That’s not true. He’s led several comebacks.

I think everyone here realizes the relative position sports holds in the pantheon of life.

Brian Kelly has turned every team hes ever coached into a successful one; I’ll venture out into an unknown realm of optimism and say that he is indeed smart, and will make the best decision he can with the availible information.

the one point where i will agree with you… yes, i hope you are wrong. i also hope that the ominous clouds of doom and gloom that reside in your soul will subside, and you can breath in the fresh air and infinite possibilities of the 2013 Irish season. trust me, it’s intoxicating. and if that doesnt help, take this little nugget that i use when the breaks are beating the boys:
if notre dame wins, 3 billion people in china and india wont know or care. if notre dame loses, 3 billion peple in china and india wont know or care. now theres something to be said in that little ditty, considering we live in a time of infinite and instantaneous information.

GO IRISH

Whether the Irish running game will be “much better” remains to be seen. There is very little experience at RB and the O-Line is largely reconstructed this year. And whether ND can run or not, Kelly is quite quick to abandon the run in favor of the pass.

I am skeptical that “he will get throws off quicker” when throwing into 8-man coverages. Bottom line – if he is no threat to run, and he is not, he will be considerably easier to defend. And he does not have a strong enough arm to make all the throws – let’s see him throw those wounded ducks into coverage.

I hope I’m wrong. But we started a freshman in his place last year for a reason, and if Kelly were smart, he would start another freshman in his place this season.

I’m not saying ND will challenge for the national title again this year … but the Irish should be pretty dang good with that defense and a senior QB who knows the ropes and has proven he can get it done most of the time. Go Irish! Why not us again this year???

Counterpoints:
with Rees’ experience calling plays, he will get throws off quicker, call it intuition or QB awareness or something, which will negate max coverage.
ND’s running game is much better now than it was in 11, which will take pressure off the pass game. against BC in 11, ND could barely run in the 2nd half (much to the credit of Luke Kuechley and co.), which led to the max coverage ploy
even if tommy is marginally faster, and can turn a sack into a 3 yard gain, that will create more 3rd and manageable situations where Chuck Martin has been known to run the ball on 3rd and 5 or 6. this is fact; he pulled that stuff all the time when i played against him while he was HC at Grand Valley. what better time to come downhill with a run than when the defense is dropping 8 expecting pass?
as always GO IRISH!