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Brian Kelly repeats what he said yesterday, won’t second guess decision to kick a field goal in the fourth quarter. Navy then ran out clock.
— Irish Illustrated (@PeteSampson_) November 6, 2016
On one hand you want your football coach to stick to his guns, but it gets to a point where if he mismanaged the game or made the wrong call you would like for him to own up to it. Not Brian Kelly though. He’s standing behind his decisions no matter what.
A number of Kelly’s decisions have led to this disaster of a season, but he has yet to take responsibility. He didn’t second guess trusting his defense against Michigan State and now Navy. He also didn’t second guess the inexplicable play calling against NC State. Just once you’d like Kelly to say, “Hey, yea maybe I should have done this instead of that.” But what the heck, I guess it wouldn’t change much anyways.
Brian Kelly laments AAC’s decision to review illegal sub review, hopes for a future "uniform and nationalized replay.” instead of by league.
— Irish Illustrated (@PeteSampson_) November 6, 2016
This is something I’ve wondered for quite some time now. Why don’t they just have NCAA refs/replay? Why are refs/replay specialized to each conference? If they just went to a uniform or nationalized refs/replay like Kelly suggests here, it would eliminate the suspicion of bias towards one team or another.
Brian Kelly: "It’s hard to me to think in these circumstances that major changes need to be made."
— Irish Illustrated (@PeteSampson_) November 6, 2016
This has been one of the weakest schedules Notre Dame has had in recent memory and you’re three and freaking six. 3-6 with losses to a 2-7 Michigan State team, Navy, and NC State among others. Notre Dame shouldn’t be in the position they are in.
But then you have Kelly over here saying that it’s hard for him to think that major changes need to be made. These are the type of comments that frustrate, confuse, and enrage Irish fans. If things are broke, then you probably should do something to fix it. Lord knows that Notre Dame is a producing a broken product week in and week out.
Kelly: We've got a lot of inexperienced players that are gaining great experience. We're going to keep battling, fighting.
— BlueandGold.com (@BGInews) November 6, 2016
This is what gives me a glimmer of hope for next season. A lot of these young and talented players are gaining experience and taking their lumps now. Hopefully next year the growing pains will be behind them and the Irish will be ready to rock and roll.
At the same time, you look at schools like Ohio State and Alabama who lost a ton of talent from last year’s teams, and they’re right there as two of the top teams in the country. The difference between them and Notre Dame is that they’re well coached and well at the moment Notre Dame is not.
Other News and Notes
- Drue Tranquill and Julian Love have entered the concussion protocol.
- Kelly said Jarron Jones played limited snaps because Navy’s offense neutralizes a player like him.
- Kelly said that they need to get the left side of the offensive line more involved at the point of attack.