I would be interested in learning more (honestly). I haven't heard much about our S/C since the last guy (who was not impressive, IMO). Are our athletes in better condition than our opponents? Do we have measurables since he arrived (fewer injuries, types of injuries, etc.)?

I don't know if that can be directly correlated to the coach or if it is part luck and part coaching or...

Kelly asked for a change to how we monitor things and given we are doing that, the SC coach itself isn't really the difference maker. It's possible that the monitoring itself is not something any coach could do equally well -- if that is indeed a key factor in the hypothesis that we have fewer season ending injuries (ACL, etc).

Of course, the assumption is that the next head coach will be an excellent one. And, thus, by definition, would have excellent S&C, DC, and OC coaches, and high-performing staff in terms of recruiting, planning, teaching.

But maybe Balis is the "best S&C coach since Holtz."

If you read only the South Bend Tribune and ND fan sites you'd think Kelly had the Dream Team working for him, masterminds in their industry.

give it one more season and he’s gone.

You and others vastly overstate his prowess. Then again, you probably follow him on Twitter.

coach at ND. I doubt the pay is substantially different at the other power 5 schools and ND has really narrowed the gap on things that matter to a SC coach like training tables, facilities, high tech systems, etc.

He might want better weather -- he came to ND from the Tampa area.

Then I'd say Lea/Balis would be next-to-impossible to replace.