For some reason many posters seem to think that many people actually want BK fired. I do not think that is the case. [Note: discussing more attactive options, in the abstract, does not mean that people think BK should be fired]. It seems the vast majority think that he should at least get a few years to prove himself.
If you actually believe that BK should be fired, *today*, please post here and make your case.
To be honest with you, I had high hopes for Brian Kelly. In the last 9 games, I am not totally impressed with it. Remember Ara Parseghian said in an article that it's very important to win games at Notre Dame even though Kelly is in his first year. If Kelly wins many games, he gets a lot of recruits to come to Notre Dame. It's very important to win many games like 9 games or more in his first year. Now how many games has he won so far with one of the easiest schedule in the nation? 4 games. Not good. Now he lost several best recruits in the last 2 or 3 weeks. Not a good sign. He screams at his players. My opinion of that is he can scream all he wants during practice, but in real game, come on. Players are excited about the game. If they make a mistake that they don't mean that then give them some support. He will yell and pi$$ all he wants. He thinks they will listen to him, but sadly, we saw some players walked away from him on the sideline. How do you think the recruits who want to come to Notre dame to see that scene and wonder if there's some of tension going on between Kelly and his players. You want recruits to feel they want to play for Kelly, but yelling is not going to cut it.
Now there was a student who died last week and Kelly admitted he was the one who decided to hold a practice outside. I wonder if there's more to this story than he's telling us. I will leave to that as the investgation is ongoing.
We should have not lost to Stanford badly. If my memory is correct, Charlie Weis and Ty Williamgham did not lose to Stanford badly. Charlie and Ty beat Stanford in their first year. I don't want to hear excuses that this is Kelly's first year, but historically, first year head coaches at Notre Dame had a good chance of winning games in the first year. Kelly has more coaching experience than Weis, but I don't see any major development and adjustment during the season. They played horrible against Navy. They struggled with Tulsa which we should have beaten them like 20 points ahead. Kelly didn't bother to run some plays so the kicker could be in a good position to kick a field goal to win against Tulsa. He didn't.
I love Notre Dame. I really do. I personally believe we should hire a head coach who have an experience in playing with elite teams and beat them. If we get a coach from the SEC then we can be a competitive team. I am giving you an example. Kelly didn't have many experience in facing with an elite team. We are scheduled to play against Texas, BYU, Miami and Oklahoma in near future. Kelly better get serious, because we don't have much time left to play around. I am losing my faith in him but I always stand behind Notre Dame.
