Rakes Report #184: I was half dead, then I got born again - I got lost in all the lights but it was okay in the end
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~optional musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. Donate to Christmas Giving 2021 here. When we gathered here last Monday morning, the Notre Dame football program seemed like a stable beacon amid the chaos of a churning carousel. Within a few hours, that peace wobbled, as word started to leak that Brian Kelly was maybe considering the open LSU job. A few hours after that, it was blown completely to hell, deal already done, a swift and shocking change to a 12-year tenure that would make me feel a lot dumber about having not seen it coming if anyone — people who had covered the program for decades, the players on the team, assistants, boosters, seriously anyone — had sniffed out that it was happening. In a moment it felt as if everything we’ve been able to enjoy in recent years was on the brink of potentially collapsing. And then, almost as fast as things became imperiled, the program found itself in potentially an even better position.
Rakes Report #184: I was half dead, then I got born again - I got lost in all the lights but it was okay in the end
Rakes Report #184: I was half dead, then I…
Rakes Report #184: I was half dead, then I got born again - I got lost in all the lights but it was okay in the end
~optional musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. Donate to Christmas Giving 2021 here. When we gathered here last Monday morning, the Notre Dame football program seemed like a stable beacon amid the chaos of a churning carousel. Within a few hours, that peace wobbled, as word started to leak that Brian Kelly was maybe considering the open LSU job. A few hours after that, it was blown completely to hell, deal already done, a swift and shocking change to a 12-year tenure that would make me feel a lot dumber about having not seen it coming if anyone — people who had covered the program for decades, the players on the team, assistants, boosters, seriously anyone — had sniffed out that it was happening. In a moment it felt as if everything we’ve been able to enjoy in recent years was on the brink of potentially collapsing. And then, almost as fast as things became imperiled, the program found itself in potentially an even better position.