Comments on: Wonder, Think and Know — Great Pumpkin edition

By: Ted P

Ted P — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:12:46 +0000

A bit off-topic, but…

Can anyone explain why Alabama is ranked #1 in the polls? Who have they beaten? It seems pretty late in the season for them to be basking in the glow of last year.

Thanks.

By: a68domer

a68domer — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:10:34 +0000

Apparently BK entered himself into a football rehab 12-step program. The first thing new members are told, “You only have to change one thing – EVERYTHING!”

GO IRISH!! beat demon deacons

By: HudsonValleyIrish

HudsonValleyIrish — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 05:21:49 +0000

“As a friend of mine said, anyone watching this season thinking about settling Internet scores is living a miserable and annoying life.”

:spends the preceding lines calling people “full of shit” asking for an online apology, amongst other swipes at internet Kelly supporters.:

The central premise of this piece is all about “online score settling”. Your friend, if he’s honest, probably thinks you live a “miserable and annoying life”. Hysterical. And hypocritical.

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 04:34:00 +0000

Now that BK has finally learned on the job how to best be the HC of the Irish, I hope he stays and continues to grow. We have suffered while he took several years to find his feet. Let that suffering not be in vain.

By: Eddieo6

Eddieo6 — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 04:02:40 +0000

I love watching this team pound the ball and wear down the opposition as they score points seemingly whenever they feel like. For the first time in forever I look forward to the defense taking the field. This unit plays hard, fast and with great confidence and swagger. GO IRISH!

By: Jerrod

Jerrod — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 01:44:55 +0000

In reply to Avon Domer. Well said Avon Domer. This team is elite, unlike the 2012 team which an unbiased viewer would correctly say was good but lucky. Enjoy this boys and girls, this is what we’ve been waiting for.

By: Terry McManus

Terry McManus — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 23:45:18 +0000

In reply to topgome. Comparing Brian Kelly to Alec Guiness. Interesting

By: Kevin Welsh

Kevin Welsh — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 21:10:08 +0000

When 3rd and 4 is a running down when the wind turns cold, you know Notre Dame is in the national conversation. I went back and watched the 1989 comeback against USC the other night. You are absolutely correct about 2012. We didn’t have the ground game needed to compete with the likes of Alabama. As far as the Kelly thing, I won’t offer an opinion. Nobody cares about mine anyway, ambivalent as I am. I’ll let the people who are paid to make those decisions, Father Jenkins and Jack Swarbrick, make those calls. Non-combatants such as ourselves tend to be overly critical when we’re down and inflated when we are realizing success. I’m thinking there won’t be too many alumni ads in the Observer this December calling for the head coach and AD’s head. “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

By: Chuckie

Chuckie — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:59:20 +0000

Coach Kelly reinvented his coaching after perceiving a clear and imminent danger to his job. And the results prove this. All the more power to him. And may he NOT repeat the traits that brought that danger upon himself.

By: Avon Domer

Avon Domer — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:55:25 +0000

Quite frankly, I don’t have the time, energy or interest to look back at the Davey, Willingham, Weis and numerous Kelly seasons that went poorly and wonder what might’ve been. I’m too busy watching in awe as this Notre Dame team discovered it’s own identity this season in playing incredibly brutal and physically dominant football against everyone except an outstanding Georgia team, a loss that no one should feel ashamed of. Someone once said it’s never too late to do the right thing and Coach Kelly performed exceedingly well during the most recent off season in assembling a new coaching staff that has worked wonders in reverting the culture of Notre Dame football back to what we’ve all been waiting to see. Here’s hoping that coordinators Long and Elko, and director of football performance Balis don’t receive good enough offers that would entice them to leave in the off season, and that the Irish keep this momentum for many years to come.