slightly above average win % vs comparable teams (ranked 11-25), atrocious win % vs teams ranked in top 10, and had never in 22 seasons as an FBS HC beaten a Top 15 team in the post-season
Replies to: "He's a slightly above average coach. Great win % vs inferior teams..."
- “Brian Kelly reminds Notre Dame fans why they're happy he's far away from South Bend“ [NT]
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- whatsamataU - 1:28pm 9/29/25
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- He did not represent ND well. Matters more than wins - jrdjr84 - 9:39pm 9/29/25
- He went 54-9 his final five seasons here - Fisher01 - 3:55pm 9/29/25
- How many of those 54 were against ranked teams? [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 7:27am 9/30/25
- Only took him until year 8 to get things rolling and still never beat a Top 15 in the post-season. [NT]
- Chrisb - 8:32pm 9/29/25
- Lots of lost opportunities during Kelly 1.0 - ndunabomber - 10:04pm 9/29/25
- #1 issue with BK, once he losses 1 game there typically more on the horizon... - Chrisb - 12:40pm 9/30/25
- Lots of lost opportunities during Kelly 1.0 - ndunabomber - 10:04pm 9/29/25
- Absolutely. I would rather have a beer with Marcus, but lest [NT]
- murph78 - 5:52pm 9/29/25
- Sorry, bad typing - lest we forget, Kelly did well here. [NT]
- murph78 - 5:53pm 9/29/25
- Applaud Kelly for what he did. It can’t be denied that he rebuilt a moribund program. - Sjnd5359 - 1:17pm 10/3/25
- Well? He was dragging down our all time win % his first 11 seasons. [NT]
- Chrisb - 8:33pm 9/29/25
- Before Kelly got here ND was making Tate Forcier a Heisman candidate [NT]
- Fisher01 - 11:35am 9/30/25
- So instead of Forcier, Kelly made Shoeless Joe Jackson or - IrishChristopher - 8:38am 10/1/25
- So because he did better than dumpster fire coaches that makes him really good? [NT] - Chrisb - 12:33pm 9/30/25
- What’s your take on CFP chances? Seems like Deja vu we were having this same discussion a year ago [NT]
- WoodstockIrish - 11:06am 9/30/25
- Right! So last year I thought if we won out we were definitely in, but this year - Chrisb - 12:31pm 9/30/25
- Well thought out - WoodstockIrish - 3:02pm 9/30/25
- My guess... - Chrisb - 10:34pm 9/30/25
- Sucks that USC lost and isn’t ranked - WoodstockIrish - 6:18pm 10/1/25
- My guess... - Chrisb - 10:34pm 9/30/25
- Well thought out - WoodstockIrish - 3:02pm 9/30/25
- Right! So last year I thought if we won out we were definitely in, but this year - Chrisb - 12:31pm 9/30/25
- Before Kelly got here ND was making Tate Forcier a Heisman candidate [NT]
- Fisher01 - 11:35am 9/30/25
- Sorry, bad typing - lest we forget, Kelly did well here. [NT]
- murph78 - 5:53pm 9/29/25
- He's a very good coach - ndunabomber - 5:23pm 9/29/25
- He's a slightly above average coach. Great win % vs inferior teams... - Chrisb - 8:38pm 9/29/25
- Didn't care for him one way or the other but he had a pretty good career at ND - NDQuebec - 4:45pm 9/29/25
- Yep, people forget what an actual bad coach looks like - Kelly was very good at his job [NT] - Fisher01 - 11:35am 9/30/25
- They were pretty hard on him this am on Ch 84 [NT] - irishone - 3:02pm 9/29/25