It's not only fans here on this Board who want the heads of "Fraudbrick" and Kelly. The ND Student Newspaper today carried a full page ad criticizing Swarbrick and expressing no confidence in Kelly.
Below is a description of the Ad from the free section of TOS:
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Notre Dame fans and alumni took out a full-page ad in the student newspaper The Observer, which states the football program has "failed" during the eight-year tenure of athletic director Jack Swarbrick.
The group that took out the ad described the areas where they feel the program has failed on and off the field since Swarbrick was hired in July 2008.
The ad highlighted ND's 0-10 record against top-10 programs over the past four seasons and the five-plus losses in six of the past nine seasons. It also pointed to the academic misconduct scandal, the arrests of six football players in August and being "ridiculed in national media" as example of off-field failure.
It also compares coach Brian Kelly's record over the past three seasons to former head coach Ty Willingham's three-year tenure at ND. The Irish went 21-15 under Willingham (58.3% winning percentage) and have gone 22-16 since 2014 (57.8% winning percentage).
ND holds a 59-31 record in Kelly's seven seasons—a 65.6% winning percentage. The Irish went 4-8 in 2016.
The ad, which was unsigned, also compares ND's record during Kelly's tenure to Stanford's as an example of a program that has succeeded on the field while upholding high academic standards.
"Jack Swarbrick as a steward of N.D. Excellence: 'Unremarkable,'" it states. "Our confidence in Brian Kelly: 'Zero. None. Absolutely None.'
"What Would We Fight For? our team, our students, our fans, our tradition."
Swarbrick reaffirmed his support for Kelly last week on the university-run Jack Swarbrick Radio Show.
Below is a description of the Ad from the free section of TOS:
ND fans, alums criticize AD in full-page student newspaper a
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Notre Dame fans and alumni took out a full-page ad in the student newspaper The Observer, which states the football program has "failed" during the eight-year tenure of athletic director Jack Swarbrick.
The group that took out the ad described the areas where they feel the program has failed on and off the field since Swarbrick was hired in July 2008.
The ad highlighted ND's 0-10 record against top-10 programs over the past four seasons and the five-plus losses in six of the past nine seasons. It also pointed to the academic misconduct scandal, the arrests of six football players in August and being "ridiculed in national media" as example of off-field failure.
It also compares coach Brian Kelly's record over the past three seasons to former head coach Ty Willingham's three-year tenure at ND. The Irish went 21-15 under Willingham (58.3% winning percentage) and have gone 22-16 since 2014 (57.8% winning percentage).
ND holds a 59-31 record in Kelly's seven seasons—a 65.6% winning percentage. The Irish went 4-8 in 2016.
The ad, which was unsigned, also compares ND's record during Kelly's tenure to Stanford's as an example of a program that has succeeded on the field while upholding high academic standards.
"Jack Swarbrick as a steward of N.D. Excellence: 'Unremarkable,'" it states. "Our confidence in Brian Kelly: 'Zero. None. Absolutely None.'
"What Would We Fight For? our team, our students, our fans, our tradition."
Swarbrick reaffirmed his support for Kelly last week on the university-run Jack Swarbrick Radio Show.
