C'mon, #7 made a bonehead play, and he deserved to be chewed out. I'll bet he doesn't make another bonehead play for some time.

There's no forgiving what happened to the videographer. But fire him for yelling at players? Ridiculous. Did you ever play team sports beyond middle school?

When Coach Kelly panicked and lost his cool during the game,he made a fundamental error in leadership. Kelly while unloading his ego tripping rage, displayed borderline sadistic behavior on national television. Is it possible to be paid by ND for that?

I played sports well beyond middle school and my kids do now.I have never seen a coach scream so violently at his players like Kelly does. Kelly is a disgrace to himself, amateur sports and The University of Notre Dame.

BK has an extraordinary record at C Mich and Cincinnati, but ND has always been his dream job. I think, however, his passion to succeed and avoid a Jerry Foust situation, has gotten to him. Allegiance has not been his strong suit as he bailed on UC two weeks before the Orange bowl, a fact contributing to the result.

As an ND alumnus, I'm nothing short of appalled by Kelly's boorish behavior, as are most other alumni. (Go check what they're saying over at ND Nation).

Having played football for years, I'll be the first to defend a coach against sissy-minded, P.C.-motivated criticisms about yelling, salty language, and getting in a player's face. Anyone who's ever played accepts that as a necessary and proper aspect of sport and quality coaching.

But Kelly's act goes far beyond that. This was something much, much different.

This was not a coach who was trying to light a fire under his players' asses, teach, instill accountability, or even simply express frustration.

This was a man unhinged, filled with pure, unadulterated, blinding rage, who was berating his players - repeatedly for 60 minutes - in an attempt to shift blame from his own failure to adequately prepare the team for a game it should have easily won.

Lombardi, Parcells, Cowher (to name but a few) - all were prolific yellers with drill sergeant personalities. And yet never once did any one of those guys completely lose control of themselves in a game situation the way Kelly does routinely. Whenever they expressed anger on the sidelines, it was a controlled anger, and it didn't compromise their ability to coach or come off as scapegoating or a deliberate attempt to show up their players or a five-year old throwing a tantrum.

Kelly, on the other hand, becomes a raving loon who indulges his every passing violent desire to vent in order to protect his own ego. He cannot control himself to the point of not being able to function in the moment, and a leader cannot command others when he can't even command himself.

And that's to say nothing of the fact that it's embarrassing for the University he represents and that when it is done more-or-less continuously over the course of a 60-minute game, rather than in response to 1 or 2 specific screw-ups, it will eventually cause the team to tune him out (if it has not already done so), in addition to giving the inescapable impression to recruits of a coach shamelessly willing to throw his players under the bus on national television to avoid acknowledging his own significant and ultimate responsibility for what's happening on the field.

Rubbish. As an ND Alum, I stand by Brian Kelly and his coaching. I don't think you speak for as many of us as you think--at NDNation.com I count close to 2 to 1 in support of BK, not against.

I too played football (not at ND) but fully expected that if I made the types of mistakes we did Saturday that my coach would not just yell, but grab my facemask to shake the point home. Elite level players expect the same, and many other coaches do it as well. Perfectionist that he was, Lou would have likely been worse with those types of mistakes. If instead he had responded with a "we'll get 'em next time" I'd have been questioning whether we had the right man for the job.

To invoke the name of Lombardi as someone who wouldn't behave that way is absurd. He is still my favorite coach of all time, but he would get so angry at his players he would line up across from them in a 3 point stance and make them block him--and they had pads and a helmet!

I don't agree he's embarassing the University or himself. Based on this year's class and next year's verbal commits I don't believe recruits are concerned either. And finally, I don't agree the failures on the field last weekend were coaching issues: .
1. I believe Jonas Gray has been well coached on how to hang on to the ball (and it was a very good strip by the defender).
2. I'd bet my next year's salary that Dayne Crist has been coached repeatedly not to throw short in the end zone.
3. I'm certain Michael Floyd has been taught not to grab jerseys when downfield blocking
4. I'm certain TJ Jones has been taught to look for the ball when crossing over the middle.
5. There's no way Theo Riddick hasn't been told to move his feet to get under a punt. Or to watch the ball all the way in to his hands on a punt or a pass.
6. There's no way Team Captain Harrison Smith doesn't know not to grab a facemask. Twice.

So if you've coached your team and they perform like they never heard it, I'm willing to indulge some raw emotion.

Gotta be someone on that campus who can exercise the ghost of Woody Hayes.

One can understand Brian Kelly's frustration. He thought he had obtained one of the elite jobs in college football, only to discover that the mystique has totally evaporated.

Notre Dame can no longer recruit against the best teams in the country. The younger generations simply are not impressed by all the former glory. The best players in TX, CA and FL are staying closer to home.

So games like this past Saturday's are going to get more frequent. Don't blame Kelly if he doesn't get used to it.

Wah Wah Wah. Quit crying. So the coach got mad and yelled some profanities at his players. What's the big deal? He never struck them. I'm sure the player deserved it. These aren't kids, they are at all adults. If you can't handle a loud mouthed coach then don't play sports. If anything you should blame the camera and TV crews for allowing a those things to air.