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The problem with the press conference is this by HTownND

Kelly talks openly about winning titles as the goal. While that’s my expectation, he states it openly.

Once again he fell short in a non competitive game, following the same thing happening in the ACC title game.

His response and being pissed off is fine. I’m glad he’s tired of the question. He should be.

But they are fair questions if:

- you actually expect to win titles


We are at the tipping point here. If the actual expectation isn’t to win titles, then explaining that gap gets annoying. But we are finally seeing the wedge. For many ND fans and people at the school, this is all just fine. We can’t be expected to beat the Alabama’s and Clemsons of the world in this situation (although the regular season win sans Lawrence will get trotted out again and again as some sort of quasi evidence we can win these games). We can’t recruit the same players, our academics are too tough, and this is all just a new normal that we have to adjust to and begrudgingly accept. This is the best ND can possibly be expected to do given reality.

If you think that, then his response is perfect, because you agree with him. You are tired of explaining to people why this is good enough. You are tired of high expectations, and demanding too much. People just need to accept this is the best ND can be in this new world.

And if that’s the case, Jack and Brian need to change the narrative themselves and say winning titles isn’t the expectation (because just showing up every few years isn’t going to magically help us get lucky and actually win one of these games). You need to level set with people that this is the best it’s going to get.

But I get it. Our coach and a lot of fans are pissed that they have to explain yet again, why we shouldn't be disappointed, this was a great season and it’s as good as it’s going to get. But that’s on Kelly because he talks about titles, and once again, came up very short of that goal. So the question is this. Is that really the goal?

If yes, he needs to figure out that question
If no, it’s an annoying question and we should all just be thankful we got invited.

How he and ND folks respond tell you everything you need to know about where they stand in respect to that question. Is winning the title the goal or not?