Brian Kelly Throws Shade At Notre Dame When Explaining Why He Left For LSU Job

During his entire 12 year tenure as the Notre Dame head coach, Brian Kelly carried himself as an unassuming head coach who did a whole lot of winning.

But in just one offseason since taking the LSU job, Kelly has changed his overall persona. From faking a southern accent during a speech to fans, to awkwardly dancing with recruits for viral videos, Kelly appears to be a whole different animal.

And even more surprising was that Brian Kelly opted against taking the high road when asked why he left a historic program like Notre Dame,

“Did you walk in downstairs and see the training table?” Kelly told a recent LSU visitor via CBS Sports.

He would proceed to compare LSU’s facilities to the shabby conditions over at Notre Dame.

“Did you walk into the Gug?” Kelly followed up, referring to Notre Dame’sGuglielmino Athletics Complex. “There is no training table. We bring food in from the cafeteria. You get a sack lunch, a box lunch.”

Brian Kelly continued:

“That building had been built not to service those areas. That wasn’t the vision the university had. I don’t have a problem with that. They had built that building to meet and locker and that’s it. We had outgrown that. I had asked for that to be addressed in 2016, and we were at 2022.”

With Brian Kelly’s comments, it’s clear that the coach grew tired of the athletic department’s unwillingness to upgrade while schools around the country (such as LSU) were able to sell recruits on their top-of-the-line services for players.

“We were just at a different place,” Kelly said. “I don’t blame anybody. We were in a different place in terms of what I thought the next step [should be] after five consecutive 10-plus winning seasons.”

At 60 years old, Brian Kelly came to the realization that the time was now to go chase the elusive National Championship that evaded him time and time again at Notre Dame.

We were just at a different place,” Kelly said. “I don’t blame anybody. We were in a different place in terms of what I thought the next step [should be] after five consecutive 10-plus winning seasons.”

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