For the past couple of months, I hadn’t worried about Cole Kmet. He said he’d be back for Notre Dame, so it must be true. Besides, I had consistently heard that Kmet wanted to play baseball in the spring. Nothing could change that, until things did change.
Notre Dame parted ways with offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Chip Long. That was the right thing for the program. Reports swirled that Long didn’t get along with other coaches on the staff, and players like Ian Book didn’t respond well to him.
All in all, this probably pushed Kmet away from the program.