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It's unrealistic to expect a championship every year. by revressbo

First of all, I agree with you that I don't really understand why the OP posted what he did. I don't necessarily disagree with the content of the OP, but, out of context and with its tone, it comes across as complaining just to complain and not extremely productive. Just my opinion.

With that said... I don't think it's unrealistic to expect the head coach at Notre Dame to, at least once in 11 seasons, field at least one team that legitimately competes for the national championship. Brian Kelly has yet to do that. (No, 2012, 2018 and 2020 do not count. 2017 Georgia is the type I mean.)

ND as an institution and many in the fanbase try to have it both ways. We like to act like we're special and different and more prestigious and better than everyone else (which I actually agree with a lot), and yet, try to imply it's "too hard" and tamper expectations. You can't have it both ways. (Bryan Driskell had a great article about this in the wake of the Alabama loss. ND tries to play both sides of the fence, emphasizing how special it is for money/prestige/notoriety/recruiting, while simultaneously making excuses to keep the fanbase from bringing out the knives/pitchforks. Pick one side of the fence. Either you are special and trying to compete for championships or you're not. Stop acting like you can do both.)

"Graduating champions" (emphasis on the champions) isn't my slogan. It's ND's/Kelly's. But then he'll make excuses like "Alabama destroys everyone." Was it true this year? Yes. But he could've said the same thing about Clemson in 2018 after we got destroyed by them and then they also destroyed Alabama. What happened since then? Alabama worked to become the greatest offense of all time (and possibly the greatest team of all time). We stayed content. In 2022, of the three teams dominated in the CFP this past year, which one(s) do you think are most likely to be able to pull a 2020 Alabama, and which one(s) will not?