed their LOI and then bolted.

Is this what Chip Kelly did? I did a search to find out when Oregon’s early entries arrive on campus but couldn’t find anything. Does anybody know?

By: VADomer02

VADomer02 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:44:30 +0000

If I had to pick one answer for each, it would be a-4.

I was really more on the fence about him to begin with, but this 12-0 regular season, he more or less won me over. As for the Eagles situation, a single interview doesn’t seem like a big deal but if he’s constantly interviewing for the next big job, it will not reflect well on Notre Dame.