It's the coach.

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It's the coach.

Author: Elliott Swann (1443 Posts - Joined: Jul 31, 2014)

Posted at 8:25 pm on Dec 19, 2020

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He knew after the ass kicking in the cotton bowl that the program needed an elite offensive coordinator and 2-3 maniacs who could recruit and win players who ND offers, and pursues but does not normally gets. THAT has been my biggest pet peeve with him. They have whiffed on an absurd amount of highly rated "ND fits" who are in the top 150 OA range at DE, WR and RB for too many years. Meyer at ND isn't going to get a number 1 class each year but there's no excuse to have arguable at most two five stars on this entire roster. That is a Kelly issue, not an institutional limit. Those are correctable, and not one which Notre Dame needs to alter. Lowering academic standards won't fix ANYTHING if just about all of your coaches aren't all that great at it to begin with.

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Replies to: "It's the coach."

Brian Kelly has hit the ceiling with ND. - JGAND73 - 8:16pm 12/19/20 (29) [View All]
- Put the bottle down. Who would you like? The fat man (Weis)? Willingham? Faust? You see where this - guiness4everyone - 9:28pm 12/19/20
- Re: Brian Kelly has hit the ceiling with ND. - Fin2013 - 9:08pm 12/19/20
- Completely disagree - MarkHarman - 8:47pm 12/19/20
  - Lol. You’re joking, right? - Irishrealist - 9:09pm 12/19/20
    - Receivers WERE open - MarkHarman - 9:28pm 12/19/20
      - Yep. And there were several plays where, while not completely open, McKinley was in clear one on - Irish83 - 9:24am 12/20/20
  - Kelly's best 3 year stretch is WITH Book, but Book is his liability?? - Chrisb - 9:02pm 12/19/20
    - Kelly 2.0 is largely different than Kelly 1.0 - MarkHarman - 9:40pm 12/19/20
      - Fact 1: Kelly 2.0 is a fantasy Fact 2: Kelly's best 3 year stretch is WITH Book as his QB [NT] - Chrisb - 9:44pm 12/19/20
  - Respectfully, Kelly and Rees are in charge, who else do we put it on? [NT] - garryowen - 8:52pm 12/19/20
- Lucy has pulled the football once again on Charlie Brown - humbaba - 8:41pm 12/19/20
  - Re: Lucy has pulled the football once again on Charlie Brown - garryowen - 8:59pm 12/19/20
- Three times. [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:35pm 12/19/20
- Re: Brian Kelly has hit the ceiling with ND. - ryanfi14 - 8:23pm 12/19/20
  - Not fair! [NT] - kgirish - 9:11pm 12/19/20
- Sad to say I agree. He just does not know how to get to the top of the mountain. [NT] - garryowen - 8:20pm 12/19/20
- So is it the institution or the coach? - UMND - 8:20pm 12/19/20
  - Re: So is it the institution or the coach? - OHIrish - 8:28pm 12/19/20
    - Yeah we suck...10-0 prior to today [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 8:38pm 12/19/20
      - 16 straight but who really cares - ShowMeIrish - 8:40pm 12/19/20
        Throw in the longest home winning streak and we should get a attaboy award [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:53pm 12/19/20
  - It's the coach. - Elliott Swann - 8:25pm 12/19/20
    - Thank you - WoodstockIrish - 8:41pm 12/19/20
      - Yup [NT] - eftg1 - 8:43pm 12/19/20
    - The margin of error on missing top tier recruits is a lot smaller here than at Bama or Clemson. - UMND - 8:34pm 12/19/20
      - I get that. - Elliott Swann - 8:54pm 12/19/20
        He admitted, last year that... - kgirish - 9:15pm 12/19/20
        That ND Insider article about how lazy and inconsistent his "recruiting" is was a doozy. [NT] - Elliott Swann - 9:31pm 12/19/20
  - Both, but that’s tying both arms down. [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:21pm 12/19/20