He wanted to commit before we finished evaluation and we seemingly were not a huge fan of his. I think I’ve also read that his dad is hyper involved and it irked some people. He’d likely be committed right now had we offered.
I'm wondering if the Purcell QB from Illinois is related to the Paul or Phillip Purcell alums. I know they both live(d) in the Chicago area but not in Park Ridge. Not far from there, but it would be easier to assume if Jameson Purcell lived in Winnetka or Hinsdale that he's related.
Swarbrick has been putting out a lot of quotes recently about the Freeman hire. He seems to really want to be taking credit for it, which is interesting given there were rumors he actually wasn’t on-board with it initially. I wonder how much of it is him squashing a fake rumor versus wanting to get credit for something he didn’t want.
Yeah I feel like a nexus for defending him all those years. edit: sorry forgot my phone auto corrects fucking idiot to nexus
60 years from now some people will wonder why nd fans hated Brian kelly more than Charlie weis who by the way had probably 3 of the worst lost in nd history (Navy 07, uconn 09, Syracuse 08)
my point is that it’s always about the whole thing so kelly should easily be loved more than weis but he is such a fucking asshole that he is always going to be hated
It's easier to give a little room for on the job training when Kelly: extremely hateable Freeman: extremely likable Kelly: a purple faced lunatic Freeman: just so damn good looking
well that and Freeman’s willingness to listen to other’s viewpoints to learn on the job and putting in an actual effort on the croot trail
Yeah, Pelini proved you can be an unapproachable asshole to everyone as long as you win but the moment you lose a few games...
also an annual flip to michigan feels like a stretch. In 25 class Ivan Taylor flipped to michigan, only to flip to bama none in 24 in 23 Hillman didnt end up qualifying so went to michigan, Walker was a "real" flip, although he since transferred to MTSU none in 22 in 21 Greg Crippen was booted from the class and ended up at michigan None in 20 In 19 Cade McNamara flipped Long story short, it seems to be a bi-annual rhythm and in that its pretty much 50/50 true flips and borderline processing
This is better for the kid. They have a logjam of guards in front of him. Washington isn’t a serious organization, but he should get time and shots.
So coach d told a story on his podcast the other day which made me think very differently about him. He quit coaching because his best friend / fellow coach wanted to hang out and d didn’t want to and then that night someone broke into his friends house and murdered him. He basically had to quit coaching given how that impacted him and then he found god and got into sports writing. Tried to coach again and his heart wasn’t in it so got back into the nd reporting world. Anyways changed my perception of him a bit.
Makes sense that he’s always drinking Mountain Dew and always has a gun on him; needs to be alert and prepared. (sorry to be a dick there for a quick laugh, that’s an absolutely terrible experience and I feel for him)
the only thing brian kelly wants to do in a major storm is pass the football— Jordan (@jordanb239.bsky.social) 2025-07-10T14:37:18.015Z Damnit, Click for a thread of AI images of Kelly helping flood victims.
I know we all knew this already but the new recruiting guy at 247 did a mailbag and mentioned a bunch of times how much Kelly fucked recruiting when prospects were teed up and he wouldn’t put in the effort to close.
There are a handful in the same vein as the below. What I’ll say here: I think Elston was a FAR better closer than his overall numbers show: he wore a ton of different hats but I knew him predominantly as the D-Line coach, when he was at his best. Other factor to consider: there were times when Elston nailed the close as best he could, but the HC’s effort basically negated it