I agree completely with your point about Kelly's poor management of ND's talent - Crist is a perfect example! As an ND fan since 1953, talent management has been the differentiator between the two successful coaches - Ara and Lou - and the rest of them. In 1964, after 10 years of dismal football under Brennan, Kuharric and Devore they hired Ara. He took 4th string QB John Huarte and a seldom used end Jack Snow and overnight they were great! Huarte won the Heisman and Snow was an All American and had a very good pro career. ND went 9-1 and lost the National Championship in the last game of the season - in the last two minutes of the USC game 20-17. I will never forget that game because I witnessed it at the LA Coliseum. Ara would have had 3 National Championships if they had won that game. Kelly and the rest of them never got close to ONE National Championship. I hope Freeman knows how to use the talent he recruits.