Brian Kelly's crazy mistake not to kick a field goal results in dreadful Notre Dame loss
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You are down by 1 in the last minute, you have a field goal kicker who is 18 for 18 so what does coach Brian Kelly do?
He calls a pass play with a freshman quarterback.
And Andrews Rees throws an interception. Tulsa, yes Tulsa defeats Notre Dame .If you though the loss last year to Connecticut was bad this one really stinks.
And asks very serious questions about Brian Kelly's judgement.
Is it Halloween, Twilight Zone , the curse of the Irish or a combination of all three that leads us to this awful moment?
We may well have witnessed the worst defeat in the school's storied history.
Talk about the luck of the Irish, they would have no luck were it not for bad luck,
A point after try blocked-- two points at the other end.
Tulsa facing third and 26-- a completion with the game on the line.
And then that final drive with the rookie quarertnback doing everything right until the insane last second decision to throw and not give the game over to your ace kicker
Sure Dayne Crist was out, sure Notre Dame was playing in the shadow of the awful Declan Sullivan tragedy.
But there was still no excuse for the decision not to kick a field goal.
I have long beleived coach Kelly is the man that Notre Dame need.
For the first time I'm not so sure
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murphy66 | Oct 31, 2010, 05:24 PM EDT
The Blessed Mother is a Tulsa fan.
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Lucky14 | Oct 31, 2010, 03:18 PM EDT
I am stunned. This raises serious questions about his judgement but the events of this past week were characterized as some unpredictable, freakish act of God? Actually, there may have been a much BETTER excuse for this than what happened this week. Based on the kick-offs where a holder was necessary, perhaps there was a concern over a relatively long kick into a cross-wind? I'm not saying it was a smart play - it was dumb as hell. But the excuses for events of this past week and outrage over this stupid call? I may think Kelly is making a few first-year mistakes. But I would NEVER call for his ouster as a coach over THIS. On the other hand, the other events raise far more serious questions. Sean, go re-read your other article then read this one. Are the priorities correct?
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AOBoyle | Oct 31, 2010, 10:16 AM EDT
Oh yeah, I forgot, a top 25 breakthrough! You make me laugh.
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AOBoyle | Oct 31, 2010, 10:13 AM EDT
A 10-2 prediction, Kelly, A Legend in The Making and the best one "Oct. 30, Tulsa: Huh? A blowout for Irish" All from the mouth of O'Shea. Notre Dame are a BAD football program and O'Shea knows nothing about College Football. Keep up the Comedy!
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seamusmoore | Oct 31, 2010, 03:47 AM EDT
seagreen: ND wasn't very good in the period after Leahy was forced out in 1953 until Ara came in 1964, then won 2 titles (1973 and 1977) in the 1970's and finished in the top 5 every year from 1988 to 1993 including a title in 1988. Also, at least half the 77 title team was black and probably 65% of the 1988 title team as well. Steve Walsh of Miami famously said about the Catholics vs Convicts slogan that he was Irish Catholic and Tony Rice (ND QB) was Baptist. Most of the team for the last decade (70%) has been black so clearly, ND either cannot get the better black players or the coaching since Holtz (particularly the play calling and inability to run the ball) has not lived up to historical standards. AT least half the offensive lineman in college (Big 10 anyway) are white.
As for Kelly, the most disappointing thing of his tenure so far is that the team seems to be regressing as the season has gone on, not what you want to see from a new coach.
With regard to the ND posts of Sean O' Shea, it has become a great source of amusement to ND alums like myself with his historical inaccuraccies and predictions which are wrong about 80% of the time. The only thing Mr O' Shea knows about Notre Dame is that he couldn't in there if you doubled his SAT score.
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SouthBendNative | Oct 31, 2010, 03:20 AM EDT
Seagreen, you have got to be kidding about the coaches doing the best that they can. The players overcame the death of a teammate - Declan Sullivan. They overcame the loss of their starting QB. They overcame a punt that was returned for a TD. It was one coach...BRIAN KELLY who lost the game with his foolishly arrogant insistence on passing at all costs. Any High School coach knows that you don't put an inexperienced young QB in the position to lose the game. This loss is completely on the bumbling incompetent sorry excuse for a football coach..BRIAN KELLY. If they were doing the best they could under the circumstances, I might agree with at least that part of your comment. ND is not lacking the players with sufficient talent to beat NAVY OR TULSA. They are lacking the coaching leadership to beat those teams. Besides, regardless of record, Brian Kelly should have been fired for allowing young Declan and other photographers to be put in a deadly situation. Apparently his poor judgment is not limited to coaching. I am sick for Declan's family and for ND Football fans world wide.
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seagreen | Oct 31, 2010, 12:34 AM EDT
Its time for Notre Dame to fess up. You have gone through four coaches in eleven years, or whatever. Football has changed These are not the 30's 40's 50's 60's when all the players were white, and Notre Dame automatically acquired all of the best Catholic players in the country. Eighty two percent of college players on scholorship are now black, and arguably are better and faster players. They are not going to Notre Dame. It is just not where they want to be, for whatever reason. Give your coaches a break, they are doing their best they can under the circumstances. They cannot emulate the great teams of the past, when all of the rules and atmosphere have changed
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