In reply to: Question about the final 2-3 years of the Holtz era... posted by Irisharab
assistant turnover and the fact the Yelovich wasn't a good RC. His communication with Admissions left much to be desired. This was fixed when Chmiel came on board and recruiting suddenly got better. Standards hadn't gotten any more strict. They were prepared to admit Randy Moss, for gosh sakes, if, on the fifth request, he'd turned in just a decent application.
Lou was fried by 1996. I don't blame him. The job wipes out the best of them. Could be why Kelly is not "wiped out". He isn't in the 'best of them" club.
The 94 class wasn't good but 95 was rated as one of the 10 best in ND history.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/582778-notre-dame-football-top-ten-recruiting-classes-of-all-time
perform unlike every single one of his predecessors.
that's on the record; Wadsworth typed up a description for him in 1996.
and that this was one of Wadsworth's ways of trying to push Holtz out.
in a sense of exasperation in terms of "geez, Wadsworth, I'm not even sure what I am supposed to be doing here. Can you get me a job responsibilities checklist?"
Instead of assuring Holtz that he was a valued coach/employee of the school he actually had a list of duties typed up
kiss my ass everyday
Prepare Bob Davie to be your replacement
Make sure your players don't get into pre-game scuffles
oh, and try really hard to win...when you can.