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I would say Bob Diaco, the ND DC.

As an Eagles fan

Hmmm...

It's funny that this happened. We were just talking about this today that it would be funny if Kelly left for the NFL before Saban. It makes more sense that he would if you just look at his progression in his coaching career. He is a guy that keeps moving up the ladder looking for new challenges and he has no ties what so ever to ND, so yeah I think he's gone.

How they looking like fools. They have interviewed probably 10 guys already and only one they missed out on is Doug Marrone.

Not a chance.. My personal pick would be James Franklin, but don't see BK leaving so soon.

What do you mean you "don't see BK leaving soon"? He's already had one interview with the Eagles and there is enough mutual interest to have a second meeting in a few days. Or maybe you're not just being a homer and have a legitimate reason for believing Kelly will stay at ND for the near future?

I would expect ND fans to be livid at Kelly if he left. Purple-faced, if you will....

Now that Kelly has interviewed with the Eagles the Bears can't be far behind. They're interviewing every "offensive" genius in the world except me (in my case offensive has nothing to do with football).

I can see Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame now.

It's unlikely that Notre Dame has another undefeated season against a good schedule in the near future. (That's not a slight. It's just difficult to go undefeated. For instance, 3 of Saban's 4 MNCs have been with 1 loss.)

Hence, if Kelly truly wants to coach in the NFL, then he may not get another shot until a few years down the road. And with so many NFL jobs open this season he won't have as many options to choose from in the future.

But Kelly's departure may not necessarily be a bad thing for ND which could promote DC Bob Diaco.

My other thought on this is Kelly might have seen what the competition looks like and feel he can't get to the Alabama level at Notre Dame. This isn't a slight on Notre Dame, but they have some similar limitations like Michigan by dealing with higher academic standards than other schools and not really participating in the shady recruiting game. And let's not even go into the speculation lots are mentioning as to why Alabama was so much bigger, stronger, and faster on that field. Just like Michigan looked in Game 1, Notre Dame didn't look close to competing with Bama in that game. If a coach feels they are handicapped by following different rules than other coaches, it could be a reason to look at the NFL.

The NFL is a lot tougher, but in some ways it is a much more level playing field than college, at least for a head coach if they can evaluate talent with their GM.

Kelly is a moron. Good coach, but kind of a moron. His goal has always been the NFL. I just didn't think he would consider a jump so fast.

And all these guys are dumb. A coach as a prestige school is frankly better than any NFL coaching gig.

Kelly spent 3 years at Central Michigan, 3 years at Cincy and he now has completed 3 years at ND. Sounds like a guy with a plan.

Now with regards to the NFL, there are multiple advantages: you don't have to worry about compliance, about how your players do in the classroom, you don't have to spend nearly as much time worrying about what guys get up to on their own time, you don't have to deal with boosters, you don't have to go on recruiting trips as a sleazy salesman, you don't as a rule lose your star players after a couple of years. As a pure football coach the NFL is much better IMO, way too much peripheral stuff in college.