Trauma I imagine the big draw for Kelly is $$$$$, while UC might at best only offer $$.
Can't imagine him being Irish Catholic and a lifelong pursuer of that job having anything to do with it.
I am pretty much hearing it is a done deal, will be announced Friday. The UC football banquet is Thursday night and he will tell the team in private then. Also hearing that UC is not making much of an attempt to keep him aboard.
Lets face it, UC or ND. UC can't compete with it. The Big East is not the SEC, the Big 10, or even the Pac 10. It is like a red headed step child anymore.
Not saying it will happen, but can you image Kelly's place in football lore should he return ND to the elite status it once held?
I do not fear gloom and doom for UC either, there was plenty of that talk when Dantonio left for MSU too.