He was not “coached up” to great success. To be sure, he had great coaching, but he is a beast, and the idiotic and political star system whiffed on him.
Have you considered that Kelly is a phenomenal talent evaluator? Better than the recruiting services?
It is actually his best coaching trait (it sure isn’t game day play calling).
Other smart teams have actually picked up on this as they will offer based on a Kelly offer.
While Kelly has had a patchy go of it, he has at least earned our trust in his ability to pick out great players that will stay in our program long enough not to be a wasted effort.