jumpman5678 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasIrish Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 That is two home run hires in the past few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieAngel Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 An intriguing hire for sure. Like Franco said in another post, "better late than never". With as much ill will as Kelly has amassed, I wonder if all of these home runs can salvage this regime. If not it is a huge overhaul next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottawand Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 He has a rep as a great recruiter and has been at ND before, great pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goirish83 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 He has a rep as a great recruiter and has been at ND before, great pickup. Agree, awesome pickup. Kelly is seemingly making all the right moves so far to try to turn this thing around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corysold Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 If all of these hirings/firings turnout to be true, it sure appears someone is telling Kelly who his staff will be next year. I get the sense it was a "you or them" type discussion and, not unexpectedly, Kelly chose himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithInIrish Forever Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Polian I believe was the guy known for the Manti Teo recruitment. He also gives you instant credibility with kids with NFL aspirations, for those who are new Bill Polian is his dad. Bill was the GM of the Colts, Bills and others, an NFL hall of fame executive. He's also been a head coach at Nevada recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithInIrish Forever Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 If all of these hirings/firings turnout to be true, it sure appears someone is telling Kelly who his staff will be next year. I get the sense it was a "you or them" type discussion and, not unexpectedly, Kelly chose himself. Yep fighting for his job, Cory. This is a significant departure from the Kelly we know, so you can tell Swarbrick or someone else is generating a list. Credit Notre Dame for "committing the financial resources" This would be another roughly million dollar hire, second in two days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRISH812 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Special Teams coordinator again or OC? Seems like ST would be a giant step backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goirish83 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Special Teams coordinator again or OC? Seems like ST would be a giant step backwards. Reports are saying ST that I've seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellyisit Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Reports are saying ST that I've seen Everything I've seen is special teams as well. Since Quinn went to tight ends you have to think Denbrock will be OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synoptico Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 How were ST when Polian was here with Weis and BK. I honestly don't remember. I do remember he was a greta recruiter though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrb Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 How were ST when Polian was here with Weis and BK. I honestly don't remember. I do remember he was a greta recruiter though. I don't have stats, and I didn't look anything up, but I really don't remember them being very good. I seem to remember people saying he was a great recruiter, but not as good of a coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Irish Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 He has a rep as a great recruiter and has been at ND before, great pickup. Yep, he was the point man who got Manti Teo to commit to ND! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corysold Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 How were ST when Polian was here with Weis and BK. I honestly don't remember. I do remember he was a greta recruiter though. In 2008, the earliest I can easily get stats, ND was 60th in punt return. In 2009, they were 19th. At Stanford in 2010, they were 33rd. In 2011 they were 23rd. At Texas A&M in 2012, they were 15th. Nevada went from 67th in 2013 to 22nd last year. So he has pretty much had an above average punt return team every season. His punt teams have been all over in terms of holding opponents on punt returns. His kickoff return teams have all been pretty average as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Irish Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 How were ST when Polian was here with Weis and BK. I honestly don't remember. I do remember he was a greta recruiter though. He was up for National Special Teams Coach of the Year at one point, I think, Also, he's been here so no culture shock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishItalian15 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I was holding out hope for John Goodman as ST coach. His fair catches were electric and game changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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