Notre Dame Football 2010.......The Brian Kelly Era Begins

• Pick6

  

  rock_knutne;437520 wrote:Actually, the realk question is if you can post anything dumber than that?
  
  Get your facts straight before you post anything........they didn't accept a bowl game last year because of the coaching change. LMAO........save themselves the embarassment of losing, you're such a douche!

  
  ouch man..ouch..im a douche. I didnt see Cinci declining their bowl game because Kelly bailed on them.
• rock_knutne

  karen lotz;434729 wrote:Not saying they will lose to anyone specific. Hell they could come out the first game against Purdue and the offense could be so out of sync they don't score. Like I said, I think most of the season rests on Crist's knee, arm, and head...not that that is a big stretch. If the offense can gel and get on the same page in Kelly's system, they have plenty of talented weapons to be a pretty prolific offense. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point because there are a lot of positives coming out of South Bend but until it translates to the field it doesn't mean much.

  sjmvsfscs08;434732 wrote:^^word. Notre Dame's strengths at WR, TE and RB become irrelevant if the QB doesn't have his shit together. This OL won't be able to support a conventional running game, let along a one dimensional offense because the passing attack is shit.
  
  But I too am cautiously optimistic, as always. Kelly has done well everywhere else, and had rather immediate success with a modicum of talent. Soooo, I guess we shall see.

  
  The offense doesn't worry me at all. Kelly will have them clicking, I'm confident of that. The defense is my main concern, they couldn't stop anyone last year and if they could have made a couple stops, ND wins more than six games.
  
  If you look around the country, the one thing that all the elite programs have is a great defense, that's what ND needs.
• rock_knutne

  Pick6;437522 wrote:ouch man..ouch..im a douche. I didnt see Cinci declining their bowl game because Kelly bailed on them.

  
  Dumb ass.......Cincy made it to the Sugar Bowl, who's going to decline that? Remember WVU when Rich Rod left?
  
  You have the brain capacity of a fucking worm!
• Hamp89

  DE Aaron Lynch committed to the Irish this morning. Huge get, he has an impressive offer list as well. That makes 4 committments in the last 2 days.
  
  http://rivals.yahoo.com/notredame/football/recruiting/player-Aaron-Lynch-107934
• karen lotz

  

  Pretty solid last couple of days for the Irish. Looks like Kelly and Tony Alford are doing a great job of starting a Florida pipeline.
• Pick6

  

  rock_knutne;437526 wrote:Dumb ass.......Cincy made it to the Sugar Bowl, who's going to decline that? Remember WVU when Rich Rod left?
  
  You have the brain capacity of a fucking worm!

  
  yep i do remember that they WON their BCS game with Stewart....which goes to show you can win without your coach.....keep them insults coming, they are giving me a laugh
• Tiger2003

  

  Pick6;437689 wrote:yep i do remember that they WON their BCS game with Stewart....which goes to show you can win without your coach.....keep them insults coming, they are giving me a laugh

  
  Yep that is true right there....but WVU has not been much of a threat in the Big East since he left.....much before of Pitt, and Cincy....Now we will have to wait and see where Cincy goes with Kelly leaving.
• rock_knutne

  Pick6;437689 wrote:yep i do remember that they WON their BCS game with Stewart....which goes to show you can win without your coach.....keep them insults coming, they are giving me a laugh

  
  Insults? I think it's an accurate description rather than an insult.
  
  I'm laughing at how incredibily DENSE you are.......does everything have to be spelled out for you? If ND had an invite to a upper tier bowl game then maybe, they would have accepted it. If they were good enough to make a BCS Bowl game then Weis would have never been fired. Finally, there's no way any team is turning down a BCS Bowl game, even if their coach has left for another program. Understand or should I post some flash cards for you?
• Pick6

  

  rock_knutne;437820 wrote:Insults? I think it's an accurate description rather than an insult.
  
  I'm laughing at how incredibily DENSE you are.......does everything have to be spelled out for you? If ND had an invite to a upper tier bowl game then maybe, they would have accepted it. If they were good enough to make a BCS Bowl game then Weis would have never been fired. Finally, there's no way any team is turning down a BCS Bowl game, even if their coach has left for another program. Understand or should I post some flash cards for you?

  
  I understand you just fine. I think it is retarded that a team would decline a bowl game just because they are getting rid of a coach.
• rock_knutne

  Pick6;437829 wrote:I understand you just fine. I think it is retarded that a team would decline a bowl game just because they are getting rid of a coach.

  
  Why is it retarded? I can't wait to here this one, especially after you stated ND was afraid to play in a bowl game last year.....LMFAO!
• Tiger2003

  

  Pick6;437829 wrote:I understand you just fine. I think it is retarded that a team would decline a bowl game just because they are getting rid of a coach.

  
  It wasn't just because they were getting rid of Weis, it was how they finished the season. They were 6-2 and I am pretty sure ranked in the Top 25. They go on to lose the next 4 games and finish the season at 6-6, and they only beat 2 teams with a winning record at season end.
• sjmvsfscs08

  The players know Longo's track record: His teams are 42-1 since 2005 when leading after three quarters.

  Sounds to me like his teams are in superior condition compared to their opponents. Call me biased, but with conditioning like that, 6-6 would've been 11-1 last year. Anywho, news about Longo said he was essentially ahead of the curve even when at Cincinnati, so maybe Notre Dame's OL and entire team will see an improvement. It would explain a lot of how guys just didn't seem to develop fully under Weis.
• rock_knutne

  Tiger2003;437851 wrote:It wasn't just because they were getting rid of Weis, it was how they finished the season. They were 6-2 and I am pretty sure ranked in the Top 25. They go on to lose the next 4 games and finish the season at 6-6, and they only beat 2 teams with a winning record at season end.

  
  
  That's not the reason why they didn't accept a bowl bid last year. In 2008, ND lost 4 of their last 5 games, including an ass whipping at USC (lost 5 of last 7), finished 6-6 and accepted the Aloha Bowl bid.
  
  When they fired Weis, it was the right move IMO not to play a bowl game. When ND fired Willingham, they accepted a bowl bid that year and went on to lose a game that meant nothing to the program. The extra practice time didn't matter either because they would be in an entirely different system the next year.
• sjmvsfscs08

  You could make the argument that Brian Kelly was able to implement his system in time to win the bowl game for Cincinnati before his first year. But that is very rare and in my opinion only speaks to how good of a coach he may be.
  
  Fact of the matter is Notre Dame blew it in 2009. They were indeed 6-2 after eight games, with the two losses being by 4 and 7 points, respectively. It looked like they could have been 8-0 at that time. Then they shat down their leg and went 0-4, losing by 2, 5, 3, and 7 points, respectively. They simply blew a tremendous opportunity to play in a BCS bowl or even run the table with the offensive talent and schedule they had that season.
  
  At the end of the day Notre Dame didn't have anything to gain by playing in a bowl game. I don't see what the big deal is. It may or may not be a rare thing for a school to turn down a bowl bid, but with how prevalent bowls are these days it will become more and more common for teams have coaching changes. It would not have been advantageous for the program to go ahead and lose to a "6-6 hapless WAC team," which is the truth and to be honest not that big of a team.
  
  Let's say Tressel got fired after the 7-4 regular season in 2004, if the coaching search went into December, it's not like there wouldn't have been a discussion to say "fuck the Alamo Bowl" if an interim head coach was there.
• rock_knutne

  ^^^^^Some people think turning down a bowl game is retarded.
• sjmvsfscs08

  Yeah well just remember "half of us are below average" when dealing with some posters on here.
  
  Anywho, back to current Notre Dame news. I read more into the new commits, some thoughts:
  
  I wouldn't be surprised if the 4* DE, Aaron Lynch, ended as a 5* by February. According to Scout.com he had offers from Alabama, Ohio State, Florida, etc. He's 6'5 and they said he was still growing and that he doesn't have tremendous form. That translates into a shitload of potential and his senior year could put him into the 5* category. Granted, I think stars are completely moot, but it'd be neat.
  
  The 4* RB, Justice Hayes, sounds like a cocky son of a bitch. But with offers from Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Tennessee, he sounded like a quality back. I'm excited to see him fit into Kelly's system, apparently he does very well in it right now.
  
  The 3* DE, Anthony Rabasa, has me scratching my head. He's only 6'3, which is nothing to write home about, and is only a 3* right now, but garnered offers from the southern recruiting powerhouses (Florida, LSU, Florida State, Miami, etc.) outside of Alabama. I found that awfully suspicious, in a good way. I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up at a 4* by February.
  
  The 3* CB, Jalen Brown, seems like a nice pickup, nothing more. I do like that he is 6'1 and plays CB. Offers from Nebraska and Wisconsin look good though, but nothing special.
• Pick6

  

  rock_knutne;437925 wrote:^^^^^Some people think turning down a bowl game is retarded.

  
  yea i do, the players earned it...they should have played it.
• rock_knutne

  Pick6;437981 wrote:yea i do, the players earned it...they should have played it.

  
  
  Being bowl eligible with six wins and the fact that there's "500" bowl games now a days really shows that a football team "earned it".:rolleyes:
• Pick6

  

  rock_knutne;437993 wrote:Being bowl eligible with six wins and the fact that there's "500" bowl games now a days really shows that a football team "earned it".:rolleyes:

  
  Yes, I know its not a big accomplishment to be bowl eligible..but if i was a senior on that team, there is no way I would want to end my career on a 4 game losing streak, especially if im probably not going to make the pros. Just my opinion..
• rock_knutne

  Pick6;438001 wrote:Yes, I know its not a big accomplishment to be bowl eligible..but if i was a senior on that team, there is no way I would want to end my career on a 4 game losing streak, especially if im probably not going to make the pros. Just my opinion..

  
  Well then, those seniors shouldn't have lost 4 games in a row!
• sjmvsfscs08

  rock_knutne;438002 wrote:Well then, those seniors shouldn't have lost 4 games in a row!

  
  This.
• Speedofsand

  

  sjmvsfscs08 , I think you are right about Lynch. Might not get the 5th star but he should have a great season and ND career.
• karen lotz

  

  NBC picks former NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock to replace Pay Haden in the broadcast booth.
  
  http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/08/nbc-tabs-mayock-as-notre-dame-game-analyst.html
  
  Mayock played football at Boston College. I'm not sure why NBC enjoys having rivals of Notre Dame calling games?
• sjmvsfscs08

  WHATTTTTTT THE FUCKKKKKKKKK
  
  
  I seriously cannot find a reason to like NBC. They have been a litany of mistakes for the better part of the decade.
• killer_ewok

  

  karen lotz;439495 wrote:NBC picks former NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock to replace Pay Haden in the broadcast booth.
  
  http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/08/nbc-tabs-mayock-as-notre-dame-game-analyst.html
  
  Mayock played football at Boston College. I'm not sure why NBC enjoys having rivals of Notre Dame calling games?

  
  
  LMAO