Not an ND fan but for non football reasons I absolutely believed that Kelly should have been dismissed from his duties at ND a couple of years back. One thing that can be said about him is that (at least in his last three positions) he has made it clear almost immediately that he is a top football mind and knows exactly how to go about improving his team.
I hope you are correct that in two years we will be better off than we were at any time under RE (which would put us ahead of where we ever were in the past). I don't see it (as this train wreck appears to be headed towards a cliff) but I would be more than happy to state that I was wrong of what you profess does in fact happen.