What I saw on tv the other night just made me think that Brian Kelly's 18-21 year-old players are going to have to look elsewhere to find examples of positive adult mentors who can model respectful and mature behavior under stress. As a former college athlete myself I can guarantee you that athletes respond to the same sort of social cues and treatment as everybody else...and I can't imagine that the majority of his players would respond better and learn from their mistakes in the moment if he didn't treat them with derision. You can say it's competitive sports, but that's no excuse to treat anyone that way! Get a grip Brian Kelly!

Okay, something that you all should know about Brian Kelly is that his sideline antics, over-the-top cursing, and general rants are nothing new. All the way back when he was coaching little Grand Valley State he drew the attention of game attendees by his vulgar language on the sidelines. I know some men who ran the chain crew at an opposing school. When GVS played there, Kelly's language was so obscene that a member of that chain crew actually took it upon himself to contact the President/Chancellor at GVS and file a complaint about the coach's language. To be perfectly honest, when ND hired this guy I sort of chuckled at this seemingly mismatched partnership. The ultimate in Catholic Universities and all of the religious atmosphere, and this guy who makes a sailor blush. Bottom line, this isn't this 1st time he has acted this way and it won't be the last. As we have seen with guys that have a certain public appearance, they may not be all that squeeky clean after all (see Jim Tressel).

He was over the top. No doubt about it. There are better ways to reprimand players. For the sake of his health, Brian Kelly needs to tone down.

Do I care one way or the other? Nope. Do I care that the writer can't spell 'bawled' correctly? Yep.

We here in Tampa, home of USF, had a coach similar to this: his name was John gruden.. His act became a sideshow in itself. Let me just say it got old quick, and became an embarrassment. This week we also lost a great man, Lee Roy Selmon, an NFL Hall of Famer and the man most responsible for creating USF football.He would be a better role model.

Some of your readers should just content themselves with watching re-runs of Lawerence Welk.Kelly is a great coach,leave him alone.

Should the ND coach be held to a higher standard? In reality because of the improvements in TV photography, Kelly is caught doing what prior ND coaches did without observation. The closest we got to Lou Holtz was to see his hat throwing. We couldn't read his lips as we can now do with any coach. Such is the price of fame Brian. You may have to lighten up.

Jeez. That's a stroke waiting to happen. He keeps that up, he'll be screaming (and dribbling) unintelligibly out of one side of his mouth from a nursing home. Nothing will happen to him as a coach, though. Bol Pelini is still at Nebraska and that's a guy who should have had his lights punched out, THEN fired, then punched out again. Lighten up, Coaches. It's a game. It's not a garden party OR Falluja.

That's right FOOTBALL...a GAME. Kelly was in "a suicide by players" mode. The AD should have spoke to him at half time or during one of the delays and told him to put a cork in it! Or, insist that he be put on family medical leave immediately. The man was out of control. Censure and anger management may help his self-destruct behavior.

Lets see now, the game is played to crush,stomp,run over and beat up opposing teams. But he should be fired for some well deserved choice words? Come on! This isn't a garden party in the church. Get real people........

It's FOOTBALL, not a garden party. Get a life.