[Impy]

I read an article that Kelley demanded Notre Dame change some (unfortunately unspecified in the article) things that hampered recruiting ability.

Anyhow I feel bad for the Bearcats players and fans. If Texas had missed that field goal they would be in the “National Championship” game, would Kelley still have decided to leave?

He built a good program there.

[TitansAFC]

I feel sorry for Cincinnati fans, too. But they can take SOME comfort (if only a little) in the fact that they were probably never going to get a shot at the Title game anyway, unless it was one of those years where everyone else from the SEC, Big Ten, et al, had at least one loss and they happened to go undefeated.

Kelley seems a genuinely nice fellow, and his players were loyal to the core. They seemed PERSONALLY hurt by his departure, which says a lot about his relationship with the kids.

He'll be fine at ND because he's got the recruiting process down. I expect them to be better under Kelley than under the last few coaches.

[Night Hides Not]

Anyhow I feel bad for the Bearcats players and fans.

Be ready ND fans! Brian Kelly is a LIAR, who told his team last week that he wasn't going anywhere.

He said that before the Pitt game, which they won by one point. From what I read in the papers, the Cincinnati players feel betrayed.

Kelly's the best placeholder they could find for the next several years, until Urban Meyer's kids have all grown and left home, whereupon Mrs. Meyer will allow Urban to move to South Bend. Kelly will make a lot of money in the interim.

There are two coaches in college basketball that I really respect: the late Don Haskins of UTEP, and Mark Few of Gonzaga. They could have left for greener pastures, but opted to stay in places they grew to love.

Few may move on some day, but it's not likely, as he's already turned down big time jobs, mostly Pac 10 schools.