Just kicking back on a Saturday night. Watching college football ( of course). Started thinking about a Holtz and Kelly comparison. It’s not exactly an Apples to Apples comparison. ND is light years ahead of where it was back then. The investment in facilities, competitive compensation for assistant coaches, early enrollment, and leveraging the transfer portal. This holds true for any power 5 football program. However if you look at the numbers it becomes an interesting comparison. Categories such as # of seasons coached, total wins, winning percentage, # of 10 win seasons winning streaks, NC’s, wins vs top ten opponents. The obvious item missing from BK’s resume at this point is a National Championship. If ND wins a National Championship in 2020. How does BK stack up against my profile screen name.
IMO Lou Holtz is among the top 5 college coaches of all time. ND desperately needed his leadership after Gerry Faust. Brian Kelly has guided and transitioned ND’s program into the CFB’s modern day landscape. I look forward to the responses from our fellow posters. Ideally Lou Symmogi can weigh in on this topic.
I would still place Holtz ahead of BK. Even if ND wins the an NC this year. However it’s a much closer comparison then it was say 2 years ago. Kelly has excelled in handling the pressure and wear and tear of the job. Whereas the tread had worn thin on the Holtz regime.
IMO Lou Holtz is among the top 5 college coaches of all time. ND desperately needed his leadership after Gerry Faust. Brian Kelly has guided and transitioned ND’s program into the CFB’s modern day landscape. I look forward to the responses from our fellow posters. Ideally Lou Symmogi can weigh in on this topic.
I would still place Holtz ahead of BK. Even if ND wins the an NC this year. However it’s a much closer comparison then it was say 2 years ago. Kelly has excelled in handling the pressure and wear and tear of the job. Whereas the tread had worn thin on the Holtz regime.
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