OT- Brian Kelly is, always has been, and always will be, a terrible human being
In an interview on Sirius XM today, Brian Kelly openly admitted he thinks it was a mistake that DeShone Kizer left early for the NFL Draft. Regardless of how true or untrue his opinion is, I find it disingenuous for someone making millions to criticize someone for deciding not to play for free anymore. Kind of an asshole move to call out a former player in such a way.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/notre-dame/2017/04/03/bri…
Not a knock on you but ND still reels in talented kids even with Kelly at the helm and with assistant coaching changes.
Want something to really be upset about? Internet butthurt over nothing. Thats what this is and its fucking beyond absurd.
This comment would hurt a lot more if your entire posting history wasn't essentially "Old man yells at cloud"
Is just being Brian Kelly.
There is nothing new about that.
Brian Kelly bashing threads are always on topic
Giant purple hemorrhoid arrogant smelly ass
to a clusterf%$@ of a team, poorly coached by a guy who routinely throws his players (and particularly his quarterbacks) under the bus. I can't see any reason why a QB would go there in the first instance, and if you have first-day ptotential, I say get thee to the NFL, young man.
He's not playing for free. ND tuition, room and board for 4-5 years would put you near a quarter million. Not what he could make in the NFL, but far from free. But if he wants to go, let him. I don't see anything particularly wrong with Kelly's comments here.
you know football players at these big programs are not going to class right? They get a degree but not an education
Lost DeShone Kizer (NFL) and Malik Zaire (Florida Gators?)
This leaves Brandon Wimbush and true frosh Avery Davis (Dual Threat).
Seems like Kelly really expected Kizer to stay another year, and is pissed off he would leave.
It's going to be interesting to see how Kelly improves on the 2016 4-9 campaign.
Breaking in a new QB is going to suck.
Sorry, I have to call BS on those who say, "It's OK to say this kind of stuff to GMs privately, but to say it publically will affect their chances in the draft and cost them millions of dollars."
If the coach is talking to GMs privately, it's what what they hear and what they evaluate themselves that matter. What somebody says to sports fans in an interviews really matters far less, and everybody knows that, and will not affect a player's "draft stock", unless that professional team is too lazy to do their due diligence.
I do not disagree with your conclusions or reasoning; however, I feel like you did not cite by name the most valuable reason of all for leaving ND early for the draft, one that transcends mere money—
You do not have to play for Brian Purple Kelly.
He's been a douche since his days at GVSU. I remember an encounter he had with head coach of the mens/womens track and CC team.
"I MAKE THIS UNIVERSITY MONEY, YOU DON'T DO SH*T FOR THIS SCHOOL. NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR TEAMS...YOU DON'T MATTER COMPARED TO FOOTBALL."
fans are dicks for hating on everything Harbaugh. What does that make us for hating on everything Kelly, Dontonio, and Meyer?
objective.
Kelly and Dantonio deserve it.
Meyer, well, you may have drawn a cogent comparison there.
Kelly hasn't been fired yet?
Notre Dame has been too busy returning to glory to notice their head coach is an asshole.
Kizer most likely went pro because his draft stock is at the highest. If he came back his senior year and did not improve it would be obvious to the scouts he has topped out. Pro sports is about drafting on potential. Once your upper bound is no longer certain your value is less. So yes Kelly is correct in that Kizer is not ready to go pro. But Kizer knows his value will never be higher than it is now. So still the right move by Kizer.
I don't begrudge kids leaving early to go pro.
But... by your logic, is Pete Carroll a horrible person too? It was pretty ugly the back and forth between him and Sanchez but hindsight being 20/20, Pete was right. Just sayin'.