Coack Kelly made a public appearance and spoke to the crowd at the ND basketball game today. On a day full of snow and sunshine depending on where you are located (2 ft in DC and 77 degrees here in San Diego), Kelly got the crowd fired up. Kelly entered the court to the 1812 overture and we finally got see what the hand signal was going to be. According to @Alexpelan, "middle index and thumb on both hands making dual Ks." Well that settles it. Weird looking K hands instead of the loss of down symbol, what can you do.
What really stood out was Kelly's passion. This man is a long time from his next football game. In fact he told us it was 259 days until his next football game. Coach showed a fire that was reminiscent of the last National Championship winning coach, Lou Holtz. What the team has been missing this past couple of years is fire. The team never showed up against a lesser opponent, just ask Navy, Uconn, and Michigan. Coach Holtz used to say that the toughest opponent he played every year was Navy. Being able to get the boys fired up no matter who lines up against them is a priority. Weis was unable to do this during his tenure. Coach knows he has a long time before they take meaningful snaps but during this off season of recruiting, restructuring, and trying to gain the current teams trust, he is saying what is needed to be said. The line of the day would have to be, "You'd better use this holiday to get in shape, because you're going to be doing a lot of push-ups." Genius, pure genius.
He also reminded us that the next kickoff is 259 days away and need to be patient. Sure up the current commitments and then steal some from Cincinnati coach.
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