from UND.com with my back story in italics...
University of Notre Dame Football Media Conference :: Notre Dame Football :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics
Q. You had a lot of recruits in the house last night. It wasn't one of the better defensive performances. I know you said there were other things. When those recruits ask you about the defense and how you're going to fix it, what do you tell them?
COACH KELLY: I didn't have one defensive player recruit ask us about the defense.
Why ask when they're all going to other schools?
Q. You talked about communication and teaching, that being the remedy for this. Are you confident that the scheme is right for this team? Are you confident that the coordinator, defensive coordinator, is right for this team?
COACH KELLY: Oh, absolutely. Yeah, without question. That's not even part of the conversation.
It's really about the fundamentals of defense and getting the fundamentals to the point where simple guard pull O play that is being fitted the right way. Making a play on the ball. Making a tackle. I mean, this is not rocket science what we're talking about here. These are plays that we've got to continue to work on and fundamentally get better at.
There's not a question about scheme.
There's not a question about who's leading it with Brian. This is about coaching, communicating and teaching the fundamentals and getting our young players, those that don't have a lot of experience, better at execution.
Incongruent?
Q. There was a 'like' on your Twitter account of a fan suggesting you fire Brian VanGorder. How does that happen and who is in charge of that account?
COACH KELLY: I have a number of people that manage my Twitter account. Obviously going through it somebody unfortunately made a mistake as they were scrolling through, inadvertently hit it. Just a mistake, an unfortunate mistake, that was made by one of my staff members.
LOL
...We've got to be more consistent at the Will linebacker position, whether it's in pass coverage or run fits. Both Te'von and Greer, quite frankly, have got to play more consistent football for us. We've got to coach them better. Those are great kids. They want to do it. But they're not doing it consistently enough.
We see them do it in practice right. They do it right on film in practice because we're diligent in our work and film study, but we're not getting the carryover on the field.
We got to go back and find out why we're not getting that carryover. That's on us as coaches, to figure out why we're not getting carryover.
Sounds like it's on the players.
