Don't look now, NDNation and other haters, but Kelly 2.0 is 21-3
Somebody named ndgotrobbedin97 called Kelly a "solid" coach and to imagine if we had a "great" coach. Sigh.
Yes, I'll pat myself on the back for this one. I said on this board on Feb. 20, 2017 that "I think 2017 will be the start of a great era of ND football." Kelly changed basically everything about the program, but more importantly, himself. I pointed out it took Frank Beamer 7 years to hit his stride, as did Sandy Koufax. I said repeatedly Kelly 2.0 needed more than one year to determine if things had indeed changed.
Is Kelly a great coach? He's doing a lot of the things a great coach does. If he's not a great coach, at the very least he's moving towards that goal. Will he take a detour? Maybe. Maybe not. But right now it's hard to see him going back to failing ways.
I'm also enjoying going back to the archives in 2017 and seeing some of you claiming Kelly 2.0 is a mirage, that Wimbush should have been "put in a position to succeed," that I'm crazy (or worse), etc. I'm not claiming to be smarter than anyone else who said these things. I'm probably not. The only thing I had going for me was being willing to have an open mind about what Kelly was doing.
Replies to: Don't look now, NDNation and other haters, but Kelly 2.0 is 21-3
winning 20 of the last 22 is impressive, best yet to come?
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Re: Don't look now, NDNation and other haters, but Kelly 2.0 is 21-3
Kelly is getting ND better and better every year. Not up to Bama's level yet but getting close.
Re: Don't look now, NDNation and other haters, but Kelly 2.0 is 21-3
Just think what Jon Gruden, Mark Richt or Jeff Teford would do at ND!
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Re: Just think what Jon Gruden, Mark Richt or Jeff Teford would do at ND!
Gruden is doing a bang up job with the Raiders this year.
He's a horrible 2nd half coach so far. But that doesn't detract from 11-0!
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ND stepped on the gas in the 2nd half against Stanford, Virginia Tech, Pitt, and Northwestern, and kept up dominance against FSU and Syracuse.
“He’s deficient, but that doesn’t take away from his sufficiency”. Your an idiot.
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*You're #glasshouses
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How would his being "horrible" for 50% of the game "detract?"
Oh, . . wait.
Horrible 2nd half coaches ‘don’t’ go 11-0; if they did, then they must be out of this world
In preparing for the first halves. Would this make sense? Not really. ND had an issue for many years of not putiing teams away teams in the second half when they had big leads. They have had their share of comebacks though in the second half. To the Syracuse game...they kept the pressure up for all four quarters. Keep winning and Kelly has a chance to be coach of the year!