"When he first got here it was all excitement. He brought his little gimmick hurry up offense and it helped. It was putting points up, etc. He was hungry, aggressive, etc."
This is the point -- he was HUNGRY when he got here, and had that mentality through 2012 -- once he got to the NC game, his teams -- and his coaching -- have regressed. I think a lot of it came from his episodes early in the 2011 season when ND was committing turnovers a a rate equal to a rain storm -- and he was going ballistic -- and getting blasted by everyone from every angle for his outbursts.
I personally would like to see more fire and energy from him and the staff. Was an OSU game, a Michigan game, a Bama -- Harbaugh, Urban, hell, even Saban all get animated during a game -- I don't see anyone getting them about it. They say ND is "different", "need to act different"-- I say, hell no, not on the field we are not -- Kelly and staff are trying to do the same thing that all 120 D1 schools are -- trying to win games and shooting for a championship. I for one hope that he re-invents himself and gets back the hunger he had when he got here.