OT: Brian Kelly is a jerk to everybody, not just his players
Hidden in a ESPN puff-piece about the new Packers coach is yet another great story of Brian Kelly being a sonofabitch.
"GREEN BAY, Wis. -- On a winter night in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Matt LaFleur and Robert Saleh thought they were invited to a party at the home of their boss, Central Michigan University football coach Brian Kelly.
Turns out, they weren’t on the guest list.
They were on the worker list.
"We shoveled the snow and parked all the cars," Saleh said. "Then, at the end of the night, we had to go get the cars again."
And then they went back to the tiny apartment they shared as graduate assistants and stood around their kitchen table -- the one without any chairs.
"We decided that when we’re in that position, we’re never going to treat people the way we got treated," said Saleh, now the San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator. "And Matty’s lived up to it.""
January 16th, 2019 at 5:23 PM ^
Wow. That's cold (literally and figuratively).
January 16th, 2019 at 5:23 PM ^
Sounds like a scene from “Coming to America.”
January 16th, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
I was thinking Caddyshack.
Judge Smails: What are you doing this Saturday Danny?
Danny: Nothing sir.
Judge Smails: Why don't you come over and mow my lawn.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:23 PM ^
Wonder if Coach Kelly gave the boys a Fresca for their efforts
January 16th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
No he told them to bring their own drinks and food and only eat out of site of his guests
January 16th, 2019 at 7:10 PM ^
January 16th, 2019 at 5:38 PM ^
red-face Kelly always reminded me of Ronald McDonald ...maybe he is a real life Mcdowell's
January 16th, 2019 at 5:45 PM ^
Great reference
January 16th, 2019 at 10:27 PM ^
I always think of that guy when I see pictures of Devin Gardner.
January 17th, 2019 at 7:53 AM ^
John Amos. Fine actor. But Devin is much better looking.
January 17th, 2019 at 10:30 AM ^
"When you think of garbage, think of Akeem."
January 16th, 2019 at 6:37 PM ^
It's a plot-line from the tv show Plebs as well.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:06 PM ^
Haha.. I just read they are making a part 2 to that. Great movie. Mcdowell's.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
They should send Kelly a big mic for Christmas.
January 16th, 2019 at 10:30 PM ^
Give it up for Randy Watson.
"That boy's good!"
"Mmmm hmmm. Good and terrible."
January 16th, 2019 at 5:26 PM ^
This guy, really??
January 16th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
Epic photo. Wow.
January 17th, 2019 at 1:33 AM ^
It's part of my ND schadenfreude collage
January 17th, 2019 at 11:01 AM ^
Whatever happend to MGoUser Yoda? Some of the Yoda-speak was funny - until it wasn't.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:29 PM ^
He was destined for ND
January 16th, 2019 at 5:30 PM ^
What a chugger Kelly is.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
At least he didn't die
January 16th, 2019 at 5:44 PM ^
Luckily for them there was not a Polar Vortex that evening.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:31 PM ^
This is the type of shit my high school football coach would pull, but he'd at least slip us some cash.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:20 PM ^
Same, but it was my basketball coach.
January 17th, 2019 at 3:07 AM ^
I had a high school French teacher who had a few girls paint her apartment. We all got last laugh by getting her fired because that bitch was a holy terror.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:43 PM ^
Well I'm gonna go then. And I don't need any of this. I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this. [picks up an ashtray] And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this ND head coaching job, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the ND head coaching job, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and the ND head coaching job, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, the ND head coaching job and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the ND head coaching job, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the ND head coaching job, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:50 PM ^
For your sake, I hope your phone book arrives soon.
January 16th, 2019 at 10:32 PM ^
Watch out for Iron Balls McGuinty, man.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:44 PM ^
Sounds about right for the purple people eater.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:44 PM ^
Damn. A lot of the highly successful hard-charging coaches in college are jerks, but Kelly is on another level.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:49 PM ^
Is he in the portal?
January 16th, 2019 at 5:49 PM ^
Rolling up to the party like...
leaving the party like...
January 16th, 2019 at 5:51 PM ^
So my brother worked in the SIDs office at Grand Valley when Kelly was a grad assistant there. Told me Kelly was a pure asshole back in the 80s.
January 17th, 2019 at 10:16 AM ^
I had a student job at GVSU on the equipment staff during that time. Marc Sharphorn was the equipment manager and my cubicle was between his office and the football locker room. I remember a lot of yelling and people avoiding Coach Kelly if they could. He was an unpleasant person to be around.
January 17th, 2019 at 10:46 AM ^
You might know my brother. He was a student working in the SIDs office.
January 16th, 2019 at 5:56 PM ^
This isn’t exactly breaking news, but a good story nonetheless. Within the coaches circle he’s always been known as an ass. I remember reading that it was one of the reasons MSU and M never pursued him.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:00 PM ^
Came here to see if this was posted. Of course it is. Well done.
I have a hard time believing that story - is it possible coach Kelly really let his grad assistants think they were invited to a party instead of to park cars!? Insanity if so.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:03 PM ^
i just don't understand how they ever win a recruiting battle. who in their right mind wants to be screamed at by an engorged gnome for four years just to play for ND? what's the pitch?
"come to south bend a boy, leave a man-boy with emotional problems!"
as an aside, my friends and i used to call him "prentice" because he looks like a spoiled rich toddler named prentice who is always throwing a tantrum.
January 17th, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
There are still a lot of young men out there enthralled by the romantic notion of playing for Notre Dame. I don't get it, but there are.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:11 PM ^
Guys, I'm having a party the next major snowfall! You're all welcome to attend!
January 16th, 2019 at 6:17 PM ^
B.y.o.s., bring your own shovels!
January 16th, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
I wish I could upvote this so mamy more times, that. Was hilarious!
January 16th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
Why does this behavior surprise anyone anymore? Kelly is a douchebag. Players and recruits have to make appointments to see him in his office for crying out loud. He’s full of himself.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:20 PM ^
Wow. Literally don’t understand how someone can act like that.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^
I had a nephew that played for him at Grand Valley. Never had too much good to say about Kelly.
January 16th, 2019 at 7:35 PM ^
played for him. Look, he would insult you. If difference than being tough on you. I do remember him taking the time to see how I was coming along on my PT. I briefly interacted with him and he never bothered me. Other teammates, especially, the quarterbacks didn’t have anything nice to say.
January 16th, 2019 at 6:40 PM ^
The guy is a fuckass.