Cincinnati's Gilyard Says Kelly 'Went for the Money'

FanHouse ^ | 12102009 | Ray Holloman

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

This from the person who is slated to replace him as head coach.

It doesn't say much about himself!

[kosciusko51]

What is wrong with a coach wanting to leave a second-tier program to go to one of the most storied college football programs for MORE MONEY?

Remember, this is the man's livelihood, and not just a game.

Also remember the alumni would be calling for his firing if he wasn't doing a good job.

[fhayek]

Yeah. And if some of these Cincinnati players ever make it to the NFL, and they manage to get to free agent status, I’m really sure that they will remain loyal to the team that drafted and developed them. They are not going to go for the big payday. Cry me a river.

[edcoil]

BS - everyone goes to a new job for more money.

[rintense]

Because the only way to make a second-tier program a first-tier program is to have a committed and dedicated coach. The players thought they had that. I feel bad for the kids who were lied to.

Michigan State went through this when Saban left for LSU. And LSU went through this when Saban left for the Dolphins. To his credit, Tom Izzo has made MSU basketball a top-tier program in the country and chose to stay even though schools like Kentucky and even the pros coveted him.

It takes a special coach to dedicate himself to making an underdog a contender. Clearly, Brian Kelly wasn't that man for Cincinnati.

[hinckley buzzard]

I agree. He should have waited till after Bowl season. He let ND marketing hacks hustle him. Wonder how his team will do in the bowl now, knowing their head coach is "outta here?"

[FroggyTheGremlim]

He could have waited until after Cincinnatti’s bowl game.

Oh, Kelly will fit right in at (the new) Notre Dame.

[kosciusko51]

I disagree: He made them Big East champs two years in a row, undefeated season, and is now reaping the rewards of that success. It should not be just the Bearcats that profit from his success, no?

[rintense]

But Cinci is still considered a second tier school. In college football, to be considered top tier, you either need reputation (as ND or UofM has) or consistent, perennial contenders. Cinci has started down that path but they are not there. And the only way they get there is to have a coach that’s dedicated to the school and the program for the long term.

[aliquando]

I could not give a rat’s a_s about either program. That being said, in a day when a coach can be fired after 1 or 2 bad seasons, who can blame them. Take the money and run! I have some idea what it is like to stake your career on the performance of teenagers( and young 20’s).

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I’m not a big sportts follower. Did the coach just leave his team in the sense he will not be coaching at their post season game?

[Darteaus94025]

Sports are SOOoooo [YAWN] useless.

Investing you life’s energy into becoming a team diehard? Consider suicide instead - it’s faster and, ultimately, less trouble for all around you.

[montag813]

Uh, didn’t Cinncinnati benefit when Kelley left East Carolina “for the money”? Was he supposed to stay at EC for life? Did he “owe it” to the players and school? Nonsense. The Cincinnati players have 100 times better chance of getting to the NFL because of Kelley. They should STFU, an learn about the free market system.

[kosciusko51]

I don't think that Cinci would be a consistent contender if if Kelly stayed, as there are several teams in the Big East that will can give Cinci a run for their money.

And with the BcS the way it is, Cinci or any BE team will have virtually no shot a being a national champion, unlike ND.

Finally, even if Cinci was a consistent, perennial contender, but not a NC, they would still be second-tier because they do not have the history of big-time football success.

Darteaus94025 - thanks for your opinion. Why are you even looking at a sports topic?

[steelyourfaith]

Bad timing. Kelly has got an undefeated team going to a bowl and this distraction can't help the Bearcats and their fans. I can't blame him for taking the money (although I like longevity, e.g., Paterno who has stayed all those years at one school), but the timing of the announcement is just wrong. This is best left for the post season.

Kelly is going from a program on the rise (23-3 the last two years) to one that has been unable to recapture the level of its glorious past for many seasons now.

Reminds me of Rich Rodriquez who left West Virginia (21-4 his last two seasons) for Michigan (8-16 his first two seasons). Or Gary Barnett who lifted Northwestern out of the Big Ten cellar, taking the Purple to Pasadena, and then deserted them for a disastrous tenure in Colorado.

[VOA]

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[Talkradio03]

What an absolute sell out this moron is...

Money, money, money,

Leaves on the eve of Cincinnait’s version of the superbowl...

[LRS]

I see the problem not as a matter of what Brian Kelly has done, but as a matter of what he hasn't done, especially given the fact that he has been perceived as a media savvy P.R. type of guy, and that something has been a lack of a simple ego soothing public statement to the players, the University, their supporters and fans, and the city. A statement like: “In my exuberance at achieving a childhood dream, I have behaved in a selfish childlike manner, and I would like to take a moment to assure all of you good people that I didn't mean any disrespect, and I want to implore all of you not to allow any anger that any of you might have at me, stand in the way of supporting the Bearcats in what is the biggest football game in the team's history. I sincerely wish the team, the University, its supporters and fans, and city the very best of wishes.” I think something like that would end most of this bitterness...

[freedomfiter2]

It’s a business. Neither management nor employees are loyal anymore.