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Particularly the Pyne acolytes. If he transfers, not I want him to, who cares? He isn't the solution, this year or any year. Buchner is likely the starting QB next year as I'm betting the deal with Coan was for one year. Pyne isn't a starting qb on any Power 5 school worth being on. He is probably best advised to get his degree from ND, and if he wants to milk some type of grad degree re: a grad transfer might be good for him if he finds a school that thinks he can help. Note: it would be a short list.

For those who keep focusing on the QB, that isn't the crux of the problem. The offensive scheme and the OL is. The OL, while hit with injuries, has talent but is coached down by Kelly minion/lackey Quinn. Rees is in over his head as the OC for a Power 5 team which looked decent last year due more to a perfect storm of a cheapened COVID schedule, 5th year qb, and talented and experienced OL who had more coaching from Quinn's predecessor that than did from him. It doesn't matter much who the WRs are since Kelly could misuse a WR corp of Davante Adams, Tyreke Hill and Stefon Diggs and complain after the game that they "weren't getting open."

The Freeman head coach- in-waiting to Van Gorder-reincarnation swing is hilarious. The defense is short on talent behind the DL. There is one capable DB, with a former WR playing a starting corner. Forgetting the fact that Freeman is installing a new defense with players not designed for it, the loss of the 2 best lbs make this tough. The LB depth is so bad that a WR was converted to LB and the guy who may the best rusher, Foskey, plays more LB roles than pass rushing ones.

Kelly can throw out all his lame-ass coachisms/excuses but this team is just not a very good one for various reasons with coaching at the core of it. We need a new OL coach, much less a real OC (Kelly isn't going to win a NC much less a play off game with Rees as the OC), but knowing Kelly's history with keeping his yes-men, low hanging fruit, coaches around it ain't happening unless the product on the field craters.