mgriff
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We may still have a ton of recruit rated talent, but the bottom line is that they were not properly developed since they got here, and it is going to take a lot longer than the nine months Kelly has had to develop the team adequately. It okay to not be content with a loss, but at some point, the unrealistic expectations need to come down. No one plays perfect every week, that is why there is a loss column next to the win one, and especially a team who has been 6-6 the last two years. We could have beaten Michigan, and we are, on paper, able to beat any team on our schedule. We won't though, because we are not a great team. They are not where they need to be, and that isn't all on Kelly. These players, while not neglected, certainly haven't been groomed to their potential. No coach, in this era of college football, could come in and take what's at Notre Dame, and get the team to the BCS in the first year, without some luck. It's possible, but a bunch of shit would have to align for it to happen. He's good, but he'll make mistakes like everyone else.
I think he absolutely could have changed some things up, and maybe, we could have gotten the win, but we didn't. We aren't going to be Florida, Alabama, or Ohio State this year. The building up of our program will take time, so steady improvement is a better indicator than tremendous initial success, just ask Ty and Chuck. It is easy to look at our team and see all the star ratings and think all they need is a coach, but the development takes the longest. All of the issues and lack of development won't vanish because a new coach came in and had one offseason to change things around. There will be more losses this year, and to think that Kelly is good enough to come in and make ND a great team in one year is ludicrous.
They were 6-6 last year, and as much as people want to blame it all on the coach, he's just like the quarterback, too much credit and too much blame. I'm sure enough of it was on Charlie and his staff, but all of it wasn't. Charlie didn't single-handedly lose 6 games last year. The team just isn't where we all want them to be at this point, and its frustrating. I know the last time ND was good, and I mean really good, I was under ten years old. I've gone through high school, and spent all my time in the military, with so many Texas, USC, and Ohio State fans,(all of them fuckers) watching Notre Dame be mediocre, or looking good and getting stomped by a truly good team. All of that doesn't go away in an offseason because Brian Kelly is the coach. He's a great coach, he's proven that everywhere he's been. He is not, however, good enough to get this team where we all want them to be in one year; no one is. There are simply too many problems to fix in the amount of time he's had.
I'm not saying he's going to get it done either, my mantra from the beginning has been not to jump on the latest coaching bandwagon, but he makes it hard. We all want to believe that he is the one who is going to do it, because it's been so long for us as a fanbase. Simply put, the guy needs more time to correct all the deficiencies, no matter how much coach speak he gives us in the media to assuage our fears.
Obviously there is room for debate here, so let me hear what you think.
I think he absolutely could have changed some things up, and maybe, we could have gotten the win, but we didn't. We aren't going to be Florida, Alabama, or Ohio State this year. The building up of our program will take time, so steady improvement is a better indicator than tremendous initial success, just ask Ty and Chuck. It is easy to look at our team and see all the star ratings and think all they need is a coach, but the development takes the longest. All of the issues and lack of development won't vanish because a new coach came in and had one offseason to change things around. There will be more losses this year, and to think that Kelly is good enough to come in and make ND a great team in one year is ludicrous.
They were 6-6 last year, and as much as people want to blame it all on the coach, he's just like the quarterback, too much credit and too much blame. I'm sure enough of it was on Charlie and his staff, but all of it wasn't. Charlie didn't single-handedly lose 6 games last year. The team just isn't where we all want them to be at this point, and its frustrating. I know the last time ND was good, and I mean really good, I was under ten years old. I've gone through high school, and spent all my time in the military, with so many Texas, USC, and Ohio State fans,(all of them fuckers) watching Notre Dame be mediocre, or looking good and getting stomped by a truly good team. All of that doesn't go away in an offseason because Brian Kelly is the coach. He's a great coach, he's proven that everywhere he's been. He is not, however, good enough to get this team where we all want them to be in one year; no one is. There are simply too many problems to fix in the amount of time he's had.
I'm not saying he's going to get it done either, my mantra from the beginning has been not to jump on the latest coaching bandwagon, but he makes it hard. We all want to believe that he is the one who is going to do it, because it's been so long for us as a fanbase. Simply put, the guy needs more time to correct all the deficiencies, no matter how much coach speak he gives us in the media to assuage our fears.
Obviously there is room for debate here, so let me hear what you think.
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