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Actually I think you are missing some points.

  • Matt James
  • Lizzy Seeburg
  • Sullivan
  • Lynch
  • Sheppard
  • Greenberry
  • Rees/Calabrese
  • Teo
  • NC Beat down
  • NFL Flirting
  • Vanderschmuck

According to this we have 2 more to go, unless I forgot something.

Frankly I don't see the attraction for Kelly in the NFL. His bread and butter, the offense, has been less than stellar here at ND. While the defense is certainly on the elite level, the NFL is all about offense.

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Saw on Facebook the Lions are in contact with BK. Someone please tell me this is not true. Please!!!
 

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Saw on Facebook the Lions are in contact with BK. Someone please tell me this is not true. Please!!!

Did they fire Jim Schwartz while I wasn't looking?

EDIT: they have to ask ND for permission to speak with Kelly. Swarbrick may feel honor-bound to do that when a job is available but I cannot believe any contact would take place with the idea that Kelly could be hired for next season. There is no way they would create a situation where they spend a season with a coach who has one foot out the door unless they REALLY want Kelly gone and I don't think for a second that this is the case. The Lions may be interested but there is no reason for anybody to do anything about it for the next 7 months.
 
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Saw on Facebook the Lions are in contact with BK. Someone please tell me this is not true. Please!!!

Saw that earlier and it's much ado about nothing... I mean, for starters it hinges on the Lions being bad this year and firing their coach.... so we have until the end of the NFL season to even think about maybe worrying. On top of that, it probably isn't true. And the timing makes zero sense.

With that being said, if I was a betting man, I'd put my money on Kelly being somewhere else next season. Just don't like the vibes of no new contract and everything that has transpired since the Eagles thing last year.
 

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Regardless of whether the Lions rumor has any legs, 2013 has been a nightmare for ND football. The perception exists that Kelly is a great coach in a sh!tty situation. I dearly hope that Swarbrick is aware of this and trying to keep BK for as long as possible.
 

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Saw that earlier and it's much ado about nothing... I mean, for starters it hinges on the Lions being bad this year and firing their coach.... so we have until the end of the NFL season to even think about maybe worrying. On top of that, it probably isn't true. And the timing makes zero sense.

With that being said, if I was a betting man, I'd put my money on Kelly being somewhere else next season. Just don't like the vibes of no new contract and everything that has transpired since the Eagles thing last year.

Regardless of whether the Lions rumor has any legs, 2013 has been a nightmare for ND football. The perception exists that Kelly is a great coach in a sh!tty situation. I dearly hope that Swarbrick is aware of this and trying to keep BK for as long as possible.

Yeah I really don't get what the holdup here is. It's simple- the guy has been able to do what no other man has been able to do in about 20 years. LOCK HIM DOWN!
 

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Saw that earlier and it's much ado about nothing... I mean, for starters it hinges on the Lions being bad this year and firing their coach.... so we have until the end of the NFL season to even think about maybe worrying. On top of that, it probably isn't true. And the timing makes zero sense.

With that being said, if I was a betting man, I'd put my money on Kelly being somewhere else next season. Just don't like the vibes of no new contract and everything that has transpired since the Eagles thing last year.

Yeah I really don't get what the holdup here is. It's simple- the guy has been able to do what no other man has been able to do in about 20 years. LOCK HIM DOWN!

IIRC, it was stated in another thread by a reputable poster sometime in the past week or so that new contracts had been done for the coaching staff, but just that the terms have not been made public. Don't know if that is accurate, but like I said, I thought someone with some decent cred had provided that info, so I am not sure that we need to worry about it (even though I know you like to every chance you get, Lax ;) ).
 

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I live in the metro Detroit area and have heard NOTHING about this on the sports station I listen to religiously...Schwartz is on the hot seat, but I think they are going to have a decent season and take some of the heat off
 

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Schwartz has been a Godsend to the Lions. They have a pulse now, and the pieces in place for a very good team. I don't understand the hate for him.
 

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IIRC, it was stated in another thread by a reputable poster sometime in the past week or so that new contracts had been done for the coaching staff, but just that the terms have not been made public. Don't know if that is accurate, but like I said, I thought someone with some decent cred had provided that info, so I am not sure that we need to worry about it (even though I know you like to every chance you get, Lax ;) ).

i think that was for the assistants only.
 

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i think that was for the assistants only.

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Lynch? Manti? NC Game? Flirting with the Eagles? Vanderdoes? .....all of those crises would pale in comparison if BK were to leave ND to go elsewhere. While i was suspicious of BK when he first took over, those feelings are long gone. I'm totally a BK-guy at this point; while losing recruits and things like the golson situation happen, one calming aspect for me is always, "at least we have the right coach(es)"

If BK leaves, its back to square one........again, for the 5th time
 

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it would SUCKSUCKSUCK if Kelly leaves but it would be much much worse if ND loses Jack Swarbrick.

As long as Jack is around i have faith the right coach will be at nd, i that means Kelly for ten or his predecessor.
 

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Saw on Facebook the Lions are in contact with BK. Someone please tell me this is not true. Please!!!

Not sure what was on facebook, but either you read it wrong or the person who posted it was confused. As I posted in this tread this morning, PFT had a note that the Lions would consider Kelly for the job if they are in the market for a new HC after this coming year. Asking for permission to talk to Kelly would be a formal step towards hiring him, and for a long list of reasons that hasn't happened and won't happen at this point.
 

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Not sure what was on facebook, but either you read it wrong or the person who posted it was confused. As I posted in this tread this morning, PFT had a note that the Lions would consider Kelly for the job if they are in the market for a new HC after this coming year. Asking for permission to talk to Kelly would be a formal step towards hiring him, and for a long list of reasons that hasn't happened and won't happen at this point.

Definitely didn't read the FB post wrong, but apparently the FB poster read the OG article wrong. Thanks for the clarification.
 

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How is that contract extension coming for Kelly and the coaching staff??
 

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How is that contract extension coming for Kelly and the coaching staff??

Terrible Terry Tate posted a week or two back that the word is they all got big bumps that would make it very difficult for a head coaching job to pull them away (mid level I am sure).
 

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how is that terrible?

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Club 23 closed. That's a travesty.

A travesty and a tragedy. When I was a student, they had the basement open and had a bar down there. After I graduated, they closed the basement bar down. Not sure if they ever reopened it.
 

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Swarbrick isn't letting Kelly leave. Nobody should get their panties in a bunch.
 
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