For those of you Pro Kelly. Most of (OUR) the Anti Kelly crowd look at the last 30 yrs as mediocrity mixed with some memorable years. I think perhaps many of you are on a season to season plan?
Let's go back to Kelly's first yr. God bless Tommy Rees! First off here was a kid that was not a D1 talent. Tremendous overachiever, but dont kid yourself. He did not belong on any power 5 roster. Where would we have been had it not been for him? Kelly crushed Dayne's spirit! Hendrix.....no thank you.
On to the debacle of Golson. Not Kelly's fault. However it fell under his watch. Once again stuck with Rees! If you can't get the Qb to run your system/ keep them eligible? Then your damn right I'm blaming the coach!
Same as i blame Weis for squandering Jimmy's talent. What was it 52 sacks!! Pathetic, simply pathetic. No Div1 line should be so abysmal.
Fast forward year 7. If we could skip it i would. 4-8 only 1 10 win season. Ass kickings in every major bowl we've been in. BK signature wins vs. Lsu, Oklahoma. Flirted with the NFL, 2 tragedies related to football. Berating of players, lack of accountability. Reports of job fishing, piss poor game management, terrible playcalling.
Yea its safe to say we are pissed off! Rightly so. Many of us that fell in love with ND. Fell for the things that ND used to stand for. Sure they claim to care for the same things. Not so. Ask yourself this? If they did care about the fans, alumni, student athletes, prospective coaches? Then why has the University not done a better job of keeping pace with the landscape for which it sits?
If you are a ND fan you have been kept in the closet for far too long!