Insight into Kelly's offense and process

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“We are going to collaborate,” Kelly said Tuesday at a meeting with the media.

The “we” in the equation are first-year offensive coordinator Mike Sanford, long-time Kelly confidant and assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Mike Denbrock and Kelly.

In his previous 24 seasons as a college head coach, Kelly has largely called his own plays.

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Denbrock didn’t deny, though, he had a larger hand in that role during ND’s Music City Bowl victory over LSU last December.

“So we are all going to be working off the same play sheet. We are going to all be working off the same openers. We are going to all be working off the same down and distance sheet. So whether it's coming out of Mike or Mike or Brian's lips, is really immaterial as far as I'm concerned.”

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“I think more than anything else, just the constant questioning of how we do things and why we do things,” Kelly said of what he’d hope Sanford would bring. “I think it's just natural that sometimes you run a system of offense like I have for over 25 years, that you become accustomed to doing things a certain way.

“When you get the question of why do you do it that way, then you have to answer the question honestly, that kind of turns it upside down a little bit. And so it's been good. It's been refreshing, and we've been able to look at everything that we do through what's the best way to get this done. And so I think that's been a good piece.”

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