The worst coach ever chosen by a major program in the modern era. His first game, Tom Pagna, I believe, said on the air, "My God, he's coming out in a high school offense."
If they fire Kelly, they'll hire someone worse.If he comes back, ND will win 8 or 9 games next year. And every 3 or four years, they'll win 11 or 12 games. I doubt they'll win a championship under him. So I guess if that isn't good enough, roll the dice and place the choice in the hands of a system that has screwed it up 8 out of the last 12 hires, or, depending how you view Kelly, 9 out of the last 12 hires.
Given the coaches whose names I see bandied around here as plausible replacements, I have few doubts that it will be 10 out of 13 if Kelly is fired.