When Rodriguez went to Michigan, I thought his arrival would mean a fantastic stretch for the Woverines. That may still happen, but, what has happened to Rodriguez has made me slightly leary on the arrival of coach Brian Kelly to the Notre Dame scene. Having expressed that caution, I do believe Kelly will return the Irish to prominence and become the next great coach at South Bend.
He has great athletes at Notre Dame, and he seems to be a great recruiter. But, what has really impressed me about Kelly was how he developed lower-rated QBs at Cincy into game-winning leaders. e.g. Zach Collaros replaced Tony Pike last year after a Pike injury. Collaros was the 192nd rated QB coming out of high school, and he immediately stepped into Pike's cleats with great stats.( Pike, by the way was only rated 115th coming out of high school).
Here's my problem with N.D. this year: there is no leader on either offense or defense. But, they do have 14 starters back, and like Texas, and Florida, and OKlahoma, and other elite programs, THEY GET THE GREAT RECRUITS.
Kelly takes over a program with pressures he has never experienced before. Unlike Rodriguez of Mich., I think Kelly will continue his recent streak of success.
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