re: What will it take for Brian Kelly to be canned after this upcoming season

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I take it this is from an actual nd fan? And what would it take forget the ad canned

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Swarbrick is in serious hot water as is. He is tied to the hip with Kelly. There was a lot of lingering anger at him over the Declan Sullivan incident, and the way he treated the violations doubly-pissed a lot of key decision-makers off.

There was a lot of politicking behind the scenes to the BoT by Swarbrick on Kelly's behalf in November and December. Swarbrick laid every ounce of political capital he has on the line for that loser.

It's not just the losing: it's the violations, Kelly's sideline and press antics, etc. He's also been pressing to get into the NFL since 2012, and no one has taken him (go figure).

There will be a definitive move against Kelly if he wins fewer than 10 games, and he may need to have a serious playoff contention type of season. If that doesn't happen, then Kelly goes, and Swarbrick goes, too.

We return basically everyone worth a damn besides Kizer from last year, and the predictive analytics think we might be pretty good, so who knows. Worst-case scenario is that Kelly wins 9 games and keeps his job.