re: Is Brian Kelly Underrated?

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That’s fair. I honestly think he’ll do well as long as he keeps good defensive minds on the staff.

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Yeah, Notre Dame fans have a lot of illegitimate gripes about him, but recruiting and playcalling might actually have wheels. He's done well at LSU so far, but he has excellent recruiters. He's obviously comfortable with Denbrock, and Denbrock did well with Cincinatti, so we'll see.

He'll be successful as long as he vets his assistants well, trusts them to do their job, and the LSU admin gives him enough money to keep a great staff. We could lose House after a couple years if he does well. Polian too. How he replaces those guys will be important.