Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly makes a comment to Tony Krausz of the FORT WAYNE JOURNAL-GAZETTE, via Da Wiz, that might just give us a hint about his true character.
(Mirror, Mirror … *crack*)
If the Bearcats were in the championship game, there is one certainty — Notre Dame would have had to wait to name Brian Kelly its football coach if the university wanted him to lead the Irish.
“I know I was going to coach in the national championship game. I made that really clear,” Kelly said during a roundtable interview with a small group of reporters Tuesday. “Every job I’ve taken is because I want to play for a championship. When you have the opportunity to play for a national championship, I’m going to be on that sideline.”
Ahhhh, so THAT explains it!
Is that perhaps the worst thing his former players at UC could hear from him? Is he unaware of Fort Wayne’s recent city-wide internet installation?
If that doesn’t tell you that Kelly only cares about himself, after also bolting for ND in the most thoughtless fashion imaginable, nothing well.
Remember that the next 100,000 times he tells us that it’s all about the players.
UPDATE: Kelly said the same thing last week. At least he’s consistent.
9:05 pm on December 22nd, 2009
You’re all wet on this one. You’ve pretty much botched the whole Brian Kelly to ND story, with the angle you’ve taken. It’s interesting to see the actual story unfold, from here in Cincinnati, and see the national perspective. BK is the straightest shooting coach I’ve ever come across.
9:14 pm on December 22nd, 2009
“You’ve pretty much botched the whole Brian Kelly to ND story”
Which is why all those UC players blew a gasket about his departure.
9:32 pm on December 22nd, 2009
Young and emotional…not unexpected. The only person who lied during this process was Mardy Gilyard. He did Kelly a great disservice.
10:21 pm on December 22nd, 2009
Man Brooks, Brian Kelly was quoted as saying the same thing last week. Why treat this as breaking news.
11:41 pm on December 22nd, 2009
you gotta be KIDDING to support brian kelly in this mess. the guy has no character and no soul — he cares only about himself, and that’s clear from everything he says and does.
2:49 am on December 23rd, 2009
Seriously Brooks, Kelly is wrong for admitting he would have coached the National Championship game? There are lots of coaches who would love to have the ND job, but I guarantee you they would have all waited to coach their team if a National Championship was on the line. Your bias against Notre Dame is ridiculous.
4:00 am on December 23rd, 2009
this is news? he said the same exact thing on dan patrick a week ago…brooks please.
7:10 am on December 23rd, 2009
way to be almost 2 weeks late on this story. he said this first on Dan Patrick a while ago
8:50 am on December 23rd, 2009
Shouldn’t you be more worried with your favorite program’s problems? Honk honk. McNight is out front in his Rover.
Really Brooks, you have nothing better to do than hang on every ND story that comes out? Pretty pathetic.
8:59 am on December 23rd, 2009
I fail to see why this is a problem, or a story
10:48 am on December 23rd, 2009
what’s pathetic are the trolls who post here just to rip on brooks — get a life, asshats.
10:59 am on December 23rd, 2009
I wouldn’t consider myself a troll, although I do sometimes wonder why I frequent this site. I get it, you’re a Brooks groupie. That’s fine. But if you can’t see his bias against ND and for USC you are just stupid. I would love to see a tally of his stories on every college program out there. I would bet that the number of anti-ND stories far outnumbers ones on any other school. Also, his fawning over Poodle and the SC program will no doubt show.
11:12 am on December 23rd, 2009
Handled it well or poorly, he is going to keep winning games. And that sucks because he is going to ND.
1:06 pm on December 23rd, 2009
When one rationally realizes there is no national championship in I-A college football, Brian Kelly looks like a bigger jackass than anyone could have imagined.
2:25 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Kelly should have checked his facts before he open ed his mouth. Cincy would not have played for the National Championship even if Texas lost. Cincy was already ahead of Texas in the Computer polls, but TCU was not. If Texas lost, TCU would have jumped up one spot in the Computer polls which would have been enough for them to leapfrog Cincy for the Number 2 BCS spot.
8:33 pm on December 23rd, 2009
NDReece, so i’m a groupie because i think people who post here just to rip on brooks are trolls?
dude, you need a new dictionary.
brooks doesn’t need me to defend him. what doesn’t makes sense is to KEEP COMING TO THIS SITE if it pisses you off.
this site will implode on its own if people stop coming here/don’t like it. troll posting just doesn’t make any sense.
8:58 am on December 24th, 2009
Yes, you are a groupie. Don’t worry about what other people post. I’m sure Brooks can handle the criticism. By the way, I generally enjoy the site. I just find it funny how many anti-ND posts he has. Yet, he won’t admit his hatred for ND.