Brian Kelly is on a mission to make himself public enemy number one in South Bend, Indiana for unknown reasons. His daughter is graduating from Notre Dame next month, and at this point, if I were Kelly, I wouldn’t be too concerned with showing my face on campus.
After 12 seasons at Notre Dame in which he was given countless second chances and, after a rough start to his tenure, eventually became the most winning coach in Notre Dame history , Kelly shocked Ireland fans when he announced in January that he was leaving. LSU.
Although it was made at the time, there was widespread support for the school’s decision to promote defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to head coach, and the feeling appreciate Kelly’s years with the show and his understanding of his choice to continue.
But he still hasn’t moved on. For some reason, he won’t be quiet about Notre Dame, even after months in Baton Rouge. In a recent interview with APhe went into the most detail about his decision to move, doubling down on a number of questionable comments in recent months that led him to blame Irish players and ND authorities for his failures in big games against ranked teams, even in the regular season. or post-season.
I can understand that there are some issues with management – Kelly has asked for updated facilities which he has never had, and that can be frustrating. But during the four years I was a student there – Kelly’s last four years as head coach – the school built a huge new indoor practice facility and completed a four-year project. year, worth half a billion dollars to completely refurbish the stadium. In previous years, they had installed the turf for the first time at Kelly’s request at Notre Dame Stadium and, perhaps most importantly, allowed Kelly to stay after losing 4-8 in 2016 and losing to Duke on the pitch. home yard.
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But instead of just talking about LSU’s resources or the appeal of playing in the SEC or wanting a change of pace after a decade or even that $95 million contract, Kelly continues to talk shit — or, at the very least, imply shit about Notre Dame. Let’s take a look at some quotes from the AP piece and another CBS piece from yesterday.
On why he left: “I feel like I’ve done everything I could at Notre Dame and they feel like they’ve done everything they can for me.”
From my position, there’s no way to rule this out other than Kelly implying that he’s the reason ND gets into the big games and ND the reason he loses the big games. He did everything he could until he hit the ceiling they seemed to have set for him – an excuse, nothing more, and an excuse that would fall apart very quickly if he couldn’t win the prizes. major tournament at LSU in the coming years.
About LSU’s nutrition center: “We don’t have that. We deliver pre-cooked food. You entered [Guglielmino Athletics Complex at Notre Dame]? There is no training board. We bring in food from the canteen. You get a lunch bag. “
Okay, no more “we” between Kelly and Notre Dame. You now have a new “we” – especially if you are going to be working in Irish facilities like that. I mean – a sack lunch? He’s making Notre Dame look like they have the resources of a middle class III Division program. While there is no doubt that there is room for improvement in the sporting facilities in Notre Dame, a fact that AD Jack Swarbrick has acknowledged is that it is truly outrageous and unnecessary.
While at LSU: “You have players who want to be great.”
I mean, you can’t be much lower than blaming the kids you’ve recruited and coached for your inability to succeed. This statement is to tell the world that this is a new development – that the athletes at Notre Dame who have made multiple CFP playoffs and BCS championships under Kelly didn’t win it all because they lack great desire. It’s a comparison between teams that is completely unfounded and that allows Kelly to shirk any responsibility for lack of greatness.
About recruitment: “It starts with the ability to hire within 3 hours of your campus…” At Notre Dame, I was on a plane for four weeks. I would have to go into every state and pull their best player out of their top high school. When I went to CaliforniaI have to beat USC or UCLA. When I go to Texas, I have to beat Texas or A&M. When I go to Florida, I have to beat Miami. ”
Kelly’s recruitment has always been a point of contention with Notre Dame fans – happy to have had 10 seasons in a row, you can ignore his lazy recruiting efforts, but now it’s clear more than ever as Marcus Freeman gets what appears to be a new quartet- or commits five stars a week for the first few months of leading the show. Kelly doesn’t want to put in a lot of effort, so the ease of hiring he hopes to find in Louisiana would probably be a good thing. Yet another poor excuse for not winning the big prizes, and also a revealing statement that he wants to be somewhere where he doesn’t have to work hard to get there. of top rookies.
All I have to say at this point is good luck to LSU. I’m sure you’ll love that everything is your fault when things go wrong and it’s all Kelly’s when things go right. Authenticity and acceptability cannot be bought, even for hundreds of millions of dollars.
