mGrowOld

September 27th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^

Remind to never visit CSN Chicago ever again.  A website seemingly dedicated to the elimination of any and all white space coupled with an auto-play ad you cant shut  off and hidden video controls so you cant stop the video once the ad goes away.

I'm sure the content was good but damn that site was tough to take.

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buddha

September 27th, 2016 at 4:26 PM ^

I don't know. I kinda like him there. Now that we have Harbaugh, Kelly in no way, shape, or form intimidates me. I think Harbaugh coaches circles around that guy! I'd hate for them to fire Kelly and then they pick up a coach with a pulse. 

I hope ND consistently wins just enough games under Kelly so that they achieve zero national prominence yet - simultaneously and akwardly - they can't fire him! 8-win seasons at ND are the best!

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Sac Fly

September 27th, 2016 at 3:20 PM ^

His defense at South Carolina was putrid. Auburn was terrible. His defenses in Atlanta were average. His only successful stint as a defensive coordinator came at UGA and that was 15 years ago but he gets hired because NFL looks really shiny on a resume and he won the Broyles Award in 03.

He's like the Al Borges of defensive coordinators.

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LSAClassOf2000

September 27th, 2016 at 3:27 PM ^

“There's not too much defense,” Kelly said. “There's probably too much analysis maybe, and we're going to streamline it and we're going to keep it fundamentally sound, certainly and we're going to allow our kids to play fast and free, and have some fun at it.”

But fast and free of coverage responsibilities is exactly what VanGorder was trying to run, right? That's what it looked like to me anyway.

 

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Wolfman

September 27th, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^

with Kelly's presser. In times like these, the coach should defer the blame from the players onto the staff. There was no greater attribute on Bo's resume than inspiring passion and desire in his players. His "upset of the century" in '69 was a direct result of his ability to motivate his players to play at their best level always. I cannot even comprehend the thought of him blaming a loss, or worse a trend on his players instead of where it truly belongs. Not a wise move on his part. 

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oriental andrew

September 27th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^

So criteria for the next DC at notre dame are...

  • college coaching experience at a power 5 school
  • NFL coaching experience
  • "Creates chaos" through "decided schematic advantage"
  • Not named "Brian"

 

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Ty Butterfield

September 27th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^

Would love to see Kelly stay at ND. There are some rumblings over at NDNation that Kelly is gone at the end of the season. Either Kelly leaves or is fired by the AD. ND just signed Kelly to an extension and just finished paying off Weiss at the end of 2015. Would be crazy for them to can Kelly and have to again pay out millions for someone to go away. The moms over at NDNation are trying to put the kibosh on anymore coaching speculation threads but didn't delete comments by 2 posters claiming to have inside info on Kelly being gone at the end of this season no matter what. Will be interesting to see what happens.

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Ali G Bomaye

September 28th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^

Like you said, Kelly just signed a contract extension in January. He has five years left on his contract after this season, and is earning about $4M per year. So assuming most or all of his contract is guaranteed, ND would be looking at a buyout of up to about $20 million.

I know ND has a money hose of their own, but that's still a pretty steep payout. I'd guess that they give Kelly at least one more season. Charlie Weis got three crappy seasons before getting fired, so even if ND goes something like 6-6 this season, they'll give Kelly another shot before just eating his contract.

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GhostofJermain…

September 27th, 2016 at 4:50 PM ^

Mr. VanGorder is actually from White Lake and lives there with his family.  His boys played football growing up at Lakeland High School and OLSM both in Oakland county.  He was always around practice at OLSM, and if I'm not mistaken I believe he's a good friend of Dino.  Maybe he will make his way up to EL or a in state Mac school.

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Blue Lou

September 27th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^

I guess you reap what you sow.  

(From Seth's writeup on the Sound Mind/Sound Body camp in June).  

THE COACHES ARE GENERALLY COOL AND COOL WITH EACH OTHER

Dantonio was smiling and joking around; this is his element as much as it is Harbaugh's, and it's a very different side of the guy we've been up against. There were only two coaches who stayed generally aloof from other coaches and players: Urban Meyer, and the guy with Urban Meyer. (Notre Dame DC who looks and acts exactly like Uncle Rico it's uncanny) Brian Van Gorder is a loud and scary man who did about 15 minutes of scouting and spent the rest of the time chatting it up with old friends (he went to Wayne State); spend more than 8 minutes with him and you're in danger of being sucked deep into the 1980s.

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M-Dog

September 27th, 2016 at 6:04 PM ^

Every DC says they are going to run an aggressive blitzing scheme.  Unfortunately it sounds way cooler than it winds up being.  Not everyone can do it . . . .

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