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Former LSU head coach Brian Kelly was on Sirius XM College Sports Radio on Friday and was asked about the difference in pressure at Notre Dame versus at LSU...
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"What's the difference in pressure at Notre Dame versus LSU?" Dusty Dvoracek asked. "Is it different? They are both elite, top programs. I think everybody would put them in the Top 10 jobs. What's the difference?"

"I went to Notre Dame to bring them back to relevance," Kelly said. "They had slipped off the map, if you will. Facilities had fallen behind. The love and passion for the game had slipped a bit. And, um, that was my job. You know, so from a pressure standpoint, you just focused on building a program and doing it the right way, and being consistent, and getting that program back with new facilities and a new indoor, and the stadium, and all of those things that go with getting a program back to elite status."

"When I took the LSU job, it was win or go home. It was win the national championship, or go home. So the pressure's different from that standpoint because you're, you're trying to make decisions that affect winning on the field a little bit quicker than maybe you did at Notre Dame."
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Spankum29 days
He provided a quality answer to the question he was asked. Nothing political and no coachspeak.
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Havoc29 days
Fair enough imo. Didn’t make excuses just said how it is.
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Dcurry8029 days
Did they ask him if he was actively seeking employment?
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Scoob29 days
Why are people bitching about what he said? Did you read his answer, or just the headline?
Dude straight-out says, LSU is "win the national championship or go home". Different level of expectation than Notre Dame. He didn't make any excuses, or whine about anything.
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eugene1928LSU29 days
I’m ok w what he said, he’s got millions of $$$$$$ as a reason not to trash LSU. Bottom line in 10 years at ND and 4 years at LSU, No national Title was won. He did have one chance at a NC and that didn’t Geaux well. Best he’s gone especially after the debacle with atm.
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TheGeauxt929 days
Complacency versus National Champion level standards. Shocker. You took the job with the expectations in mind and blew it, had every resource imaginable. If movie characters like Miles and Orgeron can get it done and you cannot. Says a lot.
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logansrun29 days
Nuss getting hurt cost Kelly his job. A healthy Nuss and we have 4 WRs at the NFL combine, but we didn't have Nuss healthy enough to hit those flyers down the field. And that did Kelly in.
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HarryHoudini29 days
Wasn’t just Nuss. OL was terrible (again), WR drops, Sloan terrible play calling, the whole team being soft af.

BK got BK fired.
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Draino5429 days
But, hey, yall won the portal last year.
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mattchewbocca29 days
Couldnt even make it to a 12 team playoff bracketin year 4. What the hells he yapping about?
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Koolazzkat29 days
That’s exactly how it is and should be. Did he actually expect different?
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Cracker28 days
He’s is not wrong
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js159128 days
"..you're trying to make decisions that affect winning on the field a little bit quicker than maybe you did at Notre Dame."

And yet, you didnt. You sat on the worst defense in our history and then proceeded to produce the worst offense in the history of our program.
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I really wanted him to win big. It is what it is.
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Pancakes29 days
Well at least he knew the assignment. He just was a square peg.
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Geauxteam29 days
Don’t let the snippet make you think he’s changing his ways. He disses both his coordinators and LSU academics within the full article.
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oleheat26 days
He was a good coach- but the pressures of winning here are the highest ceiling out there. Innovation is a requirement.
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drdrfaulkner1929 days
Some people are good at 'herding cats,' and some are not. Or perhaps it's like playing with a Whac-A-Mole game (once popular at Chuck E. Cheese). With experience, there is success, but some Moles will be missed. In recent years, LSU has or has had coaches where the Moles have defeated the 'Boppers' (or hitters) rather than the reverse.
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pitchandcatch2729 days
Who cares. Yawn.
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bountyhunter28 days
He knew that but took the job he wasn't suited for. Shame on both parties for not realizing who they were and who they were getting.
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Gnash28 days
Sucks to suck you old drink Irish loser
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Gnash28 days
*drunk
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Chalkywhite8429 days
He is such a liar. He had plenty of time to do it his way at lsu.
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USEyourCURDS29 days
"Well, there are a lot more months to golf in Baton Rouge." "Well, one fan base is spoiled and the other is not." "Well, my agent told me I had to play Nuss hurt, so I played Nuss hurt."
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