What Was He Thinking?

[irish1958]

What was Kelly thinking: letting a freshman QB throw the ball into the endzone on third down with ten seconds remaining on the clock when he could have called for a sure field goal and taken the sure three points.
We should fire Kelly for making such a dumb mistake (even though Ruffer missed the sure extra point from two yards out).

 

[ThePiombino]

There was enough time to take 1 shot at the end zone. Wasn't the worst call. I think the earlier call on the first TD drive to throw on 1st and 2nd down was bad. I was screaming. They should have pounded it 4 times in a row. Make SC stop them. Then again, ND scored a TD anyway, so no point in harping on it.

 

[IrishBlood81]

are you guys serious?
I"'m pretty sure the OP isn't but...point of this thread?











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[irish1958]

are you guys serious?
I"'m pretty sure the OP isn't but...point of this thread?81

Haven't you been reading this board in the past few months?
Kelly did exactly what he did in the Michigan game and in the Tulsa game and people have been screaming for his demise.
This is how you play winning football; coach your players and then trust them. Not taking the "sure" thing all the time.
I am both a ND and Cincy alum, and I love the Kelly hire.

 

[IrishBlood81]

Haven't you been reading this board in the past few months?
Kelly did exactly what he did in the Michigan game and in the Tulsa game and people have been screaming for his demise.
This is how you play winning football; coach your players and then trust them. Not taking the "sure" thing all the time.
I am both a ND and Cincy alum, and I love the Kelly hire.

I have been reading this board the past few months, all to often! lol
I figured you were sarcastic but the next poster seemed for real!
I'm totally a Kelly lover! Hes been my man since he was at CMU! I would just add a bit more sarcasm to your original post



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[kmoose]

Haven't you been reading this board in the past few months?
Kelly did exactly what he did in the Michigan game and in the Tulsa game and people have been screaming for his demise.
This is how you play winning football; coach your players and then trust them. Not taking the "sure" thing all the time.
I am both a ND and Cincy alum, and I love the Kelly hire.

You're seriously comparing the situation last night to the situation in the Tulsa game? PUH-LEEEEEZ, not even close. I think Kelly is the right guy, too. But he made the wrong call, against Tulsa. I never called for his head over it, though.

 

[ThePiombino]

I am serious. Prior to that drive we hadn't shown any momentum. Here was a chance, inside the 5, to go up on SC. I understand and believe in "trusting your guys", but come on. How can you argue that throwing inside the 5 (keep in mind that the field is MUCH smaller, thus there is less to defend) is the smart way to go. Not only would running the ball be safer, but you can give it 4 attempts AND practically run the clock down to the end of the half. We had no idea that SC would give us the ball back and we would have time for another scoring drive before half time. And if it wasn't for that big run by Wood it would have been 7-3 going into the half. Just saying, the offense isn't kicking on all cylinders at the moment, so I would have liked to have seen a less aggressive attempt there.

 

[goobersnatcher]

WE WON!!!!

 

[Irish Insanity]

This play called allowed Tommy to make a throw that he was capable of. The other 2 were throws that Tommy struggles with. I'm a Kelly lover, always have been.

 

[jason_h537]

Completely different situations.

 

[irish1958]

Ya,
The coach is right if we win, but wrong if we lose.
Baa Humbug
IMHO, Kelly was correct in all 4 instances.
The Irish can do no wrong (except in rare instances, like Davie firing Joe Moore).

 

[Rudy89]

I just hope the miss of the PAT doenst mess with ruffer. He's still a damn good kicker thats his only miss this year I beleive

 

[Stoic]

Haven't you been reading this board in the past few months?
Kelly did exactly what he did in the Michigan game and in the Tulsa game and people have been screaming for his demise.
This is how you play winning football; coach your players and then trust them. Not taking the "sure" thing all the time.
I am both a ND and Cincy alum, and I love the Kelly hire.

What's the old saying "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while." If you like the Les Miles mentality continue taking risk until you get burnt, so be it. I rather take what I can get than to push the envelope.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

What Was He Thinking?

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What was Kelly thinking: letting a freshman QB throw the ball into the endzone on third down with ten seconds remaining on the clock when he could have called for a sure field goal and taken the sure three points.
We should fire Kelly for making such a dumb mistake (even though Ruffer missed the sure extra point from two yards out).

I really can't speak for BK, but I would bet that he would say something about how he is wired to play full out, balls to the wall aggressive football. And how he thinks it is unfair for the development of his players to lay off of that and treat them like cripples, just because they don't know the system or aren't used to him. He is so far beyond the petty bullsh it, that we see regularly aired on these blogs, that it doesn't even occur to him, and he doesn't even understand thinking like that.

 

[kmoose]

Ya,
The coach is right if we win, but wrong if we lose.

No. The coach is right or wrong, depending on the situation. It has nothing to do, in my mind anyway, with how the play, or the game, turns out. To compare the decision to go for it, yesterday, with the decision to take a shot at the end zone right at the end of the Tulsa game, is folly. They are completely different situations. Against Tulsa, it was do or die. There was no way you were going to get the ball back, to overcome any mistakes made on that play. Like, say, an interception. It was the wrong decision. That, in and of itself, I could live with. But Kelly's absolutely flippant attitude, after the game with his "Get used to it" comment, was pretty bad. He could have at least had the humility to say, "In hindsight, we probably should have kicked the FG. But at the time, it really seemed like we could get the touchdown." He took away a very high probability chance for ND to win that game. And his ego won't let him even consider that it might have been a mistake. Having said that, I still think Kelly is the right guy for the job. It just will drive me nuts, if he doesn't make better decisions.

 

[phork]

Haven't you been reading this board in the past few months?
Kelly did exactly what he did in the Michigan game and in the Tulsa game and people have been screaming for his demise.
This is how you play winning football; coach your players and then trust them. Not taking the "sure" thing all the time.
I am both a ND and Cincy alum, and I love the Kelly hire.

The Tulsa call was bad, pure and simple. You set up your stud kicker with an easier kick and win the game, period. The Michigan call was right because knowing that after half time you don't have the ball and possibly down 3 scores already. I fully expected a kneel down, but was pumped when it was guns blazin.

 

[ryno 24]

Smart decision now and not a stupid one against Tulsa he tried to let Floyd make a play he showing who he really is and that won for us last night