You talk about the game as though it were X-Box, with the coach holding the controller. You cherry pick pick ten guys out of the 150 or more who have played significant minutes the last 8 years, and want to make sweeping generalizations...it's simply very bad reasoning.
ND has given absolutely no indication over the past 25 years that they have any intention of changing their business model for football. The next guy they get is likely to be significantly worse than Kelly, as were the three who preceded him.
That really is all I'm saying.