Notre Dame Football Coach Brian Kelly Tweeted this today from his Cincinnati home:
(Kelly’s Cincy Exit? Far From (Over) Easy)
Kelly returned to Cincinnati this weekend after being introduced as Notre Dame coach last Friday.
Based on the nature of Kelly’s abrupt departure as Univ. of Cincinnati Coach to Notre Dame in the same capacity, I doubt this news surprises anyone. In fact, a Bearcat football player foretold the possibility of a local backlash on the day Kelly announced to the team he was leaving for Notre Dame.
UC football player Mardy Gilyard said of Kelly having security guards at the Bearcats football banquet on the night he announced he was exiting as Cincinnati coach:
He never had any security like that before. I mean he already won Coach of the Year before, so all that security wasn’t necessary. I think he was worried about what was going to go on with the city and the fans if anything.
I suppose you can understand the displeasure of UC fans, but there’s absolutely no excuse for vandalizing a man’s home. You wonder if this will cause Kelly to get out of that house that much sooner and off to a permanent residence in South Bend.
5:50 pm on December 13th, 2009
Good… he deserved it.
He abandoned his team before the sugar bowl.
Tells you what kind of coach he is.
5:52 pm on December 13th, 2009
Yea, it was classless that SOMEBODY (probably a local High School kid) egged BK’s house (how many Cincinnati fans are there? Are we surprised a certain subset of said fan base lacks class? Can’t the same be said about the guy who sucker punched Claussen (which shows less class IMHO). The fact that he has to tweet about it? That shows a lack of class on his part that after one accepts their dream job you think a man is his position should have.
5:57 pm on December 13th, 2009
Ryan. He works for another team, and he should be recruiting around that time. Don’t give me any bullshit about “abandoning his team.” He has a job to do elsewhere, and he’s doing it.
6:16 pm on December 13th, 2009
GO IRISH
6:22 pm on December 13th, 2009
Its not like any of you folks got a better job,The man has a better offer,be happy for him,Cincy went 12-0 under this guy
6:23 pm on December 13th, 2009
Classless on the person or people who did it…grow up.
Given the situation in front of BK, how else should he have handled it? How long did the Cincy fans think he would stay? If he didn’t switch to Notre Dame it would have been somewhere else…
Good luck to Cincy, BK and Notre Dame.
6:24 pm on December 13th, 2009
It’s time for those who disagree with the Kelly thing go grow up.
We live in a corporate world….. And, yah…. It’s ‘all for yourself’ folks….
When Kelly decided it was time for a change, and a very big one, he did what he had to do.
Coaching at Notre Dame is a far cry from a Cincinnatti.
Those kids on his football team will realize this , some day….
6:36 pm on December 13th, 2009
Kelly can’t continue to coach Cincy. It would be a conflict of interest. He now works for a competitor.
6:40 pm on December 13th, 2009
He and Rich Rodriguez are twins- they both will be short- termers at their respective schools.
6:44 pm on December 13th, 2009
Testing
6:46 pm on December 13th, 2009
Yes, it was childlike to egg his house, but he was selfish by not waiting to accept the position until he took his 13-0 team to a bowl game. To me, that is very classless.
6:47 pm on December 13th, 2009
You are such a pump, Ryan.
As if it doesn’t pain Kelly that he can’t see things through in the Sugar Bowl, everyone agrees that the system sucks in college football for coaching transitions. Marty Gilyard wouldn’t be where he is if it weren’t for BK, and I hope one day he realizes how out of bounds and stupid he sounds with the abandonment “take the money and run” comments. Marty, were you complaining when BK left Central Michigan to come to Cincy?
6:49 pm on December 13th, 2009
Coaching for Notre Dame is one of the most prestegious jobs in sports. It like being asked to manage the Yankees…..to those Ghetto mentality thugs who feel the have to destroy a persons home because the took a premier , are the same ppeople who dont and never will have the GPA to EVER get into a school like ND. GL doing your 5-10 stints in prison
6:51 pm on December 13th, 2009
We live in whatever kind of work we create. Making a CHOICE to leave a program with a few weeks left before a major bowl is lame to all the players he coached and recruited. If he tried to recruit me I’d tell him to shove it up his a**. What a loser. Cinicinatti was on a role.
I hope they kick a** to show this coach that they COULD do it without him.
Can you imagine how demoralizing that is for his players? It shows that his heart is in his wallet and his ego. I hope Notre Dame sucks for 5 years, and this coach can suck an egg as far s i am concerned. Has nothing to do with growing up it has to do with resisting the greed paradigm in sports, which sucks. Hilarious that the guy making the call at Notre Dame is some kind of priest..yeah right ! How spiritual !
This win at all costs mentality takes the joy out of sports and turns it into a high pressure expectation which causes burn out among athletes. Blech !!
6:52 pm on December 13th, 2009
I’m sick and tired of hearing how coaches “abandonded” the team by taking new jobs. You mean to tell me that their is not 1 junior bearcat going to the NFL draft this year? Isn’t that similiar?
6:53 pm on December 13th, 2009
Patty, in a perfect world it would work out that way. Unfortunately, BK knew ND couln’t lay back for another month without a coach in place, as the recruiting class would potentially be poached and not bolstered further. They learned the hard way 5 years ago, when they agreed to let Decided Schematic Asshead coach the Pats in the Super Bowl.
7:00 pm on December 13th, 2009
Lets see……he came to Cincy to a program no one knew existed…..is leaving them with a butt load of talent, a NFL ready quarterback, a 10 million dollar BCS check…..
They should say “thank you” and good luck….
7:14 pm on December 13th, 2009
Brooks, Whhy is a childish prank of egging a man’s house any more mean spirited than kickingn Tim Tebow when he was down after the SEC championship. You blasted him for crying when all that he did was show noramal human emotion.
7:14 pm on December 13th, 2009
All you people saying BK needed to stick around until the bowl game are clueless…the JOB WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE! It is the heart of college recruiting season and ND (or any college program for that matter) simply can’t recruit without a coach. You can bet your bottom dollar BK would have rather waited until after the Sugar Bowl if that option were on the table…but it wasn’t. Blame the system, not the man.
And for those calling him a mercenary, get real. Even though the program has been down, the ND coaching job is still one of the top 5 in the land. Any way you cut it ($$$, prestige, responsibility), he’s stepping up. Are you saying you wouldn’t do the same in your profession???
7:21 pm on December 13th, 2009
Cincy fans conveniently forget that he abondoned Central Michigan to go to Cincy. What goes around comes around. It’s the nature of the business.
7:25 pm on December 13th, 2009
Typical behavior of the people from Cincinnati. Any other city and they would be thanking the coach for what he did for the program. Detroit is about the only city you could expect worse.
7:39 pm on December 13th, 2009
he did the same for Cincy a couple of yrs ago! why would they be all crazy about it now!
7:49 pm on December 13th, 2009
What on Earth did you expect, Kelly? You tell the public and your team you love Cinci and you’re not going anywhewre, then a week later you’re gone! You don’t lie to people and not expect repurcussions.
7:50 pm on December 13th, 2009
We should be proud that CU hired a very good coach that produced a successful season. We should be proud that the players had an opportunity to work with coach Kelly and the next coach will be superior and continue building on the teams success. Many players forget .. they graduate and move on to their careers. The coaches are in their careers.
7:52 pm on December 13th, 2009
Hey to you all,
What I haven’t seen mentioned is the fact that the Cinncy AD made the call on the post season coach. BK would have coached but the AD said NO. Get a life, its just a job in the grand scheme of things its a football GAME, it doesn’t mean anything and won’t even get you a cup of coffee or a soda. Sports mean nothing unless you are the person actually playing the game and then you get over it, if you lose or win.
8:04 pm on December 13th, 2009
I’m sure he makes enough money to spray off the eggs.. it’s not like they fired automatic weapons at his windows. what a B****
8:06 pm on December 13th, 2009
yes he deserves to have his house egged,could be worse in some cities,i think its great for notre dame,win or lose against florida,cinnicnati cant win a title.and why dont people react the same way about students that commit for 4 years and leave early,thats bullshit.but cant blame those students that leave early for the money,same decision that kelly made.go irsh
8:31 pm on December 13th, 2009
The man could not wait to coach his players in a big time bowl game after an undefeated season before taking the ND job. He gets what he gets. Scum bag walked on his players at the greatest time in their athletic lives. If you dont see that you an idiot too!
8:39 pm on December 13th, 2009
Im a West Virginia,I do hoped Coach Kelly does as good as Rick did from Wv.
9:02 pm on December 13th, 2009
Ok, first off, Im not a Cincinnatti fan. BUT, I agree with alot of the fans comments. ANYONE that says he did nothing wrong is at least partially wrong and shows how society has accepted greed as the new American standard. Kelly did exactly what Les (moral-less) Miles did to OSU. Giving the good ole speech about how they love where they are at, they couldnt imagine being anywhere else, then turning around a week later to say, SEE YA SUCKERS.
Kelly went from a man I respected to a man that is no different than Saban, Miles, Petrino, ect.. They lie to their players, and they lie to the fans, before magicaly changing their minds. I agree, its a business, but many of the same people on here supporting his move are the same fools that will scream murder when the bailed out banks pay big bonuses to their employees. Lying is not acceptable, no matter what the situation, we have all seen where it take you (our national economy, or lack there of).
The classless act of the fools that egged KB’s house is unexcusable, but that doesnt detract from KB’s classless act as well. He deserves upgrading, BUT, he and ALL CFB coaches, should be made AFTER the regular season.
Oh, and Notre Dame, how classless are you. Recruiting a coach during the regular season. You threw a fit and took your toys and went home instead of playing in any bowl game (boo hoo, you didnt get a major bowl game). And to make yourself feel better you go after a coach of a team that is still playing its regular season and is also going to a BCS game. Class religious act (not christian, simply religious).
9:42 pm on December 13th, 2009
Good. And someone should egg Roy Williams’ house, too. These arrogant, greedy, cocky big-time coaches need to be sent a message that their act is getting a little out of hand. They need to be reminded that they are just high paid PE teachers. I wouldn’t be opposed to somebody setting up a Luther Campbell type bounty fund for egging or TP’ing these guys’ houses, keying their cars, etc.
9:49 pm on December 13th, 2009
To all the people supporting Kelly.
Its not the fact that Kelly is leaving that has everybody upset. Its the fact that Cincy is playing the biggest game in the schools history, and he is leaving them in the ditch. And thats what has everybody upset, including his players.
And just to give you an example of how it should be done, look at Urban Meyers, the guy took Utah to national prominence, took the job at Florida, but still came back to Utah and helped them beat Pitt, in their bowl game. And thats a class act.
Even more classless is ND, for going after a coach whose team still hasnt played the big game. Louisville waited for Florida to play their big game before going after their DC Strong. Thats what you call a class act. Not the chest beating done by ND and its fans about their University having high standards.
9:53 pm on December 13th, 2009
The Cincinnati Athletic Director made the
decision to 86 Kelly immediately after his
acceptance of the ND job. It is standard
procedure when changes occur between
season-end and bowl games.
RS-12/13
10:01 pm on December 13th, 2009
I hate n.d…..but he’s at a great school now, i wouldn’t want him to coach for cincy in the sugar. let’s look into the future, cincy is going to get their butts handed to them if he was there or not. Do you know how bad that looks, to n.d top recruits who are standing on fla. sideline of the sugar. that haven’t decided on if there going to Fla, Tex, USC, OKLA, Bama, Ohio st. or N.D..cincy students and fans should be honored that he is the coach of n.d. cause you have a great coaching staff…plus were was cincy program 10 years ago?????i’m trying to figure the impact he had there…..
10:02 pm on December 13th, 2009
I suppose the response from some Bearcat fans should be expected… but some of the disgruntled need to grow up… this is a big time business and coaches will continue to seek out better jobs — think of what you would do if you had a better job offer (more money, perks, etc.)… if you didn’t jump at that kind of opportunity, I would question your common sense. And loyalty works both ways… how many times do you see universities dump a coach before he/she gets a real chance?
… and I still don’t get all this ranting about people in athletics making money — I am seeing this increasingly on these kind of sites… my take is that they should take advantage of it while they can… it seems to me that all the complaining comes from people who don’t have a life…
10:04 pm on December 13th, 2009
Of course he was going to leave, more money was in the situation, and plus he has to start recruiting for the irish and its a job that pays how can you blame the man?
10:17 pm on December 13th, 2009
Notre Dame comapred the same as the Yankee’s of College Football? Gimme me a fuckin break! ND is just a pig stye, with a loser football teaam, they have sucked for 20 years now.
10:27 pm on December 13th, 2009
If given the chance by coach Kelly to say good bye and thanks, maybe people here would have dobe just that. Instead he sneaked into the team banquet with armed security, 3 hours later he met with a team of kids he supposedly loved and cared for for 5 minutes to thank them for what THEY had done for him in getting this job at Notre Dame, and he was off to Southbend,
No word to the Cincinnati faithful at all…to me that is the part that is classless. Not the leaving for an Open job 3 weeks before the second highest bowl game in the land. Can really understand that, and who would want someone here whose heart was not into it. The last game his heart and soul was into was the West Virginia game, and everyone here knows that. And that is where the anymosity comes in.
If he had been an upstanding gentleman, had enough courage to call his kids together before they found out from text messages from their friends and families, then met with the media to say goodbye to Cincinnati, people would have been upset to lose him but wish him luck in his endeavors.
As for the eggs, peoples houses get egged and toilet papered and whatever. It is a prank, and quite childish to put on his twitter to make Cincinnati look worse in the eyes of the country and Notre Dame fans. We are not a bunch of hethens and murders here. We love our school, and we love our team, just as much as anyone else does their. Do you think if Florida’s coach went right before this same bowl game, the people there would not be upset? Do you think that Alabama and Texas people would be upset if their coach left, same time frame..they would..and everyone knows it.
10:33 pm on December 13th, 2009
Kelly should have stayed at UC. The ND job is not the class position that it used to be; and it probably never will be again. Kelly could have stayed at UC for the rest of his coaching career and done just fine. He will probably not last longer than 5 yrs at ND and then where will he go? Maybe he will join Charlie Weis fishing somewhere up in Canada!
10:52 pm on December 13th, 2009
I bet the Athletic Director of the University of Cincinnati egged his house!
10:54 pm on December 13th, 2009
We must do something about Juvenille Delinquency in Cincinnati! Isn’t it a shame! What is happening to our Youth! I am crying NOW!
10:58 pm on December 13th, 2009
Cincygirl: Why didn’t the armed Security protect his house? Cincygirl, is the same armed security team that let the dead beat Reality Stars into the White House without an invitation??!!
11:04 pm on December 13th, 2009
After watching his press conference on Friday, I really do believe that Brian Kelly is such a “me” person, that he does not even realize that how he handled this situation with his former players, the school, the media and the fans was totally wrong. He does not think there should be any hurt feelings on anyone’s part, no one should have an opinion, and that as long as he is happy and the new employers are happy that is all that counts. Such a shame, because during his tenure here, he really did bring good things to the city and Cincinnati sports. But, now those things won’t be remembered, just the way he left.
11:08 pm on December 13th, 2009
Terry: Very good question…but better question, why did he feel he needed the armed security guards to begin with…cowardly in my humble opinion.
11:09 pm on December 13th, 2009
Sad that when a coach who leaves the program better than he inherited a few years ago is treated this bad. Some of the Bearcats fans are classless!!!!!!!!!!!
11:12 pm on December 13th, 2009
Many here mention how he told his team he wasn’t leaving, he loved Cincy, etc. You call him a liar, but the truth is he meant it when he said it, media speculation put him in the position where he had to answer hypothetical questions. He had no job offer, ND or other school, so why would he answer it any other way then the way he did? Should he have said I would love to coach at ND and I hope they give me a call offering me the job? Absolutely not. He did what he needed to do by performing his job and continued to prepare his team to play Pitt. Had he not been offered the ND job he would have been preparing them for FL. Obviously he can’t recruit for ND and prepare the team so Cincy chose to not let him coach. Others say to the Cincy fans what comes around goes around. Not true there either. BK coached his CMU team in their bowl game and then 2 weeks later coached Cincy in their bowl game after MD went to MSU. To say the ND will never be a prestigious job again is ridiculous. It wasn’t long ago that USC was less than an average team after being an elite program. Texas had it down years. Alabama theirs. These teams have tradition as does ND. It just takes the right guy to get things going. Good luck Coach Kelly, GO IRISH!
11:17 pm on December 13th, 2009
Tapman is a typical greedy american. I suppose you think its also acceptable for CEO’s of major companies, that fail and need govt assistance, still deserve to get millions in bonuses?? No different!! The coach looked his people straight in the eyes and lied. THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES. THEN, we can complain about his bailing on his team. Dont start the AD gave him the boot. Im talking about holding out talks until after the season is over. The NCAA has plenty of regulations in regard to recruiting players, shouldnt they start policing the Universities recruiting of coaches? For goodness sakes, they get payed bigger money than the professors (and the other professors are the ones doing the real job, uh, its about education, not freakin sports.
11:24 pm on December 13th, 2009
I cant wait to see yet another coach going down in a blaze. How many coaches will it take to show ND’s powers that be, (and no, im not talking about GOD, he left that organization long ago), that they were a once great institution of higer liening, I mean learning, oh wait, athletics, but is being overlooked for universities with a more noteworthy power base, such as Fla, Tx, USC, OSU, ALA, ect.
11:56 pm on December 13th, 2009
Ryan , Everytyingcfb,:You are real idiots!! The only reason for this sudden feeling of betrayal has nothing to about not going to The Sugar Bowl with his team especially since the decision was not made by kelly alone( the administration had the ultimate say so)!
BOTH OF YOU are just cowards masking your religious prejudice under a specious cause. How womanly!!!
11:58 pm on December 13th, 2009
Cincy fans and players are upset, no doubt. Guess they all think that Brian Kelly was the only reason their team won. The way I look at it, if his heart wasn’t in Cincy, then good riddance. Because the players are the true reason why Cincy is where Cincy is. Think about it.
12:21 am on December 14th, 2009
QUIT whining florida still gonna whop that ass anyway
12:29 am on December 14th, 2009
When they say Kelly lied to the team think about it. Pitt was going to be a difficult game and he wasnt going to get the players emotions tangled with him leaving. Its like when your child asks if santa is real you are going to still say yes even though you know the answer. When asked if he is leaving he is going to say no whether he knew at the time or not because that game was the deciding factor of a BCS bowl berth or not.
12:41 am on December 14th, 2009
When Nebraska hired Bo Pelini as head coach, Our AD (Dr. Tom Osbourne) allowed Bo to coach LSU in the NC game and thus honoring his commitment to those players. How can he look recruits in the face and talk about commitment? Coach Kelly is more concerned with his career than the players he coached. Not a good trait in my book.
BO BIG RED!!!
12:44 am on December 14th, 2009
BK was put in an untenable position. Do what he did, & he gets a backlash. Tell the truth, even before meeting w/ ND, & he gets a backlash. How do you think his players would prepare & play for him in the Bowl game knowing that he was looking elsewhere?
It is a shame that coaches have to make these decisions. Yet, it’s better for everyone this way. As has been noted, it’s prime recruiting season. If ND waited, next year would have a terrible recruiting class b/c there’s no coach to recruit. If BK didn’t switch now, then Cincy would be depleted as well, b/c who wants to go to a school where you know the coach will be leaving? And if BK said he’d stay, & recruited for Cincy, then next season’s recruits would be having fits for him leaving.
It’s time for everyone to realize that there’s NO good time to switch schools. The student base of the team is constantly turning over, so there will ALWAYS be students that feel jilted. This is why sports law is the way it is. A student cannot sue based on being recruited by a particular coach & then not getting to play for that coach.
That being said…wake up Cincy. Your program is light years ahead of where it was before BK. The man, thanks to God, has the Midas touch. GVSU became a national D3 powerhouse under BK, & still is years later. CMU became conference champs once BK took over. Cincy had a perfect season & is in a BCS bowl game b/c of BK.
Now, I’m a tried & true Michigan fan & I really hate the fact that BK will be coaching in ND of all places. It means that ND will return to prominence & that victories over the Irish will be fewer & further btn. But for the sake of all Bowl Division Series football, ND actually being relevant is a good thing.
And as for cincygirl1’s comment about his cowardice for having armed guards … did you ever think that maybe he knew he needed them b/c some Cincy “fans” are thugs? There are those among every group that think criminal activity is the only way to respond to adversity. Obviously BK was right & I thank God that egging was all that happened. It might’ve been much worse had he not had that protection.
12:50 am on December 14th, 2009
Shows why he probably left to begin with. He knew what classless people there wre that lived in Cincinnati
1:34 am on December 14th, 2009
Allforbk- That comment about Cincy fans being thugs is totally ridiculous and downright stupid. He did not need armed guards at the nicest hotel in downtown Cincinnati. At least not to keep the Cincy fans away from him. Now the national media on the other hand, who hounded and hounded him and the players the last 2 weeks of the season, that could have been the protection he thought he needed it from, since he did not want to talk to any reporters/ I take great offense to the fact that you would say he needed protection from our fans here. You are ridiculous.
Can’t wait to get to New Orleans to root our team to victory, and if they don’t win, they are still winners here.
For those of you who don’t live here, you don’t know how it went down or how you would feel if it happened in your town just the way it happened here. Obviously you don’t care to hear the other side of the story . Life goes on.
1:42 am on December 14th, 2009
funny how upset Bear-kitty fans are that ND stole their coach…but not one peep of dismay that their Athletic Department is looking to steal Univ of Houston’s coach in return. Do they teach them how to spell ‘hypocrite’ at UC?
2:15 am on December 14th, 2009
Ok everyone I dont think BK’s house getting egged is a huge deal if anything the way he handled his acceptance kind of brought that on himself. I really didnt think he’d stay in cinc. for long but I have seen other coaches recruit and stay with their team through the bowl. Example nebraska Bo Pelini he coached LSU and recruited basicly not abandoing his post. needless to say there are alot of different ways to address his leaving I mean really can anyone blame him for accepting any coach would have.But its the way you leave that makes a difference the bearcats are a better team because of him but because they believed in him trusted and completly put all of their confidence and instead of sitting down with his team and saying “hey I may leave and want you to understand why” coaching is a business and put correctly every kid there would have been ok with it. to me it just shows me kids at ND may have trouble trusting him if he cant sit down and tell you face to face whos to say he will keep any promises or commitments he makes to his new team
2:47 am on December 14th, 2009
No Ryan is absolutely right. he ABANDONED his team before the sugar bowl. i think egging his house was too generous imo
5:25 am on December 14th, 2009
ITS CLASSLESS AND IGNORANT…BUT…ITS OHIO, THE STATE WITH THE MOST LOSERS IN IT……WHAT DO YOU EXPECT!? I MEAN THE AVERAGE EDUCATION THERE IS THE 10TH GRADE. THE WHOLE STATE IS KNOWN ONLY FOR KILLINGS, VANDELISAM AND HORRIBLE SPORTS TEAMS. THERES A REASON WHY OHIO HASANT WON A PRO TITLE IN OVER 40 YEARS. ASWELL AS THERE COLLEGE TEAMS WINNING 1 LIKE EVERY 30-50YRS…….THERE LOSERS!! BUT IN THIS CASE WITH BRIAN KELLYS HOUSE EGGED IF YOUR A CINCI FAN, DID YOU HONESTLY THINK HE WOULD CHOOSE YOU OVER ND (I HATE ND BY THE WAY) YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LOSE BY LIKE 20 TO FLORIDA ASWELL AS BE LIKE 4-8 NEXT SEASON. WELL IM NOT COMING BACK TO THIS TOPIC. HOPEFULLY THERES MORE HATE PUT ON CINCI THOUGH. OH WAIT, ONE MORE…..YOUR BASKETBALL TEAM #19 LOST TO XAVIER….LOL!!
7:12 am on December 14th, 2009
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7:29 am on December 14th, 2009
You do realize that if there was a ployoff system that cincy could have still finished with Kelly as the coach. A playoff would eliminate any of this crap from happening, since there not allowed to talk to coaches wile there still coaching a team.
7:39 am on December 14th, 2009
Kelly already had a little egg ON his face with the classless way he blew out of town and left the Bearcats standing high and dry whom were responsible for getitng him to where he is going. So what a little dripped onto his house!
8:13 am on December 14th, 2009
Timing caused Kelly’s problems. May the recent curse on ND coaches continue.
8:17 am on December 14th, 2009
I don’t like Kelly but respect his opportunity to better his lot in life in regards to his succesful track record. I can understand people being upset, but this is the american way of climbing the ladder. NCAA should limit these coaching changes untill after the bowl games have been compleated. Many times in everyday life if you give two weeks notice to your employer you are shown the door immediately.
8:24 am on December 14th, 2009
As sports fans I feel everyone has the right to VOICE an opinion for or against any team, coach or individual player. But at no point should any type of physical displays be considered. Let’s say coach was home win these idiots were egging his home, he came out to stop them and then someone got hurt. I guess coach would be wrong in some of your eyes huh?
The way coach handled this was all wrong and the players, fans and university deserve better. BUT, he’s doing what’s best for him, his family and coaching future.
8:33 am on December 14th, 2009
Cincinnati is an urban school. This is what you expect.
8:57 am on December 14th, 2009
I have no problem with the move to ND, but he could have waited 3 weeks and lead an undefeated to against Tim Tebow and the mighty gator nation.
Let’s see how long it takes him to go 12-0 at ND!!!
8:58 am on December 14th, 2009
cincygilr1, I take it you quit reading after the “thugs” sentence. You were so busy huffing & puffing that you didn’t bother considering the comment in context. Let me repeat & add emphasis, just to make things clear:
“[D]id you ever think that maybe he knew he needed them b/c SOME Cincy “fans” are thugs? There are THOSE AMONG EVERY GROUP that think criminal activity is the only way to respond to adversity.”
I wish BK all the best (except when ND plays Michigan, sorry).
8:59 am on December 14th, 2009
And as for those who don’t live in Cincy don’t know how it went down … uh, there IS a NATIONAL media out there. This is the internet age & it’s specifically b/c of that media that BK was put in the situation he was.
Everyone knows how it went down.
9:22 am on December 14th, 2009
Good, He deserved it. I was a huge fan of his for building a 2nd-tier program in Ohio. He could have been JoPa or Bobby Bowden by building a program from the ground up. Now he’s destined to go 3-and out like every other ND coach in recent history. Good riddence… Next man in.
9:24 am on December 14th, 2009
sure it was classless of what he did……
but isnt also very classless for an idiot or more knuckleheads to do this ????? find finger prints and put em away!!!!!!
9:25 am on December 14th, 2009
Ryan-
40 years? What about the big red machine? Also… most of the state is actually rural or suburban. Have you ever actually been to Ohio? I live on the East Coast now and the murder rate in nice areas is still higher than most of Ohio.
9:35 am on December 14th, 2009
So when a player accepts a scholarship he signs a contract with the school. If he decides to leave and go to another school then he has to sit out a year. I know it can not happen, but maybe coaches should have to sit out if they want to leave before their contract is up. At least they would be able to finish the season. I know, I know this falls into I had a dream land.
9:47 am on December 14th, 2009
In case anyone cares… his next tweet was “Family dinner included a side dish of scrambled eggs (LOL) Kidding aside the people of Cincy have been awesome.” Take it or leave it at that I suppose…
9:48 am on December 14th, 2009
Everyone keeps talking about how Notre Dame is a dream job…..that makes absolutely no sense to me. The program has been CRAP for a freakin decade. They have nowhere near the talent that Cinci has and their future looks very very meak! He could have made Cinci what Notre Dame was 20 years ago. If you ask me that would make more sense.
I realize ND prolly gave him a bunch more money, but he could have kept everything on the downlow until after the bowl game. I hope he wreaps the same rewards as ol’ Rich Rod…..yeah that turned out to be a brilliant decision didn’t it?!
9:53 am on December 14th, 2009
Typical Cincinnati fans……they have always been fair weather fans. Whether it’s the Bungals, Reds or UC. Win everything is great and everyone is on the band wagon. Lose and they are bitter and hateful. They need to take a look at the dedicated Cleveland fans…..win, lose or draw and they are always there for their teams!
10:41 am on December 14th, 2009
There is one question I have. Why do the coaches like Kelly and Rich leave before there bowl game. Do they have to leave without any notice?
10:42 am on December 14th, 2009
lol, its a wonder they didn’t brick it! Whats he expect? Yeah he left his recruits and players for a more lucrative job. But that has a lotta resentment for those Cincinnati followers and players. He coulda done it more gracefully. Notre Dame could have been more graceful, but it is the start of the peak recruitment season. They need to take advantage. Kelly should have been more up front than seemingly deceitful. It’ll all blow over, he did the same thang to C. Michigan and probably the same thang happened when he was at Grand Valley State. Most coaches go thru similar happenings on their rode to fame and fortune in college football.
Cincy wil find a gr8 young progressive that will continue their climb. ND has gotten a climber. Good luck to both.
10:51 am on December 14th, 2009
Kelly is heartless and classless. I dont know all the details but why in the world could he not stay around and coach his kids in the Sugar Bowl…?!?!? He can’t even see things thru to fruition after leading his team all year….what kind of gutless chump runs out on his kids right before the biggest game of the year……I need to hear him speak to why he left his team before the year was out…..because right now he looks like a gutless jacka$$ who is running to greener pastures..
10:56 am on December 14th, 2009
Before ND annoints him the greatest hire ever…..let’s remember he won the two BE titles with mostly Mark D’Antonio’s recruits…….
ND is nothing but a mid tier BE team……..and they prove it every year no matter who the coach is ……..
The BE needs to cut ties in other sports……
Rome used to be a power …but do you see anyone asking for there 2 cents on world views…nope
11:01 am on December 14th, 2009
He obviously did not learn the mistake Rodriguez did
He constructed West Virgina to one menacing team
He gets an offer for Michigan -> He bolts for the “name”
Whats the results -> Sorry to watch Michigan play
Here we have a man who evolved Cincy to a formidable team
I will admit a tad bit boring gameplay, but they do win (which counts)
He goes for the ND offer (after Weis’s demise), for the “name”
He had a “GREAT” gig going in Cincy
Should’ve learned from Meyer, Saban and Boise’s HC
-Program going well
-Winning good Bowl Games
Keep it “ALL” going accordingly
ND I feel is gonig to tear him a new one
Weis came off from Patriots Staff in early stages of Superbowl Dynasty
He ends up being the rag doll of CFB in ND
Great coaches end up being jokes for the “name” - so unfortunate
11:15 am on December 14th, 2009
as i thought…UC fans ignore their school’s hypocrisy in bashing BK for heading to ND, and the attempt to poach Kevin Sumlin.
what’s good for the goose, UC…
btw, what do you think got Gilyard and Pike to go to UC, it sure wasn’t the facilities or the campus location. it was the coach. you’ve lost two coaches in a row to bigger schools. face it, you just don’t have what it takes…stick to recruiting felons to play hoops for ya!
11:28 am on December 14th, 2009
Oh Cincy get over yourselves, you have no class. How you act now will only scare off any good coach out there from coming to UC. Everyone knows it is the Off Coord’s job to call the plays and Kelly left his entire staff there, you don’t need the Head Coach to call a game and if you need him there for motivation this late in the season then you have bigger problems then play calling. All this bitching only proves that Cincy is scared of Florida and after Florida beats Cincy by 35-40 pts that Cincy fans will blame their loss on Kelly leaving and not on the fact that the team can’t compete with the elite programs……….GO FLORIDA! Would you have egged Gilyard’s house if he left early for the draft last year, they would not even be in the BCS if it wasn’t for him? Plus I am sure that at some point in his NFL career Gilyard will bolt from the team that drafted him to another team for more money, that’s the business of football. It works both ways. I hope that Kelly changes his mind and pulls his entire staff up to ND now and let the Cincy players suffer. I mean after all they are the ones out there getting it done right, they don’t need any coaches “the seniors got this”…good luck you’ll need it, now move on!
11:48 am on December 14th, 2009
Did you just compare Notre Dame to the rise and fall of Rome???
11:57 am on December 14th, 2009
What about when coachs build their teams around players and they bolt for the draft early for the money ????????? Same thing
11:59 am on December 14th, 2009
Who can blame the guy for wanting to move up to Notre Dame? It’s a dream job for any college football coach. I wish that he and ND had waited to make the announcement until after the Sugar Bowl though…would have shown better character on his part I think.
Important to add that there is no chance of Cincinnati beating Florida regardless who is calling plays from the sidelines. Cincinnati is way overrated and it will be evident by the half time. They’ll use BK leaving as their excuse for getting their tails waxed in the bowl game.
12:15 pm on December 14th, 2009
Interesting arguments. People talk about loyalty, but fans, or the Universities aren’t ever loyal to their coaches. Look how they kicked Bobby B? I don’t agree with his move, but that’s the way the world is, if you don’t make a move, they’ll make you move sooner or later
12:19 pm on December 14th, 2009
Did the article say “permanent residence”? Better win or it will be a temporary residence.
12:26 pm on December 14th, 2009
I have to beleive that the pea-brained idiots that critizine B. Kelly for accepting the ND job are the same few who critizise anyone who better themselves in any way. Ignore the idiots.
12:29 pm on December 14th, 2009
Nobody say a whole lot when the kids leave school early to go into the NFL. A head coach has the same right to getting a much money elsewhere. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
12:59 pm on December 14th, 2009
Look I am a ND fan and if your looking to be mad at someone for this coaching job, be mad at the ND AD. If he had any class he would have let BK coach in the bowl game. Don’t blame a man for taking a job that did not allow him to do so. I do not think these three weeks will make or break ND next year ,but they could hurt with recruiting. If BK was allowed to see it though with the Bearcats it would have certainly gave him more creditabilty with future players and parents. Good luck to you in the Sugar Bowl.
1:02 pm on December 14th, 2009
I think its great what they did to hishouse. It was alos funny sseing him at Lowe’s wit 2 policemen. Calling him Nick Saben would be an upgrade to what BK is and what he did to UC. ND will be doing this in another 5 years when the best bowl he gets you to is the Catholic Bowl…The New saying at ND is Lie like a Chapion today…..
1:10 pm on December 14th, 2009
the players learned another lesson from Coach Kelly. Money talks. They would take the same path, but are young and loyal right now. That will change when they are in their working careers.
1:10 pm on December 14th, 2009
what else would you expect from a classless dump like cincinnati. the place is a giant ghetto
1:13 pm on December 14th, 2009
just shows the low class of the U of Cincy. they are mad becauase they know Florida is going to shred them in the Sugar bowl. truly a classless act by classless people in a classless city in a classless state.
1:14 pm on December 14th, 2009
Wow, the anger and putrid remarks on this board are rather ridiculous. First off, when Kelly was making the comments about how he loved Cincinnati and wasn’t going anywhere, the Bearcats were gearing up for the showdown against Pitt. That game was the whole season in terms of the bowl bid, Big East Championship, and any outside shot at playing for the Bull Crap Series National Title. Kelly did what he had to do so that his players could stay focused. Get over it.
And, for those who lack the knowledge of how the system works, Kelly was not given the option of coaching the bowl game by UC. AND, he really needed to hit the recruiting trail for Notre Dame. It was a great hire by Notre Dame, and Kelly was smart to take his dream job while the opportunity was in front of him. He will do very well there.
As for UC, so many of you forget that Mark D’ Antonio, not Brian Kelly, put Cincinnati football on the map. Kelly, for the most part, succeeded with D’Antonio’s recruits. But, 2 BCS games and about $20 million in bowl revenue later…
1:23 pm on December 14th, 2009
ND isn’t what it was 20 years ago. Neither was USC any good for 20 years before Pete took over and brought it back. It is always about the coach. And if the coach is great, they will rise to one of the top programs. Noboday starts at one school and stay there forever. Urban was at Bowling Green, Utah and then Florida. Mack Brown, hmmm North Carolina before Texas. Sabin at Michigan State, then LSU and Alabama. These guys have to start at a little school, prove themselves on that level and then move up. They have to be successful all along the way. Big programs rarely take a chance on anyone that hasn’t been a major winner somewhere else.
The timing couldn’t be helped on hiring him and the AD is the one who makes the call on whether they come back or not. The reason Urban got to go back and coach for Utah was because the person that hired him at Florida was orginally from Utah. And the person taking over at Utah was always going to be the D-coordinator Wittingham, so why whould he want to have all the pieces there to complete their undefeated season.
I don’t think Kelly was the right choice in the end. I think Meyer would have been. But ND didn’t want to have to shell out 6 mill per to get Meyer when they still have to pay Weiss. Meyer will probably end up at ND somewhere down the road.
Those hating on Kelly have no understanding of college sports and coaching. Unless your name is Bubba and you’ve been driving truck for 50 years, you should know that opportunities to move up come along rarely. Especially in coaching. There are only a handful of premier coaching jobs in the country. And of the 119 D1 programs, maybe 10 of them can be considered premier. ND happens to be one of them, even though they haven’t performed up to level since Holtz left. But it is simply about the coach. Great coach equals instant prominence. Florida, USC, Alabama, Texas, LSU. All had new coaches come in, energize the program and bring it back to the level that it had been after a slump. ND will be the same way. Either Kelly will get it done, or ND will have to empty the cauffers to get Meyer there.
It will be interesting to see.
1:24 pm on December 14th, 2009
Ahhhhh…………….leave the guy alone. He has the right to changed jobs when and to where he pleases. Besides, he’s another Rich Rod…..his tenure at ND will be short lived. No matter how much talent he has, he won’t win at ND….ND just has too many years ahead of them to rebuild their program. Kelly is doomed. Jon Gruden could have turned the program around. BUT…..not the likes of Coach Kelly. Coach Kelly is a good guy, he’s just not a “Championship” coach.
1:24 pm on December 14th, 2009
Steve et al,
I’d love to know what you base your comments regarding Cincinnati and Ohio on.
There are plenty of places that have far worse reputations regarding fan behavior than Detroit. Oh, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Cleveland, Oakland, Chicago . . . I’d say they all have some pretty rough fans for pro and college sports. Hell, I remember how fast old Art Model had to get the hell out of Cleveland before he got lynched, and it was a distinct possibility.
It’s rediculous to overgeneralize because a couple of frat boys or general fans felt scorned perped some minor vandalism.
Also, as others have pointed out, it was a few eggs. Nothing a power washer or a good rain wouldn’t fix, if you don’t wait a week and let it dry. Frankly, Bryan Kelly should have just kept his pie hole shut about it. It’s preciously close to whining.
The whole thing has been blown out of proportions. I think the uproar about BK taking the job has been stupid. You can pull litterally dozens of op-eds in local papers criticizing BK for the move from coast to coast. None of them would have said a word if UC had been 8-4 and headed to the Humanitarian Bowl.
The spreading of the quote from Gilyard is just plain yellow jounalism - how was he supposed to feel in the moment? How would you feel? Many of us realized it’s just how this business is run now. But if you’re 20 and you’d bought into this guy as your leader and mentor?
It is unfortunately a few fans decided to express their frustration in this manner, but just imagine what would have happened to Urban Meyers’ place if he’d taken the job.
1:26 pm on December 14th, 2009
My hamburger had pickles on it when I ordered it without. Should I go egg the cooks house?
The ND job is another rung up the ladder from the Cincy job.
Do we not live in the United States where every day we try to climb the ladder to better ourselves?
Those who are showing dismay with BK would do the same thing if presented the opportuinity. So to take Mr. Bearcateek approach is that if someone from Playboy came into 7/11 to where he works at the counter and offered him more money to work at Playboy, provide for his family but he had to leave the store right now or no job that the counter would not be empty? Take off your myopic views people that man bettered himself and left the program better than when he arrived. Now I have to go buy some eggs because Im pissed I have pickles on my burger.
1:30 pm on December 14th, 2009
Aggiefan86 - So you’re saying Urban Meyer and Nick Saban didn’t leave for a “name” program? I distinctly remember Nick Saban winning steadily at LSU before leaving for the NFL…or maybe I’m wrong? If my memory serves me correctly, Urban Meyers built a Bowling Green team into MAC champion and contender then left for Utah. Then he built Utah into a perennial goo team who won A BCS bowl against Pitt before bolting for Florida. Do some research on the way some of these coaches have left. Urban Meyer said “he would stay at Bowling Green AND Utah as long as they’d have him.” Nick Saban said a similar statement that he’d be in Miami as long as they’d have me and he bolted for Alabama shortly after. This happens on a yearly basis and it only becomes an issue because ND is under a microscope. If ND isn’t relevant anymore, why do so many people make it news or comment on it? If this had been Kelly leaving to go to Kansas, would it have been an issue? If you all say ND is irrelevant, then dont comment or reply to make it such a big issues and it won’t be BIG news anymore.
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1:35 pm on December 14th, 2009
Yea, I don’t know that we want to measure class by some racist idiot who choses a user name that riducules the leader of the free world.
I think ought to have some class before you can judge an entire city’s class or lack there of, but, hey, that’s just my opinion.
2:21 pm on December 14th, 2009
Coaches have no loyalties to anyone! Look at what Nick Saban 6 years ago, look at Bobby Patrino, look at Houston Nut. They all jump for the money! Kelly was not the first and will not be the last.
With this being said, no one should be suprised when a coach decides to leave one school to go to another. I think it’s despicable to do harm or damage another persons property because a man decides to move on. We just need to realize that most all of the coaches that are in the business today are in it for themselves.
3:01 pm on December 14th, 2009
Hey BK –don’t let the door hit you in the wallet…
Funny, you did all this week the previous coaches recruits — problem is, Weiss wasn’t as good at that … I see a 8-8 season for you
3:42 pm on December 14th, 2009
it’s a GAME you assholes
3:43 pm on December 14th, 2009
How classless was UC for having BK coach the bowl when Dantonio left. Those kids at CMU lost their coach the same way. It happens grow up.
4:07 pm on December 14th, 2009
Maybe it was Wies, Davies, and Ty
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4:23 pm on December 14th, 2009
Hey JOE, Florida only played one good team and they took them to the woodshed (Bama) they ain’t gonna whop no Cincy Ass, it’s going to be a great game!
4:30 pm on December 14th, 2009
The NCAA should get involved with this BS and make a ruling that a coach should coach THROUGH the bowl game BEFORE moving on to another team. Kelly leaving before the bowl game hurts the players as well as the program. Who the heck is going to coach the game against Florida? This totally sucks!
The players that got Kelly to where he is and the lucrative contract with ND are the ones the most let-down and disappointed. This stinks.
ND sucks and Kelly will not win there if he doesn’t learn how to coach a good defense. His offense is good only because all the stars aligned the last two years, namely with Pike, Pead, and Giliard playing well. The UC defense sucks. Good thing the offense is great or Kelly wouldn’t have gone anywhere. Kelly won’t win at ND agains the major schools. There are much better programs elsewhere now for players to go to.
4:34 pm on December 14th, 2009
Chuck,
Florida will probably score 6 to 8 touchdowns against Cincy. UC has a hard time stopping the run. And with Tebow also running…. good frikin luck. I just hope the offense shows up and is able to coach themselves cause low-life Kelly let them down.
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5:19 pm on December 14th, 2009
I thought Cincy and Kelly were tacky when he left before CMU had their bowl game. Kelly did the exact same thing in denying rumors that he was leaving. He was working Minnesota against MSU and then went to Cincy. Cincy knew exactly what they were getting.
Kelly isn’t exactly what ND wants either. He wins by outgunning the opponent. But the guy wins. Cincy got their monies worth. He’s not going to be loyal to anyone but he does know his football. He got a heck of a start winning at Grand Valley for a lot of years. He paid his dues and he has been lucky getting the right players.
5:21 pm on December 14th, 2009
Like none of you have ever left a job for your “Dream Job” He deserves the job good luck. He made Cinnci Football you should be thankfull.
5:27 pm on December 14th, 2009
Coach Kelly does not deserve this kind of treatment. I was a student trainer for his team when he first started at Grand Valley. He’s the type of person that would do anything for his players. He teaches his teams respect, so why doesn’t everyone just respect him and his decision to move on to a better position. Coach Kelly has a reputation for turning a team around, so why shouldn’t he take on the challenge of ND? Cincy has Coach Quinn coaching them in the bowl game. That should be as good as having Coach Kelly there, since both Coach Quinn and Coach Forest have been with Coack Kelly since GVSU. I wish Coach Kelly the best of luck at ND (along with Quinn and Forest since you know they will be at ND too)!!
5:53 pm on December 14th, 2009
Kelly could have waited until after the bowl game and so could have Notre Dame. No class on either side. Of course, ND is the same formerly Catholic school that honored….oh, well, never mind.
6:20 pm on December 14th, 2009
How horrible for all of you to have him take a nothing program and make it a national powerhouse!
Good luck finding another coach after showing your immense gratitude.
6:37 pm on December 14th, 2009
I hope Brian Kelly and Notre Dame end up like Dennis Franchione and Texas A&M. They all chase the money until they are totally overpaid. The they leave the program broke and with a losing program.
6:42 pm on December 14th, 2009
Kelly did a great job at UC and I wish him well at ND. I am a former Bearcat and an ex-STEELER, I understand what Kelly did but I think he could have gone about it a little different. Those kids played their hearts out all season and really let it all hangout against PITT. I wish he would have told those kids to expect him to take the ND job. I wish him all the luck in the world at ND and the same for UC finding the next coach. Things like this happen in sports and I heard Kelly say that coaching at ND was his dream. He is entitled to live his dream. May GOD bless him and his family. I hope the Bearcat family won’t put up with stuff like egging his home, we are much bigger than that. Let find another good head coach and win the BIG EAST again.
7:00 pm on December 14th, 2009
This isn’t the first time that people have egged a coach’s house. I remember when Tom Cruise egged Craig T. Nelson’s house after the coach made some bad calls during a big game….
7:32 pm on December 14th, 2009
Are you people shitting me? Our economy sucks, our government is spending our money bailing out the rich, people are losing their jobs, their homes and our loved ones have been dying in a foreign country for 8 years now, yet everyone is going back and forth over this shit? Let me see; a coach leaves 1 school for a better one, where hundreds of people will kiss his ass, pay him lots more money, give him a nice big house in the country and a better education for his children where religion is key….what an idiot huh? It’s a no brainer, I would do the same friggin thing, so would every other parent in this country, get over it, life is too short. Everything happens for a reason and both programs will be better of for it years from now. I wish everyone was just as concerned for this country as they are for where 1 Catholic Irishman ended up?
7:36 pm on December 14th, 2009
I have no problem with Kelly leaving to go to ND i believe it will be the kiss of death. My problem is the NCAA, Why can a coach with a contract can leave when ever they want, but a player who transfers schools must sit out a year. the NCAA needs to change the rules so that a coach can leave but only after the entire season for the school he is at is over.
In order to make that feasable they need to move ther recruting so that it occurs after all bowl games.
7:46 pm on December 14th, 2009
First off, I never once said I dont blame him for moving up, if you want to call it that. Its the issue of him lying that I (and most of the “classless thug” fans, are talking about). There is NEVER a reason to lie to your team, I dont care how you want to sugar coat it. Also, if BK did that to Central Michigan, then UC deserves what they got.
As for Notre Dame fans, yes, your school is classless as well. They threw a fit because they wouldnt get a major bowl game, so they grabbed their toys and went home. That is as classless as it gets. Boo hoo. THEN, they go straight to work schmoozing a coach that still had a regular season game to play. The NCAA should prevent schools from looking for a coach until the season has completely ended.
Florida fans, your team is at best, mediocre. They played one major team and blew apart. UGA is no one this year, LSU barely beat Washington, Alabama struggled against V-Tec and got beat by Utah last bowl season, Tenn almost beat FLA and Alabama and was beat by UCLA (ohhh, Ohio University scored as much on Tenn as Fla). My point, when florida wasnt playing someone like Charelston Southern, FIU, or Troy, they were just getting by. Im not saying, in anyway, that UC will beat them, but if Im not mistaken, UF’s seondary is in question agaisnt a good pass game, which UC is. I have caught a few of their games this season simply because I was interested, and they are fast, and their QB is deadly accurate (talk about threading a needle)!! Dont count your chickens too soon, see where it got ya with Alabama!!
Two more things, Scott- you accuse me and someone else of bashing religion, quite the contrary. I believe in my lord and savior JC!! I also recognize a religous sect that has been dirty since their conception. Amazing how you can make comments about us, and then turn around and cut women down by calling us womanly (as an insult). 2) As I remember, a huge group of Div 1 powerhouses have had their share of the “dirty” spotlight lately, from FLA, FSU, LSU, TENN, USC, ect, but I havent heard anything about UC. Oh, raised in south georgia and am a fan of true college football, DIV 2, where they have a play off system.
8:06 pm on December 14th, 2009
The term fair-weathered fans comes to mind. I guess what reservations and regrets he had about leaving have been erased and justifiably so.
8:17 pm on December 14th, 2009
Why dosn’t this coach quit twitting
8:50 pm on December 14th, 2009
okay, let’s get the facts straight for once. If there is any fault here it is with the idiots that run the NCAA. They have created a system, antithetical to their claim that they do everything for the good of the student-athlete, that requires a coach to leave before the bowl games if he is offered a new job. Any school taking on a new coach requires him to start recruiting when the recruiting period opens up. Because the recruiting period begins before the bowl games any coach moving to another school has to leave. All the numbskulls need to do is change the recruiting window and problems such as Kelly and Rodrigues would not take place. Yes they would leave but AFTER coaching their teams in their bowl games. I am a UC alum and lifelong fan and all I have to say to the morons vandalizing Kelly’s house is GROW UP!
10:00 pm on December 14th, 2009
i could care less about cinci and nd football. i do keep track of good coaches though and coach kelly is a great one. good for ND. as for cinci fans, if you were offered 2x or maybe even 3 or 4x the money to leave your current job, would you do it? even if you were happy, i’d bet you would leave.
10:11 pm on December 14th, 2009
I’ll just sit back a while and wait until the Domers start crying about how he abandoned them for the NFL, then LMAO.
6:19 am on December 15th, 2009
The new Rich Rodriguez.
7:20 am on December 15th, 2009
Ryan,
You are an idiot. BK said that he would not coach the game anyway because he had to get on the recruiting trail right away due to the nature of the business. Thomas only commented after BK’s announcement. Try checking your facts next time you fool!
9:48 am on December 15th, 2009
How many Cincinnati fans recall how Kelly came to UC in the first place?
Did he not leave Central Michigan for a BETTER job at UC before Central’s Bowl Game?
So, that was OK, but when he leaves UC for another BETTER job it is not OK now?
You knew that your coach could/would leave for a better job when you hired him.
Get used to being on the 5th step of a 10 step ladder.
11:11 am on December 15th, 2009
Yeah it was to bad someone egged his house. BK did what 99.9% of coaches would do in his same situation. It was unfortunate that he did it the way he did, but nonetheless that is how he handled it. NCAA needs to implement a rule stating that coaching positions cannot be filled until after the last bowl game is played and this problem would be solved. Just my opinion with a possible solution.
12:11 pm on December 15th, 2009
AM A CINCY FAN. BUTT THE COACH MAKE A BIG MISTAKE SIGN WITH ND.
12:58 pm on December 15th, 2009
Bah, no one is a true fan anymore. Where you support your coach or players and wish them well when they move on.
I would like to know how many people out there had the same job, lived in the same neighborhood, stayed in the same area their entire life?
Whiny fans demand the type of loyalty, that they are not capable of showing themselves, as in the Roman days, they are not fans, just a mob.
1:47 pm on December 15th, 2009
I’m a big Notre Dame fan. But what Brian Kelly did to his kids at Cincinnati was truly a stab in the back.
Here are a bunch of kids who played their hearts out to get where they are and they have this happened to them. Make no mistake about it, the Florida Gators are by no means a pushover football team. And come the Sugar Bowl, the Bearcats are going have to put this nightmare behind them and dig down deep if they are to stand any chance of winning this football game.
Brian Kelly, you are a disgrace!! And I lost all respect for you. What you should have done was wait until the season was over and then talk. But beware, the job that you got could very well become your undoing. Remember, Notre Dame is like the NYY of MLB. If you don’t perform you’re out of there.
2:03 pm on December 15th, 2009
I love all the comments it’s so funny to read them all people have such passion for sports I wonder how many of you would pass on a dream job because it conflicts with the company picnic he is doing what every person should be doing providing for his family in the best possible way ND was not going to wait until after the bowl games they wanted a coach in place now! every coach seeks to play at the next level I wish him luck and I think Cincinnati will be fine
4:23 am on December 16th, 2009
I love how Cincy fans are whining over this. The guy got a “raise”, you expect him not to take it? Also, for those of you that think he is gutless for not coaching the bowl game? once again THE AD made the call for him not to coach, not BK. he didn’t run out on his team this season, the AD did. and finally, i’m glad the one guy brought up Boise State. They had Dan Hawkins lead them to some pretty good seasons and then he bolted for Colorado. Chris Peterson took over and led them to a perfect season and a BCS bowl win over Oklahoma THE NEXT SEASON! maybe instead of egging BK’s house, you should be out finding a coach like that!
6:35 pm on December 17th, 2009
he looks like an egg,,,,really….right?
9:26 am on December 18th, 2009
It was only eggs. Whats the big damn deal? 1. it lets Kelly know people are pissed, and 2. it was a statement without injuring anyone. Hell, it could have been bullets flying at his house. Some fans are that crazy. Being a WVU fan and having gone through this same situation a couple years ago, I know exactly how Cincy fans feel. It sucks when your Coach says they love the school and will stick around then gives you the finger and runs. Its a slap in the face. Greed 101. And for those who compare this to players who choose to go to the NFL early…..these kids are going from making no money playing ball to making the big bucks. The coaches are getting paid to be there but bail for the bigger paycheck. I would consider that a difference. I’m not saying coaches should never leave, I’m just saying that it should be done with a little more class and consideration. Leave your school on a good note. A coach who considers their team a family should treat it like one. Dont tell them one thing then do another. Thats disrepectful and a punk move. Even though Cincy is WVU competition, I hope they get a qualified coach and are able to bouce back from this BS. I hope they win the bowl game. As far as Brian Kelly, I hope ND is worth it. Although it would be kinda funny for Kelly to end up like Rich Fraud sitting is his nice big house kicking himself in the ass.
10:30 pm on January 3rd, 2010
Kelly, what a pile of human flesh- the man is classless- I
dont agree with egging his home but if given the chance I would throw one at him. How can you leave your team when they need you the most- screw ND- dream job bullshit- it’s deam money- he’s a sellout- the bastard had to get security figuring he would need it after they way he crapped on this teams dreams- The fool had a contract & UC should of held him to the contract- ND & the golden dome will will be forever tarhished- The ND faithfull will just have another fat ass coach to watch go 6-6– I’m sure Mr. Kelly’s first move will be to steal the player’s that planned on going to Cincinnati- again a classless bastard- I guess Bryan will have to duct tape his wifes mouth since she is pro choice I’m sure the ND faithfull would not like to hear that. Kelly go to hell!
10:47 pm on January 3rd, 2010
Being a ND fan I was at first happy to see the change, Charlie wasn’t the guy for ND, but to see how Kelly threw his team under the bus I think we made the wrong choice. I received a great education and was hoping to send my children to ND but it looks to me as they are making some poor moves. Lowering the educational requirments to keep football players is a huge mistake. It looks like we took advantage of another school and there students. Mr Kelly by all accounts has shown himself to be a person will no moral reserve. If he was a man of his word I would have loved him as our coach as it is I would not expect him to do well. It looks like we made another fat coach rich.Why do we just hire fat people to coach- it really shows no self displine.