re: Still time to back the Brinks truck up for Brian Kelly

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Brian Kelly is so different from coach O - smart, professional, surrounds himself with talented coaches, knows the X’s and O’s, and proven.

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For all the good that Kelly has done to get Notre Dame out of the wilderness of mediocrity in which it roamed for 20 years, its his refusal to make some tough decisions on his coaching staff, or perhaps unwillingness to recognize the problems, that has kept this program from taking the big final step.

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I still often wonder just how good the 2015 team could have been if Kelly would have come to grips with something just about everyone outside the program knew in 2014, and that was Brian VanGorder wasn't that guy, and Paul Longo's strength program wasn't getting it done.

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Kelly's stubbornness to admit mistakes with his coaches is why the 2021 team has yet to play anywhere close to its potential. The coaching at offensive line and wide receiver are problems in 2021, and that's not a new thing.

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Instead of holding his position coach accountable, Kelly talks about how "young" his line is, a line that has a 6th-year senior, a 5th-year senior, a senior with three years of starting experience and a junior that started two games a season ago. He ignores the regression we've seen from those players, and instead makes excuses for the poor play and talks about the left tackle health issues.

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