Timing is grotesque

[cincyjman]

Brian Kelly: The Football Coach version of Kanye West.

"Hey yo UC...you've had a great season and I'ma let you finish, but Notre Dame has one of the greatest programs of all time!"

[bearcatsam]

PLEASE UC....DO NOT LET COOMBS COACH THE SUGAR BOWL.....STEAL A COACH FROM A LOWLY SCHOOL LIKE CENTRAL MICHIGAN, EAST CAROLINA, OR HOUSTON. This is the Biggest game in UC history...Not Colerain playing for the state title. IMO...sorry!

[cincyjman]

Apparently Gilyard just walked out of the players meeting.

[ou_bearcat]

Apparently Gilyard just walked out of the players meeting.

Really?? I hope he did... Where did you hear or see that?

[bearcatpride11]

PLEASE HIRE KEVIN SUMLIN FROM HOUSTON.

Do your research, he's the man for the gig.

P.S. If Gilyard really did I will worship him.

[cincyjman]

RT @joshpichler: Mardy Gilyard walks out of the players meeting. #bearcats

[Bearcat Chris]

PLEASE HIRE KEVIN SUMLIN FROM HOUSTON.

Do your research, he's the man for the gig.

If Sumlin has a 50 million dollar buyout if he leaves UC, then I am all for it. Houston was absolutely pathetic before he took over.

B.C.

[ou_bearcat]

Mardy Mardy !!!

[ou_bearcat]

RT @joshpichler: Mardy Gilyard walks out of the players meeting. #bearcats

cAN you link to that?

[cincyjman]

http://twitter.com/joshpichler

[juckerrules]

PLEASE HIRE KEVIN SUMLIN FROM HOUSTON.

Do your research, he's the man for the gig.

P.S. If Gilyard really did I will worship him.

Yep, and let's sign him right away so Houston has to play without their coach-you can't blame ND - they're not doing anything UC wouldn't do given the opportunity

[Carl]

Timing is not grotesque

Au Contraire, the timing was almost perfect. Execution was real bad. Kelly had to announce he was leaving between the bowl selection and the next weekend. He could not annouce before the bowl selection because there was possiblity that UC would go to the NC game. ND can not wait another weekend. The Interim UC coach has to get the team ready to play in the Sugar Bowl. No sense letting it drag out for more than a few days.

If BK had been able to have a meeting before the banquet with only the players, told them and left, then it would have been perfect (from the perspective that he was going to leave), but somehow the execution of the "team meeting play" broke down. He did not succeed in his promise to the players. Not sure why, not sure what happened. I think he intended to have a team meeting and somehow he fumbled....or was forced out of the pocket.

[Bearcat82]

Recruiting, and the fact that they've got a massive alumni base who they need to keep happy.

They have a massive FAN base. The UC alumni base is much greater than Notre Dame's.

[bearcatpride11]

Yeah it does suck that whoever we hire, if we stay at the level we're on. They'll probably be called up to relieve RichRod at Michigan. Keep Coombs at UC because he might end up being the only coach who will ever stay.

[bearcatpride11]

Gilyard just climbed to #3 on my favorite UC athletes of all-time list, also.