By Brian Hamilton
There's another reason Brian Kelly is excited to return to Notre Dame for his first official day on the job Monday: Apparently the people of Cincinnati can't wait until he leaves.
A post on Kelly's Twitter page Sunday morning indicated he received quite the cool welcome as he spent the weekend wrapping up loose ends in Cincinnati.
"Spent most of the morning on the phone with recruits," Kelly wrote. "House got egged last night and the sign on the lawn wasn't a FOR SALE sign."
Kelly's first official day on the job for the Irish is Monday.
There's another reason Brian Kelly is excited to return to Notre Dame for his first official day on the job Monday: Apparently the people of Cincinnati can't wait until he leaves.
A post on Kelly's Twitter page Sunday morning indicated he received quite the cool welcome as he spent the weekend wrapping up loose ends in Cincinnati.
"Spent most of the morning on the phone with recruits," Kelly wrote. "House got egged last night and the sign on the lawn wasn't a FOR SALE sign."
Kelly's first official day on the job for the Irish is Monday.
Your idea it’s written before Web 2.0 hype. Well done.
I appreciate and respect your point of view.
15 years, three "highly touted" coaches, same result. I think a trend has been established. Hopefully, Kelly can land on his feet in five years!
And of course, Cincinnati fans kicked up a fuss when he left Central Michigan to join them.. Hypocritical clowns!
We Cincy fans have no problem with BK leaving for ND. It's the manner in which he left. We all bought into his persona. He worked awfully hard to build up the program and said he wouldn't leave. We knew it was coach speak.But it's like he left under cover of darkness without saying goodbye to his players and the city who embraced him.
LOL...It’s funny listening to other school fans bashing whether ND is relevant or not. ND does not give a rat’s ass what you think of the football program. Every time you click on the tv and even glimpse at the game or make a comment on the web you help make them relevant and rich with all those increases in hits. So unless your willing to file a complaint with NBC execs or your cable provider, shut your tv off or just shut your f**king mouth, then you have to live with the fact that you are helping make ND more popular than ever and very relevant.
Maybe Kelly can send you all a free ND bumper sticker or something, ND thanks you for your support.
To everyone saying ND is irrelevant: Irrelevant teams don't get coaches from teams coming off undefeated seasons and on their way to BSC bowls.
Just a friendly reminder that BK was "stolen" by Ciny and actually coached their bowl game four years ago, instead of the one that his formet team played on - do unto others right? - if he does the same to ND in four years then we will have no grounds to balme him for it - let BK go Cincy - hearing from their players I doubt that he told them anything of the sort - they heard what they wanted to hear - I hope they beat Florida bad and show that they are men and not boys - go cincy - GO IRISH!!!
Mr/Ms Schuge, I've got to question your statistics when you say that Notre Dame is "one of just 13 college football programs that have three or more BCS appearances since its inception in 1998".
While you are factually correct that the Domers did play in three bowl games most of America will tell you that the Domers had no business playing in the 2007 Sugar Bowl or in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl. Both years ND finished No. 11 in the BCS rankings. There are five BCS bowl games and thus ten slots available. At No. 11 Notre Dame did not make the cut. Unfortunately, the national media worship and NBC's lobbying for their corporate team boosted ND into two bowls over other more deserving and successful teams. The slaughter of the hapless ND teams in those games bears this truth out: Notre Dame lost the two bowl games by a combined score of 82-23. Worse, Notre Dame pocketed the millions of dollars in BCS and TV revenue from those bowl games; money that should have gont to a more deserving and successful program.
For the 2006 Fiesta Bowl, Notre Dame finished N0. 6 in the BCS rankings. Purely by ranking I guess you could say that the 9-2 Irish deserved this BCS slot but when you consider that two teams with 10-1 rankings and two teams with 10-2 records finished behind ND in the BCS that year plus 8 other teams finished with identical 9-2 records the only conclusion is that, once again Notre Dame was in a bowl game over other more deserving and successful teams (and stealing money from more successful programs). Ohio State's 34-20 destruction of ND offers more proof that ND had no right being on the same playing field as a true BCS team. I think that Brady Quinn is still spitting out bits of Arizona turf to this day.
So in three BCS appearances Notre Dame has been out scored 116-43. Impressive.
Do you need further proof of the irrelevance of Notre Dame football in this modern era?
Face it. The college football world is sick of subsidizing a quaint historical relic like Notre Dame football.
Hey Tony,
You nailed the problem right there:
"If ND is so irrelevant, why was every media outlet obsessed with the coaching vacancy for the past few weeks."
Yes it is the MEDIA that is obsessed with ND and not ordinary people. See NBC ("Must Flee TV") and other media outlets that have no real news to report so they OBSESS on irrelevant issues and try to make ND into something that just isn't there. It's very disgusting and annoying to read and watch. Most American sports fans are tired of all the phony ND hype and follow real sports now.
Every coach has a right to persue his dream. Brian Kelly
always said that his dream was to coach at Notre Dame. Why is everyone so surprised at his move? If it was the wrong decision, it will not take long to find out. Be patient and objective during his tenure at Notre Dame.
so i guess florida is irrelevant too, since its been a year since their last national title. ha ha ha! two years removed from the BCS isn't living in the past...it means notre dame hasn't had a good team in two years...
according to that train of thought: if LSU, USC and oklahoma doesn't go to the BCS next year, they will also be irrelevant since it will have been two years since they appeared in a BCS...that means florida state is completely irrelevant too.
all you wisconsin fans, is football irrelevant for the badgers? heck no, but this train of thought would say "yes," because wisconsin hasn't been to a BCS since 2000...
GO ND,
Tennessee had the chance to hire Brian Kelly last season and went with the man child Lane Kiffin instead. What does that say about what people think Kelly's chances in the SEC would be? He may well succeed at Notre Dame but if not they are stuck with him because nobody in the SEC is going to come calling for the guy in a year or two (LSU comes to mind).
and people forget that the irrelevant irish were one TD (when reggie bush illegally carried leinart into the end zone as time expired) -- actually three points -- from playing texas in the rose bowl the national title...
one long pass completion, a questionable clock stoppage and the TD run where forward progress had been before the QBs running back carried him two yards over the pile to win it were the difference between a national title appearance and a fiesta bowl appearance...
that's not completely irrelevant...and if anyone remembers that USC game, notre dame was the better team...it was an INSTANT CLASSIC though!
Cincy fans are rude. Nobody would have thought twice about firing Kelly before the end of the season if he was doing poorly, but he is a traitor if he takes a better job when the team is doing well. If you want to be a final destination school, then build a new stadium, new facilities, and pay your coach more money. You can't blame Kelly for doing what is in his family's best career interest.
so i guess irrelevant in football is being one of just 13 college football programs that have three or more BCS appearances since its inception in 1998 (that's every three or four years for those scoring at home, which is 2001, 2006, and 2007)...
that means alabama, texas, georgia, Va Tech, michigan, miami and LSU are also irrelevant since they have just as many BCS appearances as notre dame...they have MORE appearances than boise state, cincy, illinois, iowa, nebraska, oregon, penn state, tennessee, west virginia, utah, wisconsin, auburn, colorado, georgia tech, hawaii, kansas, k-state, louisville, oregon state, pitt, purdue, stanford, syracuse, TCU, texas A&M, UCLA, wake forest, washington and washington state...not to mention the other 100-some odd programs that have NEVER been to a BCS...
and, without an automatic bye like the crappy big east and the fading ACC, notre dame has to earn its way in as opposed to dominating a horrible conference...three times since 2001 isn't irrelevant. funny how the standards are so high at ND that two years removed from a BCS, the irish have become irrelevant...hmmm....that doesn't add up...
Okay, everyone should just stop banging on Kelly. Your telling me you wouldn't leave a school like Cincy for a a big contract and the chance to play on national television every week? big time recruiting all over the country? He's a great coach, not a traitor. Give this guy a break. Don't bash him until he does something worth bashing about. He'll have success at Notre Dame, and I can't wait until he does, so that all these ridiculously classless Cincy fans can jus shut the fuck up. Why don't you go egg someone else's house. It'll do you good since you already live in a shit-hole you call a city. Goodnight Cincy, cya later when you are down by 20 points at halftime to Florida. Go IRISH!
If ND is so irrelevant, why was every media outlet obsessed with the coaching vacancy for the past few weeks. I've seen almost nothing about the Cincy vacancy. ND may be underachieving but irrelevant? Sorry, try again.
Domer fan here, but I feel your pain, Cincy. I'm not a fan of this NCAA system that time frames situations like this. It is unstabilizing and forces coaches and schools to decide on things while the season is not yet over.
Cincy, your program is moving right up there now with the elite and you should attract a very qualified coach to continue to carry you forward. You will feel better when this coach is in place and breathing life into your future.
I, for one, hope you beat Florida...good luck !
Wow. Football wisdom from a Domer fan? Based upon your expertise watching the product out of South Bend for the past two decades?
Is that like military advice from the French?
Clearly this is just more evidence of the deluded mental state of domers...
Oh Cincy get over yourselves, you have no class. How you act now will only scare off any good coach out there from coming to UC. Everyone knows it is the Off Coord's job to call the plays and Kelly left his entire staff there, you don't need the Head Coach to call a game and if you need him there for motivation this late in the season then you have bigger problems then play calling. All this bitching only proves that Cincy is scared of Florida and after Florida beats Cincy by 35-40 pts that Cincy fans will blame their loss on Kelly leaving and not on the fact that the team sucks..........GO FLORIDA! Would you have egged Gilyard's house if he left early for the draft last year? It works both ways. I hope that Kelly changes his mind and pulls his entire staff up to ND now and let the players suffer. I mean after all they are the ones out there getting it done right, they don't need any coaches "the seniors got this"...good luck you'll need it!
Kelly left a 12-0 team before a major BCS bowl game. He is a self absorbed jerk with no honor.
Most puzzling though, is the assumption that that the head football coaching position at Notre Dame is a step up from the University of Cincinnati. That is simply not true. Notre Dame has been irrelevant to modern college football since the mid 1980's and was fading before that. Kelly has made a major career mistake because of this deluded domer misconception. Notre Dame is a quaint relic of football's historic past much like raccoon coats, the University of Chicago, Amos Alonzo Stagg and leather helmets.
This Bearcat fan is sorry to see Kelly make such a foolish mistake and hopes his tenure as Domer football coach is as successful as the career of Gerry Faust.
Some people take their college sports more seriously than they should. Get a life people.
Hey TJC, that "big pond" you're referring to is more of a drowning pool. NLR - and that's NO LONGER RELEVANT for you self-absorbed, delusional jackasses who think you're better than everyone else. News flash. You're not. Somewhere, God is smiling.....
"LSU is the 'next level' from ND? Florida? Really? Come on. If he wins at ND, there IS NO next level. Winning a National Championship at Notre Dame is as high as it goes in college football."
Congratulations! You have become the poster child for what is likely the most self-absorbed, delusional group of narcissistic dolts on the face of the earth. Domers even make Cubs fans look intelligent.
Q: How do you know when you're talking to an ND Alum? A: They'll be sure to tell you within the first 5 minutes of the conversation.
sweethomechicago001 writes:
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What university has the most national championships?
Yale (17).
Notre Dame similarly hasn't won a national football championship in two decades despite its all-out effort to do so.
It has NEVER won a BCS game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series#BCS_bowl_wins_and_appearances_by_team
Since Notre Dame's last national championship in 1988, Miami and Nebraska each have won three national championships and Florida, Florida State, LSU and USC two each.
With Alabama's reemergence under Nick Saban, who has very strong Midwest recruiting connections (e.g., Mark Ingram) to enhance Alabama's traditional recruiting power, my hunch is that Notre Dame will be still searching for a national championship two decades from now, long after those us with a living memory of Ara Parseghian have passed from this world.
P.S. Don't give Kelly too much credit. Few knowledgeable football minds in Ohio believe that Cincinnati could win two games if it played Ohio State 10 times. Hasn't anybody at Notre Dame noticed how easily Pittsburgh and even Connecticut piled up rushing yards on Kelly's best team ever?
Get use to it Mr. Kelly. It's 2009 and Illinois basketball fans still have a hard on for Bill Self b/c he left in 2003. Although...who could blame them.
1. The school's letters are UC -not CU.
2. This program was not miraculously brought frm the dust of the ground into a national contender by BK in 3 seasons. Dantonio had a core of players making great strides in the program there already and BK came in to put the icing on the cake.
3."Notre Dame is where foot ball begins and ends" -you are absolutely right -it ended a decade ago.
4.Cincy's a trailer park? Have you been to south bend? Indiana? Child, please...
There's no excuse for people trashing his house, and it's true, no one cried about it in Cincinnati when he shafted CMU on its bowl game. Can anyone recall a time, however, when a coach with an undefeated season left the team before its bowl game to go work for a team ASAP that wasn't even in a bowl game?
I'm sure the people in Cincinnati were equally upset with Mr. Kelly when he bolted Central Michigan before a bowl game to start building the Bearcats into back-to-back conference champs.
ND > Cincinnati. Just deal with it.
that's what you gotta love about people in Cincinnati ...they are a CLASS ACT.
No wonder the guy left!
And they are delusional. They can't get that he got a BIGGER AND BETTER JOB.
U of Cincy will NEVER be Notre Dame. Not in their wildest dreams. Not academically. Not athletically. Not historically.
People who are successful leave small ponds for big ponds. That's life.
Quit whining. Maybe that's why it's called "The Queen City"...it's full of a bunch of cry-baby women.
To:
Mr. Thomas Anthony "The Taxman Cometh" Jones, SR (Waf-SS, ret.)
Hey... Do you get angry when a football player leaves his school after his junior season and goes to the NFL for his DREAM job?
What say you? No, okay I thought so.
You are a hypocrite. No shock there.
Brian Kelly stated that his DREAM job was always Notre Dame, way back at GVSU, CMU, and at CU.
The timing sucked, I will admit that, but it is what IT IS. You can thank the NCAA for that.
One more thing, I am sure you were this fired up when the last coach left CU and Kelly took over, correct?
What say you? No, you were not. I figured that too.
Again, you're a hypocrite. Nothing more.
Why are you all angry at Kelly? It's not his fault this is how the NCAA has set up it's timelines and regulations.
It's not even about the students. It hasn't been for at least 30 years.
It's all about the money. Do you think these schools give a rats @$$ about their "students"? Without a top notch progran it doesn't pay for the rest of their athletic programs.
What Brian Kelly did happens all the time. I hate that this happens but unless the NCAA changes the recruiting timeline, this will continue. I'm a Ball State alum and the same thing happened to them last year. I can't blame the coaches - do you stay for one game and let everyone else steal all the recruits for your new school? This is just another example of how the bowl system is a farce and needs to be replaced with a playoff.
I am sorry, but Kelly did not put Cincy on the map. The person who built up HIS program was Dantonio. He lead the Bearcats to two bowls in his three seasons. So, the seniors were not even recruited by Kelly, but by his predecessor. The Irish will probably have bad luck with Kelly, too.
LSU is the 'next level' from ND? Florida? Really? Come on. If he wins at ND, there IS NO next level. Winning a National Championship at Notre Dame is as high as it goes in college football. Maybe Penn State could come close IF Joe is still coaching; and a few others might come close. But there's only one program with the history of Notre Dame. And the cash is there as well.
RjsHadley,
Idiot. They're not mad he didn't finish his contract they're mad he left them uncoached for their final game. They're 12-0 and have a bowl game that he won't be there for.
He could have EASILY told ND he wants to finish the season. ND has nothing to lose from him waiting a couple weeks to start.
Wow so much hating on Kelly the comments about Bk being a scumbag and so on just shows the type of class that Cincy has been showing this whole time. If you need to make a law that a coach has to stay with you until a contract is up, what does that say about your school. I'm sorry but Cincy is a stepping stone in football like it or not they are not a top football school. Cincy was NO WHERE until Kelly took over..... show some respect. The man wants to better himself you would do it to......... grow up Cincy.
Geez, since he defected to Notre Dame, isn't that a "hate crime?"
Coaches cannot be forced to stay for the duration of their contracts. When a coach is successful, they will continuously extend the contracts so that the coach is perpetually 3-4 years from expiration. They do this for recruiting purposes quite often.
waaah waaah, good for kelly to go to domer and leave the "trailer park" fans of Cincy in his wake- the city that has always had race problems. (Is Waf-SS short for Waffen?) Of course he will have high expectations replacing the fat man. If.when he fails, we'll hear a different set of whining, from the over the top Domer fans. But it is what it is. Big dog overcoming the little guys Cincy.
what a bunch of low class morons in the queen city, Kelly put you on the map and this is how you act. Welcome coach Kelly to where college football begins and ends, Notre Dame!
Brian Kelly is a traitor. He told the players he would be here for their duration and then he ups and jumps to the losers up in South Bend, Indiana. There needs to be a law that a coach can not leave a school until his written and "verbal" contract have been completed. No if, ands, or buts.
I know the coaches would whine, but this is only fair!Also if the lying coaches would think about is they would also benefit from my no lying rules for coaches. A coach could not be fired like that punk Charlie Weis up at Notre Dame until his contracted was completed.
Thus the Taxman Dogma would help these lowlife trailer park scumbag coaches. They could not ne fired until their contract was up. Notre Dame deserves a liar like Brian Kelly. He is a lowlfe coach who lied to our players.
Brian Kelly is a traitor. He told the players he would be here for their duration and then he ups and jumps to the losers up in South Bend, Indiana. There needs to be a law that a coach can not leave a school until his written and "verbal" contract have been completed. No if, ands, or buts.
I know the coaches would whine, but this is only fair!Also if the lying coaches would think about is they would also benefit from my no lying rules for coaches. A coach could not be fired like that punk Charlie Weis up at Notre Dame until his contracted was completed.
Thus the Taxman Dogma would help these lowlife trailer park scumbag coaches. They could not ne fired until their contract was up. Notre Dame deserves a liar like Brian Kelly. He is a lowlfe coach who lied to our players.