forums

Brian Kelly is an asshat

Yeah,I hear ya. 50 yrs as HCW. Been in interventional procedures and surgery with real A**hats. Fake tough guys screaming and yelling at people for doing their jobs, just bc you’re a D**k and got a bug up ur A**. One Doc was being a real b*t*h in Surgery and yelled at me. I said “ excuse me, but you must have confused with your wife. Bc I know you talk to her like that.” He said “ what?” I said” I ain’t her”. He just stfu after that. From that point on he was Fred Friendly,never had another issue. Bullies,can’t take a punch.
 
Advertisement
Rellyrell said:
So I’m going to say this, two things can be true at the same time.

I think Brian Kelly is a good coach, not elite, but a very good coach. A tier 2 type, if u will; however, he’s also a despicable human being. Notice I didn’t say coach, I said human being.

The problem started back in October 2010 w Declan Sullivan, actually let’s backtrack; the red flags of his character started in December of 2009. After leading Cincy to a 12-0 record, and as the team was fully prepared to play UF in the Sugar Bowl, a really big game for this program, Kelly went about business as usual including attending the team’s award banquet. It wasn’t until news broke that he had accepted the ND job that he was forced to inform everyone at the banquet he would not be coaching the team. This crushed the team’s morale. He didn’t inform the AD or the players of anything, & it was his intent to continue this charade until he got to South Bend.

That brings us to October 2010, where a young videographer’s safety was put in peril. We know the tragic story, but again, Kelly showed little remorse or accountability. Instead of a thorough investigation, ND swept it under the rug b/c the program was more important than Kelly’s culpability. They protected him, & in my opinion, it fed the beast.

What’s the relationship warning, how u get them is how u lose them? ND got a taste of their own medicine as Kelly jettisoned them for LSU in the same manner, going on recruiting visits as everything was status-quo, until news broke that he accepted the job at LSU.

LSU wasn’t concerned about Kelly’s unscrupulous history, they were concerned about his coaching history. They ignored all the red flags of him as a person, a leader, & focused strictly on Kelly the Coach w a .750, & chose to dance w the Devil. Well, the problem w dancing w Devil is the instant gratification may come initially, but he will collect. LSU have seen a player lose their quality of life by Kelly’s negligence, the locker room become ostracized as he’s thrown players under the bus, dyck down his boss’ niece in an affair, all the while internally sabotaging the program by not evaluating & recruiting.

This is what happens when u allow bad ppl to do bad things, & Kelly’s bad behaviors were never checked. LSU is reaping the monster that was created 15 yrs ago.
Click to expand...
I agree with your primary points here as they relate to Kelly, but ND conducted an investigation and issued a report within 6 months of the incident. Although ND concluded that no particular individual acted in disregard for safety, it acknowledged that its wind safety procedures were inadequate and should be updated. It also acknowledged that it failed the family and took responsibility for that failure.

Now, Father Jenkins took responsibility and did not blame any individuals (including Kelly), so I understand the point you are making there. But to say ND didn’t investigate and swept it under the rug is not accurate.

Report: https://www.nd.edu/assets/docs/notre-dame-investigation-report.pdf
 
Ryanmilli said:
Although ND concluded that no particular individual acted in disregard for safety, it acknowledged that its wind safety procedures were inadequate and should be updated. It also acknowledged that it failed the family and took responsibility for that failure.
Click to expand...

  • The incident led to an investigation by Indiana regulators to determine if Notre Dame had violated safety protocols.
  • Both Kelly & Rev. Jenkins took responsibility for the incident

So who initiated the investigation; was it ND or was it the State of Indiana? After the State found ND at-fault, what were they supposed to say?

What I stated was that the school swept it under the rug in that Kelly wasn’t held responsible, meaning he was the one despite weather, not only insisted practice be held outdoors, but wanted it filmed in unsafe conditions. Was there any fines levied? Any suspensions? Even though the family decided not to sue, did Or, did business continue as normal thereafter?
Why did ND & Kelly face the backlash? B/c even in Kelly “accepting” responsibility, his first presser didn’t take place until AFTER a loss to Tulsa & he used Sullivan’s death as a reason which sparked outrage:

Where's outrage over Declan's death? | FOX Sports

Jason Whitlock Notre Dame Brian Kelly should never put practice productivity before safety
www.foxsports.com www.foxsports.com
 
Back
Top