Did my husband hear this right? Notre Dame football coach

[ARPad95]

Notre Dame football coach said after his team won in overtime over Florida State, "We didn't execute very well tonight. Maybe our team should be executed."



Yup, he certainly did for the most part. Here's the exact quote:

“I’m a big fan of execution. Maybe our entire team needs to be executed after tonight.” - Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly to ABC/ESPN

[Srkdqltr]

1. Coaches should not talk.

[VarryOn]

2. I hope he didn't say that...

He needs to lose his Catholic card, if he did.

[Celerity]

27. video

Link to tweet

[ARPad95]

28. Sign of dementia? No filter. Remembering something from his good old days and...

P.S. Thank you for posting the video. It looks as bad as it sounds. He didn't have an "I'm just joshing with you" expression on his face to me.

Edited to add:

OMG! He's only 59. He looks much older.

[Hoyt]

3. Think he meant well. He's a football coach, after all. Not a politician or poet.

Of course, his players and fans might feel same toward dumb coach who almost lost a gimme game.

[TexasTowelie]

9. Keep in mind that some of those coaches become representatives and senators.

(e.g., Jim Jordan, Tommy Tuberville)

[Hoyt]

11. Oh, I know. Started to mention Tuberville. But I think the ND coach was trying

to be funny. I bet his players thought it was funny. But maybe coach is a trumpster.

[Celerity]

29. no

Think he meant well.

nope:

Link to tweet

[ARPad95]

30. Yeah, he's a real inspiring coach alright.

Link to tweet

Blech.

[MLAA]

4. I heard the sportscasters quoting that from a previous coach not the current one!

[ARPad95]

5. The current coach Brian Kelly did say it, but, yes, it originated from a previous coach.

[MLAA]

8. Ahhh, that's what I get from playing free cell while watching football and sipping a glass

of wine!

[czarjak]

6. Funny as Hell, Boy!

[greenjar_01]

7. Oh for God's sake

At some point, people are going to turn against turning every joke into a goddamn capital offense.

I mean, most people roll their eyes already, but they keep quiet because it's mostly the kids getting their feathers up. But at some point, the rolled eyes turn into votes.

[Progressive Jones]

40. Thank You. Sounds like a stupid joke, and nothing more. nt

[FakeNoose]

10. Lame joke, nothing more

Coach Kelly clearly wasn't happy with how the team played tonight. But he was glad to get the win after all.

[former9thward]

12. I heard the interview.

He was making an on the fly little sarcastic joke. Maybe your husband should get his hearing or something checked.

[ARPad95]

15. Why would he need to get his hearing checked? He heard right.

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Oh, and by the way. My husband played college football, was a high school football coach and we have 3 sons that played college football. Neither one of us thought it was appropriate for a head coach to say on national TV.

[former9thward]

16. Trying to start something out of nothing.

[ARPad95]

17. That would be YOU!

[Captain Zero]

22. Another reason for me to root for their opponent

every week. Like I have for years. I think what got me started was all their fan boys who couldn't find South Bend on a map to save their ass.

[ARPad95]

23. How do you view the movie Rudy?

[Captain Zero]

24. Ha. Don't get me started on that piece of shit movie.

The only thing that made it better than Rocky was it didn't win the Oscar.

[ARPad95]

26. Please don't tell me you hold anything against Sean Astin for playing Rudy.

The funniest scenes in 50 First Dates are those with Sean Astin's character in them. "It's not juice. It's a protein shake."

[Jeebo]

13. I say, give the man a break.

It would be silly to make an issue of this. Anybody can trip over their tongue once in a while.

-- Ron

[Stallion]

14. That is a Steal from a Famous John McKay (USC) quote

When asked about his team’s execution: “I’m in favor of it.”

[cinematicdiversions]

18. If I recall correctly that was a Tampa Bay Buccaneers quote

[Poiuyt]

21. I believe that is correct

[lapfog_1]

19. even as a joke

I'm sure it was a great morale boost for the team.

[OAITW r.2.0]

20. Politicizing Football....could this happen?

If so, my interest in the game is completely gone.

[Demovictory9]

25. ..

[hack89]

31. Old football joke by John McKay. Nt

[malaise]

32. It was shocking and yes he did hear right

Unbelievable - totally unacceptable

[Kid Berwyn]

37. Oxygen Starvation

People who have been on their feet for extended periods of time — working, talking, stressing — can suffer the effects of oxygen starvation. The O2 still goes to the jaw or wherever it is needed, as blood stays in circulation to protect the brain and heart of course, but the sharpness of mind can disappear with the reduced levels. Calling on John McKay’s quip plus an inability to find the right words in answer to the reporter, ND Coach Kelly appeared to me to be suffering from the condition.

[fescuerescue]

33. we all love a good gaffe don't we

When it's someone we don't like of course.

If we like that person. That's different. Then it's others just being to sensitive.

[Music Man]

34. Meh, a ham-handed attempt to steal John McKay's classic line.

As others have pointed out, McKay was once asked in a post-game press conference what he thought of his team's execution, and he said he was in favor of it.

In this instance, Brian Kelly really wanted to say this joke, so he took a long walk to get there and wound up awkwardly shoehorning it in.

[Goodheart]

35. No need for an uproar. It's a play on an old remark by Lee Corso

when he was the coach at Indiana, a long time ago.

"Execution" in football means how well the team performs the plays called.

After a dismal performance, a reporter asked Corso what he thought about his team's execution, to which he replied "I think it's a good idea."

[Kid Berwyn]

36. Shoulda said, "Refs"

Game would not have been close with neutral officiating.

[Elessar Zappa]

38. Big deal, it's a joke.

And not a particularly offensive one at that.

[Tarc]

39. The pearl-clutching by people who are unfamiliar with sports history is amusing

It is a quote often attributed to John McKay, the Tampa Bay coach of the 1970s. But others claim it goes back to Lee Corso in Indiana or even back to Casey Stengel in baseball in the 60s.