Kelly to Irish

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4732205

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 6:28 PM EST reply actions

He has to go to ND.

He’s worked his entire career to improve his situation and that of his family’s. Why does he have to stop at Cincinnati?

Also, he just coached an undefeated team, beat more ranked opponents than any other team in the nation, and still finished 4th. Why stay there?

by Brian B on Dec 10, 2009 7:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Greed? Ego? Certainly not the challenge...unless you consider the challenge of staying employed...

1. He can make almost as much money in Cincinnati and have job security and the satisfaction of finishing the job.
2. The pressure and time obligations at ND will increase geometrically, so he can forget about seeing his family or having any life at all outside of ~~football.~~Notre Dame.
3. He just finished 3rd in the BCS series in only his 3rd year. – he could finish 3rd at ND and have the same result except instead of being loved, support and encouraged…he’ll get tons of shit from rabid ND fans.
4. He will be limited by the level of player that he’ll have access to at ND – they actually have academic standards.
5. He will go Hell if the ND Fighting Papists don’t win a National Championship.

I’ve met Brian Kelly and talked at some length with him. He is really personable, very direct and is (was) having a lot of fun coaching Division 1 NCAA football. I’m sad for the UC and I actually sad for coach Kelly, his family and his future…Notre Dame strikes me as a way different kind of place than Kelly has ever coached at, I don’t know how well he’ll mesh in a big time program…I hope it works out for him.

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 7:23 PM EST up reply actions

3. (revisited) He could finish undefeated and 3rd at ND and still not be in the championship game. Except that instead of being loved,supported and encouraged like he’s been at UC…he’ll get tons of shit from rabid ND fans.

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 7:26 PM EST up reply actions

You’re a college football coach at a mid-size rising program. If you don’t take the ND offer now, you have to rethink your decision to be in this career in the first place. That’s the kind of opportunity you look back on and say, “why the hell did I turn that down?”

by Brian B on Dec 10, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions

why did bob huggins stay?

"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion

by justin007000 on Dec 10, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions

Big East basketball and Big East football are not the same.

In basketball, Huggins could build a good team, play in a competitive conference, and have a shot at a national championship every season. In football, Kelly got what he could out of the recruits he could get, played in a mostly crappy Big East conference, and despite having a great season and winning all of their games, they don’t get to chance to play for a championship.

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by BK on Dec 10, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions

If he'd gone to ND the school wouldn't have allowed him bring in thugs.

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions

Zing!

Don’t you mean they wouldn’t have allow him to pull thugs off the street to give them a shot at turning their lives around?

by Brian B on Dec 10, 2009 10:39 PM EST up reply actions

you sir are correct

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 10:46 PM EST up reply actions

Mardy Gilyard would never have the chance to play at ND

I’m a huge ND fan, I’m a huge Gilyard fan, but I can’t imagine the Domers allowing black folks who are not Obama-esque on their team. It’s gross, its racist…its college football. The closest thing we have left resembling pre-Westphalian Europe.

I wish Kelly all the success he can garner at Notre Dame…but at the same time, I hope he resigns after a few years and comes back to Cincy.

"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander

by Cy Schourek on Dec 11, 2009 12:22 AM EST up reply actions

so you are a fan of racism?

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by justin007000 on Dec 11, 2009 12:54 AM EST up reply actions

Rooting for Notre Dame

is akin to rooting for puppy torture. My favorite team is Ohio State, and whoever is playing Notre Dame…..and yes, that includes That Team Up North.

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by cesarhernandez on Dec 11, 2009 12:56 AM EST up reply actions

I'm from South Bend, cut me some slack

and Notre Dame thinks that it can win with only a certain type of player…I would argue that Ohio State does the same sort of thing in the Tressell Era, look at how many of his recruits talk about the “Family Atmosphere” and all. Coaches want players who’ll fit their system, whatever that system may be.

Someone could write 300 pages easy on the Miami teams of the 80s…fortunately, the Cocaine Cowboys crew made a documentary instead.

"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander

by Cy Schourek on Dec 11, 2009 11:16 AM EST up reply actions

Tressel has had his share of thugs

But after the Clarett debacle, he might have become a bit more careful. Also, I think Tressel is a great politician and he and his staff does a lot when it comes to stage-managing the players.

And you get some slack for being from South Bend. Although I give a Notre Dame fan friend crap for being an Irish fan…..and he’s an atheist! He says its because his grandparents are from South Bend.

Oh, and I can’t wait to watch “The U” on Saturday night.

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by cesarhernandez on Dec 11, 2009 12:13 PM EST up reply actions

man...that's a bummer, I liked him

oh well, lets see who can make Collaros a star.

"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander

by Cy Schourek on Dec 10, 2009 7:03 PM EST reply actions

i hope that lying fucking scumbag never wins another game

fucking tells his players he is going anywhere.

"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion

by justin007000 on Dec 10, 2009 8:01 PM EST reply actions

So he's basically every other coach who leaves a smaller job to take a high profile job.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Dec 10, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions

He was doing his best Nick Saban

First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...

by btcoop71 on Dec 11, 2009 11:26 AM EST up reply actions

Can you really blame him for leaving?

Brian Kelly had the best possible season with his UC team, winning all of their games. They’re not playing for a national championship. Can you really say “if they would have done just a little bit more, they’d be in that game”? You can’t, it was out of their hands. If you’re Brian Kelly, why wouldn’t you move from that situation to somewhere where you’d be able to play for a national championship every year?

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Dec 10, 2009 9:20 PM EST reply actions

i just think it is shitty that he told his players he was staying in Cincinnati

tell them something else like, we will cross that bridge when it comes, but I’m in Cincinnati right now.

"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion

by justin007000 on Dec 10, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

maybe he told his players "Until I find out what the offer is, I intended to stay with Cincinnati"

and they heard, “I intend to stay with Cincinnati” because that was what they wanted to hear.

I don’t see any reason to be upset about this. 2 years ago, people didn’t give a shit about UC football.

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by Slyde on Dec 10, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions

i understand it is buisness

i guess I also hoped that he would stick around and build a big program in Cincinnati. So it is probably all emotion not logical thinking.

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by justin007000 on Dec 10, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions

I understand

I’m not even a UC fan and I was hoping that he would stay (Cincinnati pride, baby!), but I can’t blame him for going and trying to the best for his career that he can.

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by Slyde on Dec 10, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions

I can see how Bearcat fans can be pissed.

This is something that happens to Xavier, not Cincinnati.

BAM!

by Brian B on Dec 10, 2009 10:48 PM EST up reply actions

/shakes head, nods

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by BK on Dec 10, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

Colt Mclown shakes johnson and bobs Teblow...

They are so cute together.

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 11:10 PM EST up reply actions

i mean it is real easy for me to say he should stay

because i wasn’t offered a fist full of dollars to leave. But I mean I don’t know if this is best for his career, unless Notre Dame makes lightens up its academic restrictions he may be stuck in the same position his predeceases where stuck in.

"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion

by justin007000 on Dec 10, 2009 10:49 PM EST up reply actions

Willingham and Weis are dead?

by Brian B on Dec 11, 2009 9:16 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

it is amazing how sometimes i can misspell something just right

so it changes the entire meaning of what i wrote.

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by justin007000 on Dec 11, 2009 12:01 PM EST up reply actions

Daughter #1 (UC grad and big FB fan) says Kelly will coach in the Sugar bowl.

I guess he’ll coach it now, prior to signing with Nortre Dumb he may have been worried about getting his ass kicked by Fla.. Now if he loses he can say ’Well this is the best UC was gonna get"…if they win he can say “Hey I finished the job…”

I am constantly disappointed by the business side of College sports.Although I’m sure there was some guy at Central Michigan saying the same thing 3 years ago.

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 9:38 PM EST reply actions

I read somewhere

that Kelly gone and that Jeff Quinn (offensive coordinator) is coaching the team in the Sugar Bowl

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by cesarhernandez on Dec 10, 2009 10:20 PM EST up reply actions

Nice quote here....UC players are pissed

"We don’t really care what he has to say anymore," tight end Ben Guidugli said after Kelly informed the team of his decision following a team banquet Thursday, Dec. 10. "He can go talk to his Notre Dame team. We’re ready to move forward with whoever wants to move forward with us. He’s not on the boat anymore."

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by cesarhernandez on Dec 10, 2009 10:30 PM EST up reply actions

Never mind that.

Mads’ D1 says he will!

by Brian B on Dec 10, 2009 10:49 PM EST up reply actions

Welcome to the club

When we lost Petrino at UL a few years back the feelings was the same. I am just glad Jurich fired Krapthorpe before Kelly took the ND job, because Charlie Strong was the best fucking coach available and we got’em. If the cincy job was open last week he may have gone there.

by Dave from Louisville on Dec 10, 2009 10:00 PM EST reply actions

Kragthorpe'd

First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...

by btcoop71 on Dec 11, 2009 11:26 AM EST up reply actions

crapthrope'd

by Dave from Louisville on Dec 12, 2009 12:07 AM EST up reply actions

I started to watch the ESPN college football awards and it was so smarmy that I vomited in my mouth.

Tim Teblow can blow me.

BTW i got this invite on facebook:
Ashlee Gajus invited you to join the group “I Have Also Slept With Tiger Woods”…

How did she know?

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 10:48 PM EST reply actions

At least she accepted your fucking friend request

/bitter’d

by Brian B on Dec 10, 2009 10:51 PM EST up reply actions

I swear it wasn't me!

I think I found you – now you can either accept or reject me. Seriously though, if I got one and didn’t accept, it wasn’t intentional.

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by Ash on Dec 11, 2009 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

I am all speculation and conjecture these days

since I have no evidence that I ever sent you a request in the first place. But surely I must have. Well I can hardly ignore you now . . .

by Brian B on Dec 11, 2009 7:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Well see how long it is before John Sxxxxxass ignores me

by Brian B on Dec 11, 2009 8:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Friend'd, dude.

And hey, I live only 80 miles South.

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by Farneyismycopilot on Dec 12, 2009 12:05 AM EST up reply actions

Nice.

Now how do I hide you from my new feed?

by Brian B on Dec 13, 2009 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

you do not want to do that

unless you go to EDSBS anyways

"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander

by Cy Schourek on Dec 13, 2009 1:18 PM EST up reply actions

Not sure, but I know if you put it on status updates I'm less annoying.

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by Farneyismycopilot on Dec 13, 2009 8:26 PM EST up reply actions

How did I know?

C’mon, Mads, out of everyone I know you were the most likely candidate.

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by Ash on Dec 11, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions

Truthiness incarnate

Tiges and I go back a ways. In fact at one point I was writing an ‘all-revealing’ biography of the kid…but Arnold Palmer talked us out of it…too bad..I may still have some copy somewhere.

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by Madville on Dec 11, 2009 9:47 PM EST up reply actions

Yes but Nancy wilson did not.

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by Madville on Dec 10, 2009 11:09 PM EST reply actions

Reply button broken much?

by Brian B on Dec 11, 2009 9:18 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

He is making Dusty Money

According to the Chicago Tribune Kelly is going to make around $3M a year. Sucks that he will have to send $1M to U.C.

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by justin007000 on Dec 10, 2009 11:55 PM EST reply actions

I don't think it sucks.

Its business. He signed a contract and now he wants out of that contract. In the final analysis it boils down to money and prestige…Notre Dame sure ain’t the plum of a coaching job that it once was. If I’ve got the quote right it is ‘akin to puppy torture’.
This move by Kelly is what sucks..I have lost my innocence thanks to him…I hope he fails.

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by Madville on Dec 11, 2009 7:11 AM EST up reply actions

Speaking of failure

The Cincinnati Reds have won a World Series more recently than Notre Dame has won a National Championship. So how relevant is Notre Dame football anymore?

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by cesarhernandez on Dec 11, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions

Funny. The defender making the tackle

in this photo was lined up incorrectly. Had he not been, Tennessee probably wins the Super Bowl on that play. The Titans’ offensive coordinator at the time was Les Steckel, who is the president of FCA. He wrote about it in his book, “One Yard Short.”

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by Thundering Turtle on Dec 11, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions

That is one thnig he has in common with Dusty

maybe we can send Taveras to Notre Dame to give him one more thing in common with Dusty

by Red_Poodle on Dec 11, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions

I can't believe he's not coaching the Sugar Bowl

I now hate Notre Dame even more. I know UC isn’t a military service academy, but maybe UC gets a chance to thump Notre Dame in a few years.

by Snake the Jake on Dec 11, 2009 9:17 AM EST reply actions

Well Snake

From the general tenor of the UC players..I’d say they’d just as soon not have him around…kind of a Fuck You Coach, we dopn’t need you and your lying shit to stink up our Sugar bowl.

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by Madville on Dec 11, 2009 8:42 PM EST up reply actions

So Kelly fits in I heard some guy from ND saying because he has an Irish name...

they shoulda hired:

I am going to have perverse pleasure in watching B. Kelly struggle over the next few season.

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by Madville on Dec 11, 2009 6:41 PM EST reply actions

Golden DOMERS, Mr. Kelly! DOMERS!

by Brendanukkah on Dec 11, 2009 6:48 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

That just made my day.

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by Farneyismycopilot on Dec 12, 2009 12:06 AM EST up reply actions

It is a business but then so is academia..

So if athletes have to sit out a year when transferring (even though they are paying customers) why not the coaches too… I know it won’t happen.

So Kelly wins..he gets the big pay out and the University loses and the student athletes lose. I think it is time to start paying the players and quite the whole ‘student athlete’ charade at the D1 level.

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by Madville on Dec 12, 2009 12:40 PM EST reply actions

Reading Brian Kelly's twitter is really eerie now

From this:

Pitt is tough enough to prepare for but it will be nice given the current weather that we will have an indoor bubble this time next year.

Well, technically, you’re right.

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by Cy Schourek on Dec 13, 2009 5:04 PM EST reply actions

Hah. That is pretty damned funny.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
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by Farneyismycopilot on Dec 13, 2009 8:27 PM EST up reply actions