Darboh's recruitment: Is Kelly helping us out?
It sounds like WR Amara Darboh's guardians were taken back by the way Brian Kelly losses his poise and composure (while teaching that his team should keep theirs):
“I know how emotional it gets out there,” he said. “I understand that’s part of the game. I really do. But it did shock me. You hold Notre Dame up a little higher than that. It made me wonder how I would feel if Amara was treated like that on national TV.”
When the Notre Dame player reached the sideline, lip readers across the nation were certain they saw Kelly call his player a (f-bomb) something or other. In front of “Touchdown Jesus” and everything.
When the player walked away, the coach followed on his heels and went off again. Always teaching, that guy. But not always learning.
This is also the person in charge the day a student-videographer climbed a 50-foot tower in 50 mph winds to record a practice session and fell to his death. It's been a rough couple of years.
Here’s what Kelly said Tuesday at his weekly news conference: “Did I hit somebody? Did I strike somebody?”
Then he admitted to being “extremely frustrated” at the time and said, "I've got to do a better job of understanding when that camera is on me, and it seems like that camera is on me more than I'm used to. I'll have to do a better job of controlling my emotions.”
September 8th, 2011 at 9:20 AM ^
September 8th, 2011 at 9:20 AM ^
What a douchebag. I hope we bury them in primetime.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:49 AM ^
I like how controlling his emotions was the last thing he brought up, coming after that comment and secretly swearing at his players when the cameras aren't on him.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:20 AM ^
Reading through the lines, Kelly's statement about needing to be more conscious about cameras being on him belies the whole point: He shouldn't worry about cameras catching his rants on national TV, he should be worries about stopping his rants generally. Instead, what he said is that he'll try to do better to hide his breakdowns from everyone. Idiot.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:24 AM ^
September 8th, 2011 at 9:49 AM ^
If he continues to treat his players like that while he's losing, he will get punished. Whether he is an idiot or not will be proven by how he is treated if he continues that behavior while he's winning. If he is not held accountable for the behavior while winning, it will mean he is an asshole, but not an idiot. Forgive the semantics, but I am more than a little cynical about the relationship of a coach's perceived morality and his won/loss record. (Yes, I am looking at you. Mr. Tressel.)
September 8th, 2011 at 9:55 AM ^
I hear you. I was hoping to use the term "idiot" to be all-encompassing - in my comment the use is meant to run the gamut from simply lacking normal intelligence to being the anti-Christ. But you're exactly right, if he wins his idiocity (new word?) will be overlooked and maybe even accepted. Too bad I can't be an a--hole at work and be accepted as long as I do good work! That would be awesome.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:48 PM ^
I don't know about anti-Christ, but he has definitely shown to be anti-Crist...
September 8th, 2011 at 11:16 AM ^
Yeah, I definitely read that as "I need to do a better job of saving my incensed diatribes for the locker room at halftime".
September 8th, 2011 at 9:22 AM ^
To answer the OP's question, he is definitely not hurting us.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:27 AM ^
"I've got to do a better job of understanding when that camera is on me, and it seems like that camera is on me more than I'm used to..."
Yes, the camera filming you is the problem, not your reaction or loss of composure. He may be a good coach good at winning football games, but Brian Kelly is a douche.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:28 AM ^
All I want for Christmas is a gif next week of Brian Kelly having a coronary UNDER THE LIGHTS RAWRRRR
September 8th, 2011 at 9:29 AM ^
Doesn't Kelly have some skeletons in his closet from past coaching gigs as well?
The hire is a win-win for Michigan. Either Kelly fails and joins a long line of ND coaching failures or he succeeds amidst a sea of scrutiny (last year's death of a staff member and PURPLE SIDELINE RAGE).
Of course if he succeeds in thirty years we will all forget just how big of an asshole he was and how everyone admires him as a coach. Sort of like any coach from the 70's or 80's.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:33 AM ^
Kelly wants to be seen as calm and in control while the camera is on him, but does not see a problem with his actions otherwise. I think he has a real challenge ahead of him.
Angel public, devil private...
September 8th, 2011 at 9:40 AM ^
"I'm sorry. Sorry I got caught."
September 8th, 2011 at 12:09 PM ^
Kinda similar to what Sweater vest said isn't it.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:48 AM ^
Last year, I enjoyed watching him look disappointed in our game just because it was one of many indicators of how awesome Denard was that day, his helplessness was obvious. After watching last week, I want to see him implode just because I think he's a huge jackass. It's one thing to be a tough coach and get emotional, but there's a huge difference between "why the f*** didn't you block down on the tackle" and "you're a f***ing ****".
September 8th, 2011 at 9:49 AM ^
September 8th, 2011 at 9:52 AM ^
The question is if he will definitely NOT kill 5 hookers like Craig James.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:11 AM ^
Craig James said he was definitely soory he got caught killing 5 hookers.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:47 AM ^
Did you know that James was once a big time athlete who can still toss around huge tires? Yeah I read it.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:15 PM ^
I think Hoke has changed the tide on the rivalry. Hell people in Ohio are starting to believe him. Never in a million years I would have thought that. Selling Michigan jerseys is a good start.
September 8th, 2011 at 9:59 AM ^
This should put an end to the "football is for MEN, stop being p**ssies" comments I have been hearing from some people, particularly ND fans.
I understand that yelling is part of the game. I played high school football and was yelled at plenty. But there is a certain way and a certain setting in which it needs to be done.
Kelly crossed a line IMO, and apparently some recruits and their parents feel the same way.
Sure, sure Bo yelled at his players too. But that was in the age before every single thing a coach did was caught on camera and scrutinized. Perhaps if Bo coached in this day in age he would have realized that it is inappropriate to attack a player like that on national television. We'll never know for sure but Bo =/= Kelly IMO.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:12 AM ^
we can land this kid. Not only is he a great athlete, but a great young man. I really hope everything goes our way.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:19 AM ^
Hey Kelly, the scrutiny only gets worse. Now, every hopeful sports photographer in the country will go to bed at night dreaming of catching you mid-rant. Enjoy!
September 8th, 2011 at 10:20 AM ^
All he had to do was apologize and say he got too excited, and it would have probably died down. Instead, he is an arrogant prick about it.
I like Darboh, and like his back story even more. Hope he comes here.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:29 AM ^
and out-of-control, purple-faced, spittle-flecked rage. Bo was a master of the former, and during games most of his real anger was directed at officials, not his own players. I doubt that you will ever find any film or video of Bo going off on a Michigan player during a game like Kelly did, let alone following him for several feet berating him.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:38 AM ^
The next step for kelly would have been passing out.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:58 AM ^
I don't have a problem with Kelly yelling at his players, even looking as upset as he did. All coaches overreact from time-to-time. I have a problem with how it wasn't a 3-4 second outburst. It lasted quite a bit of time. As a coach, you've gotta show more poise than that and not lose your cool. It's one thing to do it towards referees, and quite another to do it a player.
September 8th, 2011 at 11:14 AM ^
ND has it's own video services department...just because it's a part of the football program doesn't mean Coach Kelly had anything to do with that. He has a team to coach.
As for what happened on TV and how it relates to Darboh...carry on. No way in HELL I'd send my kid to ND to play for that man.
September 8th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
Wow, that was a scathing article about Brian Kelly's outburst from Darboh's hometown paper. And Darboh's parents/guardians saw the outbursts and were shocked at how crazy Kelly could get. Then Kelly stupidly makes a half hearted non-apology apology. How could this not help us?
Especially since Darboh is coming to Ann Arbor for a visit next weekend to watch us play under the lights against the very team Kelly coaches. Of all the high caliber recruits we are in on, I think Darboh is the one I want most. He seems like not just a quality athlete, but high quality peron as well. Exactly what we say when we say "Michigan Men".
Honestly, I kind of thought we were making a big deal about Kelly's maniacal outbursts because we are homers. But now that I can see it's not just the m-friendly crowd, its the whole college football world who were shocked by his crazed ranting. I wonder if this puts any of ND's current verbal commits back in play?
September 8th, 2011 at 11:35 AM ^
I was a little worried after I read this post and linked story that Darboh's background would make him lean toward ND. Our coaching staff seems to really have their act together when it comes to developing quality men, not just good players. I hope Darboh and his family make the right choice for his future, and that his choice is Michigan. Good luck to a great kid either way.
September 8th, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
I didn't follow him that closely, but I don't recall BK getting this worked up last year. Perhaps we're seeing signs of the strain and pressure in the position, and the expectations at ND. These jobs must be so stressful. Between the time commitment, lack of sleep, pressure from fans, alumni, etc., but especially due to the reality that you can't control the result. There's an element of randomness (injuries, bounces, etc.) that must drive these type-A personality types near to breaking when it goes against you in the pressure-cooker of nodern CFB.
Either that, or he's just an A-hole.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:12 PM ^
it's hilarious that he thinks he just needs to realize when the camera is on him. How stupid can you be? You are the coach at NOTRE DAME. You should automatically just assume that the camera will be on you.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:40 PM ^
To all my ND friends defending that bastard.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:50 PM ^
If so, do you still think Kelly's antics are ok? Seems like they are having the negative impact most non-Domer Homers figured they would.
September 9th, 2011 at 2:33 AM ^
So dropping F Bombs on 18 year old kids on national TV..... and putting other 19 year old kids on high risers during storms... doesnt help recruiting??