Posted on 12/12/2009 8:50:13 AM PST by TheDailyChange
Kelly's character is a LOSER and a SELLOUT!
At the very least he should have been man enough to stand by his team and see them through the bowl game. He should have told Notre Dame that he would be the coach and that they would simply have to wait until the bowl game was finished.
NO INTEGRITY!
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It doesn't say much about himself!
Remember, this is the man's livelihood, and not just a game.
Also remember the alumni would be calling for his firing if he wasn't doing a good job.
Yeah. And if some of these Cincinnati players ever make it to the NFL, and they manage to get to free agent status, I’m really sure that they will remain loyal to the team that drafted and developed them. They are not going to go for the big payday. Cry me a river.
BS - everyone goes to a new job for more money.
Michigan State went through this when Saban left for LSU. And LSU went through this when Saban left for the Dolphins. To his credit, Tom Izzo has made MSU basketball a top-tier program in the country and chose to stay even though schools like Kentucky and even the pros coveted him.
It takes a special coach to dedicate himself to making an underdog a contender. Clearly, Brian Kelly wasn't that man for Cincinnati.
He could have waited until after Cincinnatti’s bowl game.
Oh, Kelly will fit right in at (the new) Notre Dame.
I disagree: He made them Big East champs two years in a row, undefeated season, and is now reaping the rewards of that success. It should not be just the Bearcats that profit from his success, no?
But Cinci is still considered a second tier school. In college football, to be considered top tier, you either need reputation (as ND or UofM has) or consistent, perennial contenders. Cinci has started down that path but they are not there. And the only way they get there is to have a coach that’s dedicated to the school and the program for the long term.
I could not give a rat’s a_s about either program. That being said, in a day when a coach can be fired after 1 or 2 bad seasons, who can blame them. Take the money and run! I have some idea what it is like to stake your career on the performance of teenagers( and young 20’s).
I’m not a big sportts follower. Did the coach just leave his team in the sense he will not be coaching at their post season game?
Sports are SOOoooo [YAWN] useless.
Investing you life’s energy into becoming a team diehard? Consider suicide instead - it’s faster and, ultimately, less trouble for all around you.
Uh, didn’t Cinncinnati benefit when Kelley left East Carolina “for the money”? Was he supposed to stay at EC for life? Did he “owe it” to the players and school? Nonsense. The Cincinnati players have 100 times better chance of getting to the NFL because of Kelley. They should STFU, an learn about the free market system.
And with the BcS the way it is, Cinci or any BE team will have virtually no shot a being a national champion, unlike ND.
Finally, even if Cinci was a consistent, perennial contender, but not a NC, they would still be second-tier because they do not have the history of big-time football success.
Darteaus94025 - thanks for your opinion. Why are you even looking at a sports topic?
Kelly is going from a program on the rise (23-3 the last two years) to one that has been unable to recapture the level of its glorious past for many seasons now.
Reminds me of Rich Rodriquez who left West Virginia (21-4 his last two seasons) for Michigan (8-16 his first two seasons). Or Gary Barnett who lifted Northwestern out of the Big Ten cellar, taking the Purple to Pasadena, and then deserted them for a disastrous tenure in Colorado.
bump
What an absolute sell out this moron is...
Money, money, money,
Leaves on the eve of Cincinnait’s version of the superbowl...
It’s a business. Neither management nor employees are loyal anymore.
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