Historical data suggests Kelly was not going to deliver a top class.
There’s simply no momentum in the program. Not a single game-changer event that would create that momentum - a new head coach, an inspired coordinator or stud position coach/recruiter hire, a signature win that shows ND is among the elite, a Heisman trophy finalist, nothing.
The market is not buying the "33-6" mantra that ND and it's PR outlets are shouting from the mountaintops.