Kelly has been our coach for 9 years
People say well you just can't compare BK to Alabama and Clemson.
Well Saban has only been there 3 more years then Kelly, and Bama hadn't been good since the 90's. But Alabama has a big name, so we'll give it a pass.
Now Dabo has only been the Clemson Head Coach 1 year more then Kelly, and Clemson wasn't a big name powerhouse elite before Dabo.
But Kelly hasn't produced anything near what Dabo has produced.
9 seasons, if he hasn't figured it by now, he's not going to. This isn't Div II, he's just not cut out for the big boys on the big stage. "But But But The higher standards and requirements prevent him from getting the players." BS the one thing Kelly has done really well is recruit, he has been a great recruiter, We've have the talent, we've had the talent for awhile. Go back and look at the Roster for the 2016 Team, the team that went 4-8 Absolutely loaded with great players.
And just for a minute let's say Saban or Dabo became our coach with the exact same players ? DO you think we would have struggled against Ball State, Vanderbilt, Pitt, Northwestern, DO you think we would have gotten embarrassed again, with these the same players but them coaching? You just delusional if you think so. Kelly is a fraud that get's by with smoke and mirrors. And the Cotton Bowl was just like WTF. I still believe that Kelly is calling some of the Offense, "No it's all Long" Well we've had alot of those same crappy calls 3rd and long RB draws, 3rd and long WR screens for no gains long before Long arrived. But just for the sake of it.Let's say that Long was calling it all. At some point in the biggest game of the season and maybe even career, Kelly has to do something , make changes, maybe even take over the play calling, maybe put in Wimbush, or Jurkovec anything to try and spark the O, But no he just sat there Looking Stupid. We couldn't even score garbage points in the 4th against their second string. It's time for a change. Period.
Go Irish.