Blackice12 Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 215 Content Count: 1,777 Reputation: 139 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/2003 Share Posted February 26, 2016 From our friend Mike Bianchi from the Orlando Sentinel: What's always baffled me is that none of the players Kelly ever recruited to UCF has ever been linked to NCAA violations. I always thought Kelly's biggest misjudgment was going along with Tribble, the athletics director who invited Caldwell into the program. And I also found it a bit strange that NCAA investigators said Kelly lied to them, but we never found out what exactly he lied about. In fact, he claims, NCAA officials have never revealed what he said to make them think he was not telling the truth. And, yes, Kelly admits he wonders about NCAA investigators who worked UCF's case — some of the same investigators who were later reprimanded for fraudulently conducting an investigation at Miami. UCF had a postseason ban overturned and was allowed to go to the Fiesta Bowl after it won an appeal in which the NCAA admitted it had been "excessive" in its punishment of the Knights. Kelly, without the immense monetary backing of a state university, didn't have the financial wherewithal to appeal his case. So he took his one-year "show-cause" penalty, coached for a couple of years in the Canadian Football League, served as coaching intern for the Arizona Cardinals and now is searching for another college coaching job. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/os-ucf-david-kelly-mike-bianchi-1105-20151104-column.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTrue Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 152 Content Count: 19,395 Reputation: 6,097 Days Won: 233 Joined: 01/13/2011 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Considering even UCFers are showing up here to tell us we made a great hire AND nothing has really been shown as to why Kelly got hit the way he did, I'm good with this hire. The only thing I've ever heard about this guy is that he can recruit his ass off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifitman Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/16/2006 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Coach David Kelly is as not only a quality football coach, but a great man. Why can he recruit wherever he goes? He is a honest man with integrity who was a sacrificial lamb at UCF (do the research). He has worked at the highest quality colleges (academically as well as athletically - Stanford, Duke, Georgia Tech, etc.). His work ethic and knowledge of the game will benefit everyone from Coach Taggart, Assistant Coaches and players. This will only help USF move into the top 20! Great hire! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBull Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 8,159 Reputation: 864 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/25/2008 Share Posted February 26, 2016 9 hours ago, trifitman said: Coach David Kelly is as not only a quality football coach, but a great man. Why can he recruit wherever he goes? He is a honest man with integrity who was a sacrificial lamb at UCF (do the research). He has worked at the highest quality colleges (academically as well as athletically - Stanford, Duke, Georgia Tech, etc.). His work ethic and knowledge of the game will benefit everyone from Coach Taggart, Assistant Coaches and players. This will only help USF move into the top 20! Great hire! Welcome to the board sir! We're glad to have you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinRicky Posted February 26, 2016 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 583 Content Count: 22,724 Reputation: 5,862 Days Won: 109 Joined: 09/13/2007 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Are recruiting coordinators allowed to leave the building to recruit? Thought I had heard years ago that they could make phone calls, etc but couldn't visit??? I'm sure one of you knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted February 26, 2016 he deserves a second chance we are a country of forgiveness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisa el Toro Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 132 Content Count: 10,380 Reputation: 1,058 Days Won: 18 Joined: 08/11/2003 Share Posted February 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Bourbon Bull said: Are recruiting coordinators allowed to leave the building to recruit? Thought I had heard years ago that they could make phone calls, etc but couldn't visit??? I'm sure one of you knows. I believe they can, they just can't coach. Someone with more knowledge of the NCAA's archaic rules will likely correct me, if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted February 26, 2016 22 hours ago, CPR said: I guess the people that were saying UCF has/had a dirty program can't anymore since they'll look like hypocrites now. Great hire if he can stay out of trouble. Recruiting has always been a dirty game, so I never really liked casting stones there. Why do you hate USF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footnfan1 Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 88 Content Count: 3,462 Reputation: 566 Days Won: 6 Joined: 10/14/2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 13 hours ago, trifitman said: Coach David Kelly is as not only a quality football coach, but a great man. Why can he recruit wherever he goes? He is a honest man with integrity who was a sacrificial lamb at UCF (do the research). He has worked at the highest quality colleges (academically as well as athletically - Stanford, Duke, Georgia Tech, etc.). His work ethic and knowledge of the game will benefit everyone from Coach Taggart, Assistant Coaches and players. This will only help USF move into the top 20! Great hire! Very well said. Glad he has caught on with a D1 Program. With continued USF success, his career will take off again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted February 26, 2016 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,738 Reputation: 10,964 Days Won: 425 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted February 26, 2016 On 2/25/2016 at 1:07 PM, CPR said: I guess the people that were saying UCF has/had a dirty program can't anymore since they'll look like hypocrites now. UCF had a dirty program ... the NCAA verified it. Not sure where hypocrisy would fit into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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