I'm a stand-up guy!
Damn, I've got got the top 2025 recruiting class including the top QB, WR, and RB.
That's why I left Notre Dame. Now, I can recruit whoever I want-- no worry about grades or how much money I can give them.
"Big Game Brian". They'll see now. The skeptics will eat crow. Even Saban won't have the talent I have. Finally, I'm going to win it all! Brian Kelly Superstar!
Oh, I've heard all the critics:
How could I be flirting with the Eagles for the head coaching job when I should have been totally focused on preparing the 2012 team for the national championship game against Alabama?
How could a Boston Irish Catholic, right out of central casting, ever "stab Notre Dame in the back" and leave for more money?
Why couldn't I ever win the big games?
Why did I go so ballistic that I turned purple?
Well, like I told all those bastards in 2010 after the Tulsa game: "Get used to it!"
What did they expect?
Jenks and Swarby were bunglers. They insisted on academics. They didn't upgrade the facilities fast enough. They didn't improve nutrition fast enough and give me a top notch chef. They didn't pay assistants and me enough. Prince Shembo, Declan Sullivan, vacated victories--I always got blamed.
So, when my chance came, I grabbed it. No more restrictions!
$95 Mil for 10 years, baby!
For that kind of money, I'll fake a Southern accent and dance cheek-to-cheek with a recruit.
So, fuck all of my detractors!
I'm a stand-up guy!