Old Man Mike
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In a desperate attempt to make something sensible out of this thread:
1). Brian Kelly is one damm good head coach and we need to keep him for as long as he can tolerate being around this often impossible-to-please atmosphere;
2). Bob Diaco is a terrifically talented young defensive coordinator and we need to keep him for as long as he thinks that he is properly appreciated and compensated;
3). Solution? There might not be any, but there might. This depends entirely on Bob Diaco. The potential pragmatic element of a solution is to facilitate a Frank Beamer/ Bud Foster situation. This involves both near-head coach compensation, independent trust in operating his side of the field, independent [i.e. go out of your way] cooperation in recruiting and personnel swapping [ex I'll give you Jackson and Farley and Russell; will you please give me Niklas?], and true friendship. I believe that Kelly and Notre Dame are ahead of the curve on this [particularly WAY ahead of us] and are trying to cultivate all of this;
4). nevertheless, it all rests with Bobby-the-D's personal career outlook. How much total control does he want? Is he even good at offensive thinking/coordination? Is he ambitious for fame or some vision of personal fulfillment? The one thing that we're almost 100% sure of is that there will never be a choice of Kelly vs Diaco.
I'm hoping obviously for a Beamer/Foster type lifelong team.
1). Brian Kelly is one damm good head coach and we need to keep him for as long as he can tolerate being around this often impossible-to-please atmosphere;
2). Bob Diaco is a terrifically talented young defensive coordinator and we need to keep him for as long as he thinks that he is properly appreciated and compensated;
3). Solution? There might not be any, but there might. This depends entirely on Bob Diaco. The potential pragmatic element of a solution is to facilitate a Frank Beamer/ Bud Foster situation. This involves both near-head coach compensation, independent trust in operating his side of the field, independent [i.e. go out of your way] cooperation in recruiting and personnel swapping [ex I'll give you Jackson and Farley and Russell; will you please give me Niklas?], and true friendship. I believe that Kelly and Notre Dame are ahead of the curve on this [particularly WAY ahead of us] and are trying to cultivate all of this;
4). nevertheless, it all rests with Bobby-the-D's personal career outlook. How much total control does he want? Is he even good at offensive thinking/coordination? Is he ambitious for fame or some vision of personal fulfillment? The one thing that we're almost 100% sure of is that there will never be a choice of Kelly vs Diaco.
I'm hoping obviously for a Beamer/Foster type lifelong team.
