Brian Kelly is Notre Dames coach in 17. Deal with it and get behind the team you snowflakes!!
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Well, many of the ND media, beat writers, and insiders believe BK should be the HC in 2017. This according to Eric Hansen. There are fans that are neutral. And of course, there are fans who have strong opinions. Truth be told, I'm not thrilled with the whole staff though I'm not vocal about their dismissal. I don't trust BK (and his staff) with next year's team. This team is poorly coached and keep making the same mistakes since Texas.
Cheer up Bodi my friend. Let's recall a little history of Notre Dame and head coaches. ND fired Terry Brennan in 1958 for not winning enough games. The next two coaches went 19-30 in a five year period. It was Notre Dame's first bad stretch of down time. ND was fortunate that NW's AD and a young coach named Ara Parseghian had a falling out and Coach Parseghian came to ND. In the Era of Ara ND loss only 17 game, won two championships, and named national champions in three other years by other media services in 11 years. The next coach won a title but his teams suffered 16 losses in six years. Then ND decided to hire a very good high school coach after Coach Dooley of Georgia turned the job down. It didn't go so well as he finished with 26 loses in five years. ND hit pay dirt again with the hiring of Lou Holtz. His team won the national title in 1988 and just missed in '89, '92, and '93. Those four years were reminiscent of the great Leahy teams of the late '40's. However, his 30 loses in a 11 year run can't be overlooked IMHO. I'm not going to rehash the miserable years of Davie, O'leary, Willingham, and Weis. Coach Kelly made his bed back last December by not replacing his college friend at DC. He must now deal with the consequences. I just hope ND will finally hit pay dirt again, and hire the next coach who can Wake Up the Echoes once again at ND. This would be a good time to hire a new coach with a roster filled with very good talent just waiting for that coach. Who knows since it's way above my pay grade. I know Saturday afternoon that I'll be setting in Irish comfort at home watching with hope that ND beats USC. Go Irish!!!
It is -- pick one -- sad or fortunate that an older guy like me has a life long love affair with ND football.
Sad because I can't stand to watch them next year under Kelly. Fortunate cause I will always follow the boys. I think a lot of us fit this description.
I've thought of him too. ND needs a head coach with experience and ND needs toughening up. Could lightening strike twice? Few on this board would hire Ara Parseghian out of NW in 1964. He was pretty good for us. I wondered about coach coming home after the USC game. It's usually a sign that somethings up with the head coach around here. Change isn't always good at ND. We at least have an AD that makes good hires when change happens with our sports teams.
So CBK is NOT staying out west to recruit after the game Saturday....is this totally unusual?
Eric Hansen specifically asked BK about this and the coach said he is returning after the game to interview possible 5th year Seniors and take players exit interviews to get their take on things. Then, he is going to put out feelers for a DC. An actual hiring may not take place because the candidate might be involved in a bowl game. Who knows, BK might be replacing more than one assistant.
It's very unusual as Ara suggests, and I think it is indicative that Kelly will soon be the ex head coach at ND. I still expect this to be an orchestrated exit rather than a firing per se, but hope this is done quickly so a new HC can be brought on board with time to try to salvage this years recruiting class.
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