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Brian Kelly is not an elite coach by faustfever
Never was, never will be. If we are handing out statues for the great ND coaches--he probably deserves more than a plaque above a urinal--but a statue? For what? Beating Ball State 24-18?
Brian Kelly's tenure has been littered with mediocrity. After all of these years he has yet to establish an identity for this program. There is no consistency. Point to one thing in this statement. "Brian Kelly stands for..." "Brian Kelly is all about..." "A Brian Kelly team is known for X"
The guy is an above average football coach with average leadership skills. If you put Brian Kelly at Alabama, do you think he would have had the success Nick Saban has had? F no.
As long as he is our coach he will continue to be above average, but not elite. He is who he is.
Not worthy of a statue without a NC.