If there is any truth to the old adage that “silence is golden,” Brian Kelly certainly became a believer on National Signing Day in February when the 22-man recruiting class he assembled at Notre Dame fell into place without a sound or a surprise.
For the first time in his seven recruiting cycles as the Irish head coach, Kelly moved through the entire construction process without having a single player renege on a verbal commitment and “flip” allegiance to another school — not an easy maintenance project in this strange recruiting game of whimsical teens and musical chairs.