The bright side of Notre Dame's national footprint is all around: Its own network TV deal, the famed "subway alumni" and a broadrecruiting pool. The downside? When you're 2-4, everyone has an opinion including former targets in that recruiting poolandmany of those subway alums on coach Brian Kelly's job Mike Ford Jersey status.After Saturday's ugly,rain-soaked at NC State, Michigan commitCorey Malone-Hatcher responded with a since-deleted tweet in which he spelled the Irish coach's name "KeLLLLy."MORE: The hot takes on Sunday, though few that could be taken seriously at this point, listing the reasons Kelly should be fired.Then, on Sunday, during his teleconference, came the following exchange:Q.I know that you don't have a lot of experience with a record like Denver Broncos Sleepwear Underwear 2-4 in your career, but I'm just curious, as a coach, how do you handle the outside noise that comes with that record at Notre Dame?Kelly: Honestly?Q.Yeah.Kelly: Doesn't affect me. I have to make sure it Stephen Weatherly Jersey doesn't affect the a sistant coaches, doesn't affect the players. And I'm sure they hear a little bit of it, so it's really just my job to make sure we work on getting our team better each and every week.Everybody has struggles. Everybody goes through some tough times. You Justin Simmons Jersey 're going to have some adversity. If you cave to adversity then how strong are you really? I'm looking for guys that are strong, guys that bounce back higher when there is some adversity. I'm not looking for guys that will crumble at the first sign of a little bit of adversity.Yeah, 2-4 is unacceptable. Not where we want to be. But I'm looking for guys that want to be a solution and not worry about what other people think or say.MORE: The circle-the-wagons mindset faces another test Denver Broncos Hats this weekendwhen 3-2 Stanfordcomes to South Bend, po sibly without Heisman Trophy candidate Christian McCaffrey, who was hurt in Saturday's shocking blowout lo s to Washington State.Hear that? It's the sound of two preseason College Football Playoff contenders that instead arenow trying to become bowl-eligible.