Let me preface this by saying that I don't think it's absolutely necessary as a head coach to always give credit to the other team's performance during the post game press conference, but I feel like it happens more often times than not, especially after an underdog played a great game against your team. I certainly don't think the coach has to go as far as to ooze and gush over the other team's performance to the point of discrediting the way your team fought, but it just seems like the customary opening of "Give a lot of credit to __________." is part of the typical tip-of-the-cap coach speak during these post game pressers when a team plays you that close.
With that said, I was a little surprised and quite frankly upset that during Brian Kelly's press conference he didn't say one thing about Virginia Tech's performance and just how close of a game we gave them. To me (and I admittedly may be looking into this way too much), it seemed like he almost purposely avoided saying anything about the Hokies' performance and the game they gave them.
I will say that during his Monday press conference the week leading up to the game, he had a really nice analysis of what he saw from Virginia Tech and the way the defense had locked in since the Duke performance along with the way the offense was progressing with Hooker and Patterson. All this to say, maybe he's not the petty, arrogant guy I see him as and just wanted to focus on his team's response to a lot of adversity over the last week plus during the post game press conference.
I am curious though what TKP thinks. Did anyone else notice this that watched the post game press conference? Do you think a coach owes it the other team to tip their cap after a game like this as some form of unwritten coach-etiquette? Am I over-analyzing this and need to move the heck on (very possible)?
Monday (10/28) Virginia Tech Week Press Conference:
Postgame Press Conference:
Comments
Ah, even more fodder for the "Hatin' On" thread.
You're right, though. Though I find that to be a sign that we got under his skin, as he doesn't want to acknowledge us.
That's kind of the way I took it too. He did have a longer than normal exchange with Fuente after the game, so I'm assuming that was probably a "hell of a game, good luck in the ACC, you guys look good" kind of thing, but that would've been way too hard to say in the press conference.
Eh, he will be unemployed soon. Fuck him.
Al Groh was the same - it was never about what the other team did, just UVA's actions.
Give me Frank/Fuente - sometimes you get beat, and the other team beats you.
I mean, Brian Kelly killed a kid. We know he's a scumbag.
One thing i learned from being at that game, Notre Dame fans hate Brian Kelly more than we hate Brian Kelly.
That actually provides me a great deal of peace.
My family are ND fans (I grew up an ND fan), and they're more delusional than some of our fans are.
That must have been quite the exorcism to free you from that demon
My memory of his post-game presser after we beat them the first time is the same. He spoke of a couple of missed calls by the refs as the reason they lost without any credit to Tech. I'd research it, but I don't want to waste even a minute on this guy.
Sounds like the rantings of a guy who thinks its ok to put a student in a cherry picker during high winds
It was a scissor lift, but I'm glad other people remember this too.
typical for him. he doesnt view our program as on their level
He is an enormous douche-bag. He has the most punchable face in the P5. I want to punch him in his punchable douche-bag face. That's about all I have to say about that.
Two words. Declan Sullivan.
Fuck Brian Kelly. That's all I have to say about this.
"We talked to the guys at halftime and they came out and took the game back despite the setback at the end of the first half."
Yeah, your boys sure did a fantastic job racking up a whopping 57 yards of offense and, let me double check this number, oh yes, ZERO points in the 3rd quarter. Hell of a halftime speech you gave there, coach.
Yeah, your team needed a questionable at best roughing the passer penalty to overturn an interception that would have effectively ended the game in a loss for you.
Sure...they "took the game back".
Silly you, "the guys" aren't his players, they're the refs and they did come out and take the game back.
It is not surprising to me, as Brian Kelly is a well known piece of shit.
Brian Kelly is a temperamental slapnut. Being a fuckhead comes with a price and the price is performance.
When he was telling his team to stay positive in the locker room at halftime my jaw fell on to my deck and shattered, my eyes rolled out of my head and bounced down the stairs and into a gopher-hole, and I pissed one gallon of already processed beer into the underpants which I simultaneously shat in because I was laughing so hard.
No team under that asshole is ever going to reach their potential. That is a fear-based organization with a head a coach who would murder someone on the sidelines if he thought no one was looking. (You finish the rest of that). Look at ND's recruiting and look at their results. Incongruent at best. Shitty leader. Mediocre results.
Fuck Brian Kelly. But also, FUCK ND. So, yay Brian Kelly? I'm confused.
Damn! A suggestion: Don't let Brian Kelly affect you like that, life changing circumstances result.
JK, that was hilarious.
i wouldn't look too much into it, just beat them next time
We are surprised by Brian Kelly being the ass he is?
I have the same reaction to this as I have when I hear of some lunkhead climbing into the tiger environment at a zoo and becoming dinner......A tiger does what a tiger does......a red faced jerk does what red faced jerks do. There are certain expectations in life, and when things go as expected, I'm generally not surprised they turn out the way they do.
While I dislike Brian Kelly, I think this is kind of a lose-lose for coaches. Either you talk about how good the other team is, and your fans get pissed off with 'coach-speak' and think you're an idiot for treating a mediocre ACC like some top talent OR you talk only about your team, and you're called a narcissist by the opposing team.
I don't take offense to this. I think it's fine.
Or option 3, go with the truth.
Ya, that's tricky. Though I'd argue that it was a little too much in his later years of coaching (and a few memorable press conferences thrown in there *cough, cough JMU*), I think Frank got this right for 95% of his career. He would always give the other team credit for the way they played while giving his team credit in a win and being pretty hard on them in a loss. I think you can still pay a compliment to the way the other team played, regardless of how good they are, and still get all over your own team. Then again, I don't consider myself as much of a douche nozzle as Brian Kelly. Just seems so petty to not say one sentence about the other team's performance who nearly beat you at your own place. I do get the double-edged sword side of it though as I would fume during some of Frank's press conferences when he dismissed an utterly shitty performance with, "Well, you gotta give a lot of credit to [insert directional G5 school]."
So............what's your point?
I want absolutely nothing from that kid-killing fuck.
Edit: Well...didn't realize there were TKPers with a delicate sensibility toward a coach that got someone killed via gross negligence. I wear your downvote as a badge of honor.
I'll own that downvote for the sole purpose that your comment provides absolutely NOTHING constructive to the discussion presented by the OP and is just here to make noise and 'look at me'. So yeah. I down-voted that.
My sincerest apologies. My comment is obviously soooooo much different than all of these equally scathing yet altogether earned praises of Brian Kelly.
Dude, seriously step off your sanctimonious high horse before you fall and hurt yourself.
Just looking out for your well-being more than Brian Kelly ever would.
Lol. And I downvoted those comments too. I didn't say you were the only one to add a comment that didn't add anything constructive.
However you were the only one to judge somebody for a downvote.
I appreciate your comment though and thank you for identifying yourself as one of our fanbase's 'that guy' (or girl. I don't know). But keep drinking out of your ass. Sounds like your pretty good at it.
This is honestly too goddamned ridiculous to keep going.
Have yourself a nice day!
You must be doing a lot of Downvoting then, because there are a shit ton of comments on here that aren't constructive.
Haha, generally I don't. it all depends on the context, topic at hand or humor level.
In a thread like this, a lot our fans are doing a great job of making an ass out of themselves. So I guess that ought to speak for itself.
What is he supposed to compliment, exactly? Our defense played well I supposed but if ND doesn't fumble the ball at the goal line or that ball doesn't bounce right into Deablo's hands with nobody in front of him, is this game even close?
We had a post game win expectancy of 1%. ND did all they could to keep us in that game.
This may come off as harsh but who gives a rip what Brian Kelly thinks of our average football team? Especially, why should we care?
Who?
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Yes, it is a dick move to literally not even say the name of the opposing team in your opening post game comment.
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Ffs he abandoned his Cincinnati team ahead of their orange bowl appearance, and then KILLED A 20 YEAR OLD.
In closing: fuck Brian Kelly.
I have two separate family friends who have worked directly for him and his staff. His reputation is deserved. He is a total ass in every way you can imagine. Doesn't take responsibility, attacks people for mistakes, complete snob and everything is about him - notice all the "my team" - symbolic of his mentality.
Sounds exactly like my boss, so that must've been MISERABLE for them.
Meh. Coaches gonna coachspeak. I ain't gonna get in a twist about this.
Do people really think Brian Kelly is going to get fired after this year? I mean it is definitely possible, anything is, and if Urban Meyer and Notre Dame are passing love notes then sure it could happen.
But he did go to the BCS championship game undefeated in 2012 (since vacated due to NCAA penalties), the Fiesta Bowl in 2015, won the Citrus two years ago and played in the playoff last year. This isn't the resume of someone who is about to get fired.