Part I: It Ain’t Easy Being Irish (Or Any Team That’s Not In SEC Country)
August 29th, 2010 . by adamnThose expecting an Irish Renaissance under Brian Kelly may find out they are going to be disappointed.
And it has nothing to do with how well he can coach.
All of the conjecture, debating, and theorizing on what the future holds for college football’s most storied program can be boiled down to one matter.
Logistics.
As in, 91 out of the top 150 players (according to ESPN) reside in SEC country.
Only 11 of the top 150 are in the Midwest (Notre Dame’s home).
That is about as disparate as two stories can be. That also shows why the last 4 BCS champions are SEC teams. When it comes to elite prospects picking schools, Dorothy had it right, “There’s no place like home“.
Brian Kelly can coach like Knute Rockne, work harder than James Brown (the hardest working man in show business, for those of you that don’t know), and sell his program like Tony Robbins, and it still might not do the job.
In college football, the players decide who wins.
I’m not so sure Notre Dame can get enough of ‘em.
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