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Calls for Notre Dame's Brian Kelly to resign over Sullivan death are absurd

Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 at 08:26 PM
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Fox sports are calling for Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly to be canned after the death of young junior Declan Sullivan,(pictured), who was taping practice when the lift he was on collapsed.

Others are claiming Kelly was negligent because Sullivan and every other cog and wheel in the football program is his responsibility.

To which I say no way.

Sometimes tragedies happen, without reason or rationale. We have a blame culture going here in America, someone has to be responsible and a lot of lawyers get rich on that reality.

That someone is not Brian Kelly on this occasion.

What we had here was what insurance claim experts call 'An Act of God'

A young man lost his life senselessly in an accident that defies explanation.

But let's not blame Coach Kelly for what occurred.

Let there be a thorough investigation into what happened and where, if any, the responsibility lies.

Kelly was doing his job, overseeing his football squad. He is responsible for every one of those players from soup to nuts in every practice, in every game.

He is not responsible for everything else.

To claim otherwise is absurd.

Declan Sullivan is dead, a tragic loss that must be a massive heart breaker for all his family.

But playing the blame game diminishes his death and his clearly extraordinary life.

The calls for Kelly to resign are ridiculous


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friend06 | Oct 30, 2010, 10:58 AM EDT
Whats silly is that you compared it to murder. What happened is SO SAD, and tragic, and I know that Brian Kelly is the FIRST PERSON to admit that! He is an extremely loving caring person and he appreciates everyone around him and would be the last person to put someone in danger. Things happen, some good and some so very tragic, but to think that Coach should lose his job is sad and pathetic. Truly shows that most people have no idea what goes into the workings of a real football program. Most people dont even know true facts because the media has misrepresented 99% of the facts of this awful event. Not one person related to the ND football program would EVER have wished just a terrible thing, but things happen, and not everything is in our control. So yes, but sitting here blaming others in for sure taking away from Declan. SO everyone who is wasting air time and blog space bashing on Coach Kelly, you are sad, because instead, go pray from Declan's family.

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Ajreaper | Oct 30, 2010, 10:21 AM EDT
The simple truth is a leader can delegate his authority but never his rsponsibility- that true with a president, CEO or a head football coach. My question is: if winds were gusting upwards of 50mph why were the lifts up? My guess is the manufacturer has specific recomendations for there use in high winds and if those were not followed then someone is to blame and ND's insurance compnay will be writing a big check.

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bayouplato | Oct 30, 2010, 08:35 AM EDT
What!!! Are you serious??? What does it mean that blaming someone for a death diminishes someone's life? So, when we blame an assassin for killing a president, we diminish the president's life and accomplishments?? Do you mean we should not prosecute murder in order to maintain the deceased's reputation? HOW SILLY!

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