Matt Moscona FIRES BACK At Notre Dame

[@judahalexander6946]

Mascona definitely should be a regular on the show! The chemistry between y’all 4 is 🔥 😂 great segment!

[@Bayou-NW24]

We can solve all of this with a future LSU vs Notre Dame home and home. I think it would be highly watched

[@AMac5]

GREAT idea!!!!

[@trascents866]

Lol last time ND WON I think the last 2 times

[@AMac5]

@@trascents866 ~ yea ND won the last 2...so????

[@Bayou-NW24]

@TraScents we also won a natty shortly after. Nobody put another thought into Notre Dame lol

[@1AllenBlack]

@@trascents866 Don’t be an ass, LSU won 2 in a row before that. Some of the games have been really good. The last 2 loses we’re under Les Miles. A lot of his teams won in spite of him. Those games were only 3 and 4 point wins.

[@dreroy599]

Scott frost making Bo Pelleni looks like bill belichick 🤣🤣

[@andrewgilmore1443]

As an ND fan, I agree with this guy. ND sports writers are acting like haters against Kelly. If I was an LSU fan, I would be excited. He did have two deficiencies at ND: 1. He never quite developed an all American QB. Kiser could have been, but went pro early. 2. He kept assistant coaches around him out of loyalty rather than getting the best guy. But, he cleaned that up. His final 3 d coordinators were all outside of his coaching tree: Marcus Freeman, Elko and the Vandy Coach.

[@StoicBehavioR]

You're number two point is wrong! Kelly wanted to keep Brain Van Gorder after the 4-8 season. Jack Swarbrick led the hire for Mike Elko. Sure, Kelly got Marcus but when he saw all the positive feedback Marcus was getting from media and fans. Kelly took shots at him in press conferences about his defense while defending Jeff Quinn..

[@andrewgilmore1443]

@@StoicBehavioR Didn’t Van Gorder get fired after like 4 or 5 games? In any event, you are reinforcing my point that he was too loyal to his guys. After 2016, he definitely went outside his coaching tree. Although, he did bring in his old OC to be LSU’s OC. That would concern me if I was LSU.

[@StoicBehavioR]

@@andrewgilmore1443 *"you are reinforcing my point that he was too loyal to his guys."* But prove your point wrong about hiring Mike Elko. Kelly was full of cronyism, one reason why Tony Alford left. So sure, take your small half victory lap if you want. It won't change the fact Kelly will continue the same lazy ways that caught him criticism at Notre Dame for, down in LSU land. By the way, he also took Brian Polian with him..

[@fredpitre2199]

@@StoicBehavioR Oline coach from the Kelly tree? NO RB coach from the Kelly tree? NO WR coach from the Kelly tree? NO QB coach from the Kelly tree? NO DL coach from the Kelly tree? NO DC/LB coach from the Kelly tree? NO CB coach from the Kelly tree? NO S coach from under the Kelly tree? NO You named the ONLY two out of 10 assistant coaches that had a prior working relationship with CBK. CBK brought in 10 coaches with recruiting ties from all over the country. There are four with MAJOR ties in LA high schools. Looks like a match made in heaven.

[@StoicBehavioR]

@@fredpitre2199 Kerry Cooks is your safety's coach. He was with Kelly through his tenure at Notre Dame, wasn't he? Maybe you should check on that one. *In his most recent stint with the Irish, Notre Dame won 21 games and reached the College Football Playoffs in 2020. Cooks was also part of Kelly’s first staff at Notre Dame, joining the Irish in 2010. Cooks served on Kelly’s staff at Notre Dame from 2010-14, coaching outside linebackers, cornerbacks and defensive backs during that span. He was co-defensive coordinator for two years (2012-13).* That was a simple search on LSU webpage.

[@72636261]

Great segment with Moscona...one of LSU's best out of Baton Rouge! He moves the needle of Crain & Company! Y'all should definitely make him a regular visitor. Looking forward to more LSU talk this season guys!

[@SafeGuardYourSoul]

Mascona definitely speaks from a position of strength. "A man of knowledge increaseth strength." (Proverbs 24:5)

[@barrettpepper9045]

Moscona is better on this show than on his own show lol! Not a knock on his show because I enjoy it too! He’s a very good interview.

[@Greekinese206]

I think Coach Driskell's comments are misunderstood. People saying he's contradicting himself are missing the point. Coach Kelly wasn't recruiting hard enough to play at the same level as the top tier teams, but we did have some talent. The problem is we didn't have the depth and quality of talent that the best teams enjoy. LSU recruits itself, they have a good pedigree with national championships and NFL superstars. We'll see how he does, maybe he'll work harder if he doesn't need to work too hard on the recruiting trail. It'll be interesting to see how he does! The ND faithful isn't jealous or bitter, we're just giving a warning that Kelly may not be the savior LSU fans are hoping for. Good luck on the upcoming season Tiger nation!

[@sococomfort22s34]

Well most of us ND fans were ticked off at first but now it’s more about warning like you said

[@hunterwill22]

Douche

[@theknightswhosay]

Either you had Alabama and Clemson talent or you didn’t. If you did, he’s a great recruiter. If you didn’t, you can’t blame the game plan.

[@timcastens1150]

If he can't win Big at LSU, forget about it.

[@LivingLambeaux]

Was he not recruiting hard enough, or was he playing under a different set of rules than others? You can recruit guys at LSU, Bama, Ohio St, that you can't recruit at ND.

[@mt-vs2oc]

Bryan Driskell has talked to former coaches at Notre Dame that were recruiting high level players(high four stars/five stars). The coaches would ask Brian Kelly to call those players to finish the deal and Kelly’s response to them would be, “ we shouldn’t have to convince kids to come to Notre Dame.” And those top level players would go elsewhere because they never got to talk to the head coach.

[@jasonwarnock8992]

@Dr Karl Marks getting the recruits is one thing but how he handles them is another. The stories he said are not disputed by anyone that covers ND all ND beat writers have the same stories about how BK wouldn't meet with 5* players because he was golfing or on vacation. Also he is supposed to be a "qb guru" the QB position during his tenure was never great. They always has an undersized kid with "moxie" that could beat the teams you should beat but never the top programs. He also kept poor coaches on his staff because he wanted yes men. Every good coach left because he would start to hate on them if they got too much credit for the team doing good. Mike Elko is a perfect example. He started taking shots at Freeman last year when he was getting a lot of credit for the defense. Most ND fans and writers acknowledge he brought the program back to a good level and he deserves credit for that. But if he does at LSU what he did at ND he will not win an SEC title let alone a national championship.

[@colincarrone5779]

@@jasonwarnock8992 which one is it? Can't recruit or can't coach? He got you to a natty and another playoff. It can't be both.

[@81DEK]

@@colincarrone5779 Brian Kelly never won a natty at Notre Dame.

[@colincarrone5779]

@@81DEK "got to a natty" please read.

[@jasonwarnock8992]

@@colincarrone5779 got embarrassed every big game never over the hump. Look at his record against top 10. He wasn’t willing to do what it took to get further. He was able to make them good not great. LSU fans won’t be happy just winning 10 games will they?

[@TheYardbird]

Matt Moscona is great to listen to. Grey striped shirt, who claimed "there is no way" LSU doesn't win this game, not so much. The Block on the Bayou lives!

[@cvleng0822]

As context from Driskall, Kelly DID NOT recruit..himself. All of his assistants did the recruiting. It is well documented that many top recruits said that they were really interested in ND, but they never got a call from BK. They never felt like the HC wanted them. So they went elsewhere. His own players said they never saw him in the offseason and he never developed a relationship with his players. He showed up during the season, and that was all.

[@benz0972]

Irish fan here: Totally agree w/ Moscona about Kelly. He's too good a coach and its too fertile of a recruiting ground. Otherwise, I liked Driskell's opinions. I didn't agree with everything, but he has a solid take. I just disagree wholeheartedly about how well Kelly will do at LSU. Would imagine BK will have them in the playoff in 3 years, tops.

[@misterwallace3479]

Can't argue with that. I'd say 2024 for sure.

[@scottscheper]

I'm a Notre Dame fan and I'm rooting for him to succeed at LSU. He's a hell of a coach. ND was a dumpster fire before he got there.

[@pjtolin]

He is a GOOD coach. Not a GREAT coach. I'm a huge notre dame fan too.

[@THE_RYANN]

@@pjtolin That's all LSU needs

[@nickjohnson6368]

@@pjtolin a good coach becomes a great coach at LSU

[@pjtolin]

@@nickjohnson6368 except he will never be a great coach at LSU.

[@pjtolin]

@@THE_RYANN Brian Kelly can't recruit.

[@jasoncobb7427]

Brian Kelly did not recruit. His assistants did. Carter Karels wrote a story about this in 2020. Numerous recruits said they never even talked to Kelly when he left.

[@fredpitre2199]

Something sure lit a fire under his recruiting ass. Every commit and their respective families rave about how personable and easy to talk to CBK is. Made sure his new house was within 1 mile of the LSU campus. He can now entertain recruits at his house because of that.

[@StoicBehavioR]

Yea with WR Jalen McMillan and safety Lathan Ransom who both were in the fold but Kelly was to busy playing golf to talk to these kids.

[@michaelkraus4135]

@@fredpitre2199 TEMPORARY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jasoncobb7427]

@@Sean_Live that has nothing to do with it. When Saban, Dabo and Day are talking to the recruits and Kelly can’t even be bothered to pick up the phone, whoever the assistant is doesn’t matter.

[@StoicBehavioR]

@@Sean_Live When Mike Elko was hire(the AD hire him), he brought Clark Lea with him. Marcus Freeman brought Chad Bowden with him. So some coach brought assistant with them as part of their deal.

[@robertrodes1546]

I'm hearing you, and I don't always agree with Driskell. But if Kelly recruits at LSU the way he did at Notre Dame, LSU will have the same recruiting problems as Notre Dame did. Good news is I don't think he will. He was beginning to realize that he needed to do a better job of recruiting, which is one of the reasons he went after Marcus Freeman. But what you say about filling up his staff with people who know how to recruit in Louisiana concerns me a bit. The biggest knock on Kelly's recruiting at Notre Dame was kids telling the news media that they passed on Notre Dame because Kelly never talked to them. If he hasn't changed that, I can't see him bringing in top classes at LSU either. As for jilted lover, maybe for some fans. Maybe there's a sour grapes component too. But some of us have been waiting around a long time watching Kelly develop as a coach, from pretty much mediocre the first few years to very good the last five. It seemed to me that if he could solve recruiting, he would have us in serious contention for a NC. When he left and Freeman came in, it's hard not to compare Kelly's success in recruiting with Freeman's, and I have to say that Kelly isn't as good as Freeman. If that's because Freeman is better at overcoming the special issues at Notre Dame than Kelly is, then he may do fine at LSU (and I hope he does). If not, then I expect there will be problems at LSU as well.

[@robertclark5874]

Well said, I agree with everything there. A big difference is that LSU recruits itself, local kids don't need a lot of convincing to commit. LA has a lot of kids that grow up idolizing LA->LSU->NFL stars, many of which were lower/middle class. I think a lot of local kids see football as a legit pathway to a better life, or at least a scholarship, and that has spawned a high level of HS talent. ND certainly has a huge football reputation and NFL roster presence, but the academic requirements and geography/climate/culture/facilities all factor against it for recruits. I never liked BK because he seemed kinda stiff and without much personality. Ed O on the other hand became waaaay too loose and even started to make Louisianans cringe, that didn't last long. But I'm glad that BK gets to have this lifestyle change and loosen up a little, eat crawfish and be king of a Mardi Gras parade. I think it was a good change for him and hope he is successful.

[@ndinnaples9551]

Bryan Driskell was talking out of both sides of his mouth. He hates Brian Kelly and refused to give the guy legit credit. It was personal to him and he would ban posters for disagree with him. Matt has a lot of good points - because he is not an emotional, insecure analyst. Lucky LSU fans.

[@flch95]

Kelly coached the last TWO yrs against us, when the ACC let ND off the hook and added them on a one year ACC schedule in 2020. He knows Norvell and this team very well.

[@jamesregovich5244]

Almost nobody at ND or the fans is too hurt by Kelly leaving. He was probably Never going to win a championship at ND, he had maxed out. He did an OK job in recruiting, but he was not the great, tenacious recruiter that ND needs. Kelly will win at LSU because he can run a program and LSU recruits for itself.

[@Warning55.]

Kelly is a better administrator than head football coach. He should have been the athletic director. His approach to the big games reflected that.

[@DMaster81]

Ed O won because he had Joe Burrow. If Brian Kelly can get and develop a high level QB, which he never did at ND, he can easily win.

[@k.c.6846]

It wasn’t just Burrow, it was a number of other factors, new spread offense, stud receivers, stud running back and some damn good Def players. Burrow was here in 2018, no natty, but the 2019 was a different team etc. that’s why they hit gold.

[@chadholmes2411]

Dave Aranda was also another factor that most dont talk about. He secretly helped run that team during the O era.

[@genewilliams245]

Ed O and LSU didn’t develop Joe Burrow. Joe was a dedicated, gifted, and hard working with and ability to feel where the pressure was coming while still seeing down field. Just shows you could have the best guy riding the bench. Most of the talented guys around him were from Louisiana, Chase, Jefferson, and Clyde.

[@UncleRicoOSU]

Facts. It was an Ohio QB that won him that title. Not a Louisiana kid.

[@user-cb2427]

Kelly is perfect for LSU, as LSU has never developed QB talent and neither has Kelly. Some QB’s had the talent and kept it and used it

[@TJMoney-m9f]

These criticisms have been all over the Notre Dame message boards pretty much Kelly’s whole career at ND. Disagree or think he is good enough to win a title at LSU if you want but none of it started after he left. I found him very frustrating because I found him to be a bundle of contradictions. He would put a lot of emphasis on hiring good assistant coaches both at recruiting and developing talent. Great! The contradiction is he would make an occasional bad hire and refuse to acknowledge or address it. He does stress recruiting with his staff but was usually Aloof from it himself. His record with QBs at ND is very hard to understand. For as much as he micromanaged the position ND had very limited luck recruiting or developing the position. Two of his most talented recruits, Kizer and Jurkovec clearly didn’t get along with him.

[@sococomfort22s34]

BK was praised as a QB whisper type of a coach when he first arrived at ND. The media dropped that narrative after a while because he didn’t produce an elite level QB.

[@user-qc7dr3cd3q]

There is a way with Kelly's game management.

[@UncleRicoOSU]

Ed Orgeron did not win a National Championship by putting a fence around Louisiana. He won it with a generational transfer QB from Ohio.

[@trascents866]

lol they left out that part

[@dilldowschwagginz2674]

Yep.

[@theknightswhosay]

Quarterbacks don’t win on their own. He couldn’t have gone to Tennessee and won a championship.

[@Cainns98]

Off topic, but y’all need to update the end card to have y’all’s new morning time instead of the old afternoon time.

[@ivansalazar5448]

Moscona really played it very conservative with his forecast for the LSU versus FSU game outcome. I thought he would be more bullish. He is forecasting 8W & 4L for our Tigahs, at the end of the regular season. I am hoping for a 9W & 3L record. The BAMA and Aggies games will be really hard to win. The Tigers can realistically win the rest of the games. I think we can beat Napier in Gainsville. We'll beat AU and Harskin in Jordan Hare. We'll win against the Vols in Death Valley. The Razorbacks will be an uphill battle in Fayetville. The two Mississippi games are winnable ones. I am hoping Max Johnson plays QB for the Aggies, and LSU takes full advantage of that situation.

[@DJ7mph]

Trying to figure out what Indiana vs LA hs talent has to do with anything. That's why ND recruits nationally. The jilted lover syndrome is a mythical thing for LSU fans. All ND fans were tired of BK. Tired of him running the bus over players. Tired of losing every big game because the team wasn't prepared. Tired of him blacklisting media members because they didn't kiss his ass. Look I know LSU hasn't seen these things yet. You're excited for a new beginning with a new successful coach. But you can have him. Good luck.

[@georgegaskin6809]

Mythical???? Sure was a lot of crying when he left!!!

[@DJ7mph]

@@georgegaskin6809 No there wasn't. Not sure where you are getting that info. The majority of fans were glad to see him go. Only SOME of the beat media that regularly kissed his butt were crying.

[@thistlemoorpottery]

All he has to do is put a fence around the state..... That's the point. Kelly put ZERO effort into recruiting. A lot of his staff worked hard at it, and with a place that has the history ND does, you're gonna get a few good recruits but he definitely didn't do nearly as well as he could have. Look at the immediate change when he left.

[@johnnyp5216]

I’m a buckeye fan, but my uncle went to ND and I have been a fan my whole life. The suggestion that Kelly will be incapable of winning at LSU when Eddie O and Les won is preposterous. Those two guys couldn’t get a comprehensible sentence out of their mouth. Keeping guys home at their national powerhouse in state university, and getting people to leave their home to come to a out of state national brand is completely different and takes way more effort. Plus, Louisiana is like their own world down on the bayou. They wanna stay home given the opportunity to play for a semi functional program given what les miles and Eddie were able to do. I mean geez, les miles got Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham to stay home and come to LSU when LSU was throwing at the most 10 passes a game…

[@diggingmystyle]

BK did a lot of good things for ND and restored the program back to prominence. He developed a lot of good players and sent them to the NFL. He beat teams he was supposed to beat but not much more than that. His teams got whooped by every elite team. He never developed an elite QB. He never recruited at an elite level. Just some facts about BK from someone who watched every ND game for the past 12 years.

[@ronswanson8394]

Doesn’t have a ceiling at LSU like he did at ND

[@sport2481]

Grow up. ND didn't say anything. Go after the big mouth Driscol and stop attacking a school and fan base.

[@joemcnamara1273]

He didn’t say anything bad about ND

[@MoonlightGraham0]

Driskel is a homer

[@sport2481]

@@MoonlightGraham0 Agreed.

[@jimbo4612]

Brian Kelley knows the X's and O's but you have to be a "Coach" with a open door. B. Kelley " I'm not their mothers and fathers" line.

[@Moen727]

I gaurentee that approach has changed @ LSU. GAURENTEED.

[@fedupwithjonnancy8843]

Might be the dumbest comparison I ever heard. Notre Dame recruiting in Indiana vs. L.S.U. in Louisiana. Notre Dame recruits nationally. The student population is really East Coast based.

[@michaelstein7510]

That’s exactly the point, though. Notre Dame HAS to recruit nationally to be competitive, which is a disadvantage. LSU does not. Don’t you see that? LSU can easily recruit a national-championship caliber team with players only within a 6-hour radius from campus. Between Louisiana, Mississippi, South Alabama, and East Texas, LSU coaches have easy and consistent access to elite talent with long-standing relationships with those high school coaches. Hell, even the talent within a 90-minute radius of Baton Rouge is staggering. Future NFL players everywhere. Brian Kelly has already been much more proactive and personally involved in recruiting at LSU because it takes much less of his time than cross-country flights from South Bend. At LSU, almost every recruit is just a quick car ride or jet flight away. He can personally visit several recruits in the morning and be back before afternoon practice. That’s just not possible at Notre Dame, or any other school that has to recruit a very broad footprint to compensate for the lack of local talent.

[@reidwilson7974]

No your state doesn't compare with talent stay salty

[@fedupwithjonnancy8843]

@@reidwilson7974 You are right.

[@fedupwithjonnancy8843]

It’s weird when the next state over,Ohio, has plenty of football players. Indiana is a basketball state!

[@BigLewBBQ]

“Jilted lover syndrome”. The root of the issue of why LSU still hates Nick Saban.

[@georgegaskin6809]

I don't know why LSU people hate Saban???? He left LSU for the NFL which he has said was a big mistake!!!!

[@BigLewBBQ]

@@georgegaskin6809 And returned to Bama, an SEC division rival, then built the greatest dynasty in CF history. If had gone to returned to CF at a PAC-12, or Big 10 school, it wouldn’t have been so bitter.

[@gocubsgo721]

Kelly brought Notre Dame back to winning consistency but was below average at recruiting. It's not a coincidence that the Irish & OSU are battling out for the #1 2023 recruiting class with Marcus Freeman.

[@hunter4net501]

yall are sitting at 6 atm....not battling or number 1 class LOL

[@misterwallace3479]

Turnovers will dictate the FSU game. That and how well LSU's Defense can play, speed wise.

[@theknightswhosay]

2019 wasn’t this bizarre exception out of nowhere that people act like. It was built off of 2018 and ti a lesser extent 2017. But O couldn’t build his own team, and Burrow was a better practice organizer than he was.

[@leemarie7724]

ND fan here & I too am confused about the debate based on "couldn't coach up the talent" & then attitude he didn't recruit. I wish BK well, have no issue with LSU, but I do wish BK had done a better job of informing his players & the university that he was making the move. He dumped ND in every way by his actions in the way that he announced his decision. That, I think, has done more to twist the nose of the fan base more than any other thing.

[@THE_RYANN]

As an LSU fan while I agree with how he left could of been done in better taste, the NCAA gave BK a crappy hand. The way the early signing period is set up the schools looking for coaches are forced to poach them away before the end of the season. Hopefully soon the NCAA will push the early signing period back to after the season to avoid these kinds of situations from happening.

[@leemarie7724]

@@THE_RYANN Yes, true point. However, some effort to keep a muzzle shoulda & coulda been done. Kelly needed a refresher and has one. I hope he achieves his personal goals, is given time with the fan base to restore LSU to its former parody with the likes of Bama & others. I live in SEC country & nothing better than a game at Tiger Stadium.

[@reidwilson7974]

@@leemarie7724 people talk about Brian Kelly leaving but look at stanky Lincoln not only did he leave but took the players with him which he had been recruiting to come the whole time

[@mike91mdk45]

And he did the same to cincy and left them before a big bcs game vs florida, i think it was. Nothing wrong with seeking greener pastures, but how it's done does get remembered

[@A_Fool]

LSU looking rough in that first game...

[@RenegadeLouisOfficial]

Most Notre Dame fans didn’t like Kelly even before he made the move because he’s a P.O.S. and that’s why he won’t ever win a natty

[@reidwilson7974]

Right but here you are crying about him that tells me all we need to know about him 😂

[@mt-vs2oc]

You LSU fans can tell yourselves all you want that Brian Kelly wasn’t a desperation hire and he will bring LSU back to the top all you want. But, us Notre Dame fans are so glad he’s gone and many of us wanted him gone years ago.

[@huntertrum3658]

why are you even talking about him then? LSU is living rent free in yalls heads. ND fans have really been embarrassing themselves over this.

[@Pixley7]

Marcus Freeman head coaching career is going to start of 0-2 after Notre Dame gets blown out by Ohio State

[@Pixley7]

Notre Dame is overrated, not a top 10 team

[@reidwilson7974]

I rather have Brian Kelly then stanky Lincoln any day & although I like Mel tucker what has he done exactly ? so I think the hire is who exactly they were going for y'all let the media trick you BOZO'S 😂

[@theknightswhosay]

Yeah the winningest active coach is desperation OK

[@robertmccoin1166]

Well he is recruiting now. He had the #6 overall class in 2021 and he has the #6 class right now in 2022 and will be in the Top 5. By the way, ALL assistants are supposed to recruit. It’s amazing how Brian Kelly was at ND for YEARS and we heard nothing about all this negativity. Now we hear all this crap but we don’t care. It’s ridiculous.

[@graigorygilbert602]

This stuff about BK has been said up in Indiana for yrs, you are only hearing about it now because of the national spotlight.

[@ikaIeb]

@Finessin 21-10 😹😹😹😹

[@ikaIeb]

@Finessin yea im a nd fan now

[@thefootballexpert2023]

Kelly was terrible at getting the 5⭐ guys

[@andrewhelmer9721]

Because ND has to convince those guys not to go to other big schools or the in state school lol. There's no 5 star guys in Indiana

[@Wikiderbrother]

Notre dame has terrible facilities and hasn’t won anything in 40 years. That’s why ND can’t get 5 stars, not Brian Kelly.

[@Fearlessleadr7]

He still might be bad at it. But at least he or his assistants can recruit more of them in a shorter amount of time… more frequently… and with more in state loyalty to LSU. It’s just easier for more pay.

[@Swerve-Online]

It is why he went to LSU. You dont have to be an elite recruiter to get 5 stars to LSU.

[@guineapigclips5205]

For all those saying that you cant get 5 stars at ND, I want you to look at Notre Dames recruitimg classes under marcus freeman. More 5 stars that kelly got in 8 years. This was clearly a problem with kellys recruiting and its a pretty stupid take to say its somehow a problem with ND

[@MichaelLazorchak]

Who cares about Indiana h.s. football? What is the point he's making there. Truth is LSU and ND both are recruiting dream schools. You need a staff to work it. Driscoll has a point but B.K. hired great SEC country recruiters. ND needs to get back to the recruiting Holtz did. He who can keep the most blue chips and can prepare a team for 12 to 14 Saturdays a year will win.

[@kenwarren7359]

Kelly was smart about recruiting. He realized that it was nearly impossible to get the elite players going against programs that pay their players and provide them with cars and women.

[@michaelkraus4135]

He is MORE LAZY !!!

[@kenwarren7359]

@@michaelkraus4135 Freeman's recruiting class isn't going to be that much better than Kelly's last few at ND.

[@robertcrawford208]

@@kenwarren7359 Freeman's recruiting class is already better than any class that Brian Kelly brought in. Not over until they are signed, but if it stands this class dwarfs anything kelly did.

[@kenwarren7359]

@@robertcrawford208 we're going to lose that elite safety. Another school will pay him more. Just wait

[@michaelkraus4135]

@@kenwarren7359 It is his FIRST YR ! My biggest concern is CAN HE COACH ??? I am 68 & have been through the past CRAP HIRES ! Personally I would have hired FICKELL . I am behind freeman .........................for now.

[@stevenharrell6165]

Les is a good coach. Don’t get it twisted

[@michaelkraus4135]

MATT ,kelly had given up recruiting 5 stars at ND. He may or may not win a natty at LSU. Alot of people JUST DID NOT LIKE HIM as a PERSON .Ask Manti Teo ,after Kelly threw the players under the bus ,after a game. Kelly is a good program builder ,& that's it ! He can't take you to the next level. There have been SEVERAL top recruits that said Kelly NEVER CALLED THEM . He is a LAZY RECRUITER ! . He never FULLY EMBRACED ND & ND NEVER FULLY EMBRACED HIM.

[@kedrickd7]

Well that was at ND hes at LSU now our 5 star LB Harold Perkins decommitted from A@M and came to LSU because of Brian Kelly the video is on youtube. Look I really like ND but I just want yall to worry about Ohio St and us worry about Florida St we both have big games please go show Ohio St what time it is

[@drumusic5665]

Honestly goes to show how even many people who are paid to cover this sport do not in fact cover the topics they talk about. BKs issues are not only real and detrimental but they are public knowledge and have been for years now. Unfortunately you have to have followed his run at ND to know or go back and do the research

[@ndn4203]

Lol sorry Matt I should of listened. I’m a notre dame fan and whatever fan said that about notre dame and lsu is stupid, Kelly will win one with lsu

[@toddcagle4245]

Not saying Kelly is not going to do well, but he is in a new world now. That garbage schedule he had at Notre Dame is over. Now he has Texas and OU joining the the conference, which will be in the west. Missouri will move to the west and Alabama & Auburn will move to the east.

[@THE_RYANN]

They wont have the traditional "East' and 'West' in the SEC anymore.

[@toddcagle4245]

@@THE_RYANN the only thing sacrifice would be the rivalry between Bama vs LSU and LSU vs Florida. All of the old rivals besides Bama vs Ole Miss would be in tact in the East.

[@jordanhaddad9018]

He took it easy on nd not mentioning the delusional cult mentality and the implication it has on holding itself back on modern times.

[@diggingmystyle]

Are you aware that ND spent over $600 million on facility upgrades at the request of BK? Name another school that has dedicated this kind of resource to one coach that lost to just about every good team on schedule.

[@dominatemyterritoryent1625]

@@diggingmystyle 600 million? Where the hell you get that number from? 60-100 million makes more sense. Nobody is spending over half a billion dollars on football facility upgrades and not even from scratch.

[@diggingmystyle]

@@dominatemyterritoryent1625 Notre Dame spent $400 million on stadium upgrade alone. This is separate from the $600 million in facilities upgrades, which ND was sorely lacking. Notre Dame has an endowment estimated at over $13 billion.

[@dominatemyterritoryent1625]

@@diggingmystyle I looked it up and the number makes sense. But it was not strictly on the football facility. The Campus Crossroads project was the most expensive construction project in Notre dame's history but it was not just football facility renovations. They built new classrooms and research centers around the stadium as well. I just couldn't buy 500 million on a stadium renovation so the fact that it was more than football makes sense.

[@hunter4net501]

@@diggingmystyle all that money and last natty in 1984 how sad lmao

[@dmnd1328]

Why do people try to keep insisting that we ND fans are jilted lovers? Those of us who really pay attention to the program have been wanting Kelly gone for awhile and were ecstatic when he left. If you don’t believe me, look at comments from players during bowl prep last year…look at comments from players during spring…look at comments from some of the current commits in the 23 class from guys like Braylon James and his dad…look at some Michael Mayer comments when he was clearly trying to be diplomatic but you could tell he wanted to say more than he did…look at extremely telling comments from Phil Jurkovec recently…look at comments from Lou Holtz recently…there are honestly sooooo many examples, and if you read all those and are being objective, you’ll be surprised at what you read and completely understand why we are incredibly excited he is no longer at ND.

[@A100-y2c]

Right on the money. Go Irish!

[@jamalshamah7280]

Ducain looked like kids in high-school in louisiana, Florida state won't run that easy against da tigers

[@BAKER83]

ND fans....Don't be mad because Kelly is building a dynasty at LSU 😀👌

[@gocubsgo721]

Hey best of luck to you LSU fans. It's either a dynasty or you're going to want to run him out of town after two seasons.

[@9MilNorm]

That ND guy contradicted himself the whole interview. It was laughable.

[@ivansalazar5448]

The Bayou Bengals will cover the spread easily...

[@michaelprieshoff2002]

Is this the same guy who was crying outside of the Rose Bowl last year with some old man?

[@stevenharrell6165]

Florida can’t compete in the SEC day in day out. Either way they can’t.

[@codyjboudreaux]

GameCoin, oof

[@zeebo2353]

Brian Kelly is not a good recruiter at all, but he did get extremely lucky to go to a school like LSU which is in a state that has a ton of talent and pretty much holds a monopoly on that talent like no other. I am worried about Bama being able to increasingly weasel their way in now that a less solid recruiter is at the helm though. I like the upside of Kelly and that he’s a pretty proven coach, however I am concerned that after a couple years of Him LSU will lose more and more in state kids.

[@BYUBOY33]

No Air really is a good song tho.

[@hulkstrongest839]

And if it's so easy why has Lsu only make the playoffs once

[@commonsenselogic]

Alabama. But I believe LSU now has the coaching to match Nick Saban.

[@voiceofreason2674]

Cuz of that first week in November every year when we see Mfn Alabama

[@andrewhelmer9721]

They have the 2nd most NC's this century lol.

[@hulkstrongest839]

@@voiceofreason2674 exactly that's why they will have harder time making it

[@voiceofreason2674]

@@hulkstrongest839 we give them trouble tho. Even if we only beat them twice in the past decade we had 4th quarter leads in several of our losses. Ask Bama fans they’ll tell you Lsu is a lot to handle

[@colbytalley2185]

They salty Cuase Kelly’s gunna win nattys yeah the plural

[@fluffyfeetbmf]

Coach Kelly didn’t have SEC talent at ND, Coach wants to win a championship. Coach took players that wouldn’t make an SEC team, and took them to playoff’s. Yes we’re mad he left us, but he’s one of the best Coaches in college. We miss him, and his replacement is absolutely a hilarious hire, and has a horrible record, and the next 4 seasons will be a train wreck so yes we’re pissed, but Coach will win a championship with LSU. Thanks for another great video

[@geraldreel5868]

Yea this is totally different from ESPN, a panel of hipsters pom pom waving for the SEC

[@theodorehubbard2043]

ND ..is a national receuiter

[@THE_RYANN]

they have to be

[@joemcnamara1273]

Can’t even spell recruiter…lol

[@theknightswhosay]

He acknowledged that. Flying coast to coast is harder than half an hour flights and 15-minute drives.

[@DaveIrish66]

Good luck with Big game Kelly lol

[@reidwilson7974]

Careful you sound hurt he left good luck with Marcus freeman never being a head coach before & already blowing a big lead 😂

[@DaveIrish66]

@@reidwilson7974 thats laughable... Kelly is about Kelly and always has been. Going .500 against top 25 teams during his tenure at ND was getting old. MF has already done what Kelly couldn't do as far as recruiting . and he hasnt even started his first year. He did us a favor

[@thomassasseville812]

Absurd argument. Clemson Alabama Georgia Ohio State rosters are full of kids from all over the country, constantly on top. Ridiculous. Love how they crap on Orgeron, after he wins the ship. They don't get Burrow without him.

[@Pixley7]

Coach O was a great recruiter but he was a bad coach

[@theknightswhosay]

Clemson and Alabama don’t have to go far, maybe a few hours compared to half an hour for LSU. Georgia dominates a fairly populous football state and can go down to Florida for some players too. Ohio is also one of the better states with no major competition in state (might be changing slightly with Cincy). Those guys don’t have to recruit coast to coast and have to worry about academics like notre dame does. Football players aren’t gods at ND either.

[@smittyndfan]

its always who has the QB

[@BrianK49]

Mascona fired back at who or What? Was it the UNIVERSITY of Notre Dame? Or was it Bryan Driskell? To Matt Mascona's credit he challenged remarks of Driskell - NOT Notre Dame (University). But hey, inaccurate headlines might generate more viewers ....I guess!

[@BYUBOY33]

Well you know how it goes man lol gotta get those clicks lol.

[@CrainAndCompany]

Clearly this is an LSU-ND beef.

[@BrianK49]

@@CrainAndCompany Really? Wasn't aware of any statements coming from any officials of either college

[@CrainAndCompany]

@@BrianK49 you know exactly what I mean. The presidents are going to talk trash to each other

[@guineapigclips5205]

This guy doesn't know what hes talking about. There were a lot of ND fans (including myself) that thought, correctly, that Brian Kelly was not putting in the effort recruiting and coaching wise to take the next step at ND. Its not being a jilted lover, its looking at the fact of the matter which is that Brian Kelly was not going to win a natty at ND, and if he puts in the same effort he did at ND, he won't win one at LSU either.

[@flch95]

You must not have noticed that Orgeron stumbled into a title lol. One would think that just being a better coach should put odds in his favor.

[@guineapigclips5205]

@@flch95 ogeron could win big games, put in effort to win a chip and developed a elite qb and offense . 3 things kelly has never done.

[@rstr0up]

LSU fans sure know about “jilted lover syndrome”.

[@ikaIeb]

21-10 😹😹😹

[@StoicBehavioR]

@@ikaIeb Boy your comment age well. Should of waited for an LSU victory before posting this.

[@ikaIeb]

@@StoicBehavioR why lol nd is still dog shit

[@bruceg]

Ahhh... Jaiden Ausberry anybody, What happened to that fence?

[@reidwilson7974]

Bruh y'all Notre Dame fans are so dumb Louisiana has like 10 kids in the top 100 if 4 left the state & they kept 6 your still winning the battle even though the man just got there 9 months ago & hasn't coached a game yet but easy pimp because you just lost a recruit like a week ago so you haven't gotten him yet 🤭

[@theknightswhosay]

No one said they’d get 100%. It’s a goal. But the guy grew up on LSU’s campus and currently goes to school there. I don’t blame him for wanting to go elsewhere.

[@noahlong3425]

this BK hate gotta stop. wait till the dude coaches a game lol

[@dat868]

Does Moscona not know that ND recruits nationally and isn't confined to Indiana and the Midwest? Moscona needs to look at ND rosters to see that ND barely has 10% of its players from Indiana if that. It probably has as many from Louisiana as Indiana. The knock on Kelly was that he did not work that hard to get the elite recruits but then complained about talent disparity when ND got outclassed by top 10 teams. If Kelly said that ND didn't have the resources for him to produce natty caliber teams then there are no excuses at LSU which has 1st rate everything.

[@AMac5]

you clearly didn't understand the point Matt Moscona was making... His point is that even with all the "BK is lazy in recruiting" talk and that being the main reason why alot of ND fans say he won't win a championship at LSU is irrelevant because he doesn't really have to recruit Louisiana hard... The state is littered with top talent and those young men want to go to the only power 5 school in the state...

[@AMac5]

Also he is saying that ND fans have to stop complaining about BK being lazy when it comes to recruiting then in the same breath mentioning that ND has talent and always finishes in the top 15 of recruiting...

[@dat868]

@@AMac5 And you, Moscona and other LSU faithful didn't listen to Bryan Driskell when he said ND's talent was clearly due mostly to the effort of the assistant coaches and not Kelly. Driskell's point is that if Kelly is as uninvolved in recruiting at LSU as he was at ND then he will not be successful in the cutthroat SEC where top head coaches are heavily involved.

[@AMac5]

@@dat868 ~ I heard and understood when Bryan Driskell explained that... The point of him being lazy as a recruiter is irrelevant and you can't compare ND to LSU in that aspect because you mentioned in the top comment that less than 10% of ND's roster is from Louisiana... 60% of LSU's roster is from Louisiana and that includes many 5 stars... BK doesn't have to hop on a plane every single time he wants to make an in home visit to a top recruit so the point of him being lazy as a recruiter is completely irrelevant... And you ND fans are completely dismissive of the recruiting barriers that BK said limited him in South Bend...

[@dat868]

@@AMac5 If you're saying that Brian Kelly can be a lazy/uninvolved recruiter and still get all the top kids in Louisiana to come to LSU I guess time will tell. But again you aren't realizing that Kelly DID NOT hop on planes to recruit very often while at ND. He usually only did it when it was convenient such as after playing USC in LA or other special occasions. LSU does have lower academic standards for football players so it will be easier to admit top recruits that ND would have rejected. Personally I do not hate Kelly but it's classless for him to keep blaming ND for his inability to deliver a playoff win or national championship. There will be no excuses at LSU since he says he has everything he's ever wanted.

[@donaldbrady3850]

Kelly was bad at developing players

[@SafeGuardYourSoul]

Though he and his staff will most likely be better at developing players than the last 2 coaches, neither of which was a successful coach before coming to LSU. Both won natty's.

[@theknightswhosay]

But they were just as good as Clemson and Alabama according to the ND homer. Only difference was the game plan

[@brandonhaines1920]

Brian Kelly did not recruit and was well documented. Understanding of this, though. Academics are a major part of Notre Dame's culture much like Stanford so finding athletes who are academically and athletically driven is extremely difficult. I believe that Brian Kelly did not know how to recruit these types of players and put that on the coaches. Take Jack Kiser for instance who is from Indiana. He was academically well rounded and I believe only a 3 star athlete who also won Indiana Mr. Football. He was recruited by Coach Lea or the DC before him. I never once saw or heard anything from those closest to his recruiting that Brian Kelly was involved in the discussions with him. The only reason I know this is because I coach for a team who is in the same conference where Kiser went to high school. Same thing for other recruits like Paul Moala who is from Mishawaka which is the next city over from South Bend. It was the other coaches putting in the work doing the recruiting and it seemed like they didn't have any direction from BK on who to target.

[@hulkstrongest839]

He is missing the whole point on what Driscoll said

[@joemcnamara1273]

How’s that?Driskell called LSU a dumpster fire.He’ll eat those words.

[@huntertrum3658]

Driscoll contradicted himself twice in one sentence. I don't even think he knew the point of what he was saying.

[@michaeldemny612]

LSU"s Kelly is about to be revealed to the College Football junk pile.

[@ikaIeb]

21-10 😹😹😹😹

[@florida1289]

As a Michigan fan I hate Notre Dame and Driskell is a massive homer but Moscona needs to drop the I was a Notre Dame fan. He's a SEC n LSU homer. These guys in the media nowa days that are massive homer's are so boring.

[@theknightswhosay]

You don’t know what you’re talking about

[@LayKxD]

LSU is going 12-0 this year baby. I am hyped for this season

[@edwardo8424]

Moscona destroyed Driskell. 😂

[@jamess6920]

Can't wait for all the Catholics to get on here Sunday and say how wrong Matt was. Newsflash: He is right and BK will be contending for a Natty in 5 years

[@guineapigclips5205]

He is not going to win a natty 🤣🤣

[@Pixley7]

@@guineapigclips5205 If Les Miles and Coach O can, Brian Kelly definitely can

[@guineapigclips5205]

@@Pixley7 nah

[@mike91mdk45]

Idk if he'll make it five yrs if he doesn't win sooner. SEC fans can be more impatient than most. Orgeron wins a title then is gone a minute later

[@trascents866]

Lol they both got fired

[@ndn4203]

Who tf is that guy? 😂😂🤡🤡

[@StoicBehavioR]

Hey Matt, do you know the difference between recruiting nationally and regionally? Notre Dame doesn't rely on Indiana kids, it's a national brand and recruits to that. I guess being a _"die hard"_ Notre Dame fan as you say you are, you some how forgot that. Such a disingenuous take!

[@benjaminboeneke3328]

Go watch after further review. He has said on more than 1 occasion that Notre Dame has to rely on national talent because Indiana doesn't have any talent. Difference is Louisiana is loaded with talent. 4 and 5 stars all over the state

[@ryanparham3051]

The entire point was that that's harder to do, and it's a problem that LSU doesn't have.

[@StoicBehavioR]

@@benjaminboeneke3328 Then he should acknowledge it. Not create a strawman. Funny thing is with all that Louisiana talent they couldn't get the QB position right for countless years under Les Miles. I guess the state of Louisiana has some the piss poor QBs. As of now, other teams are coming into the state and taking what they want.

[@benjaminboeneke3328]

@@StoicBehavioR lsu had some good QBs but yes they didn't develop them because miles relied on his old school running back mentality.

[@StoicBehavioR]

@@ryanparham3051 It's harder to do for LSU, yes. But not for Notre Dame! Again, it's a disingenuous talking point. One school relies on a conference to keep a float while another one can do what they want. So stick to the main argument and that's Kelly as a coach, recruiter, and developer.

[@AbelGaming24]

I stopped watching when he totally misrepresented what Driskel said

[@joemcnamara1273]

How was that?

[@theknightswhosay]

No he didn’t

[@tmo8284]

Matt Moscona is a schmuck first off second I can’t stand Brian Kelly he ain’t one of us and I don’t see him having success at LS Shoe. I’ll also throw in Scott Woodward the AD in there as well as another one that needs to go.

[@kevinbonner8384]

You are the schmuck.

[@voiceofreason2674]

Moscona is a block head but after that you lose me.

[@jordanhaddad9018]

Stupidest comment goes to you. Woodward making killer hires.

[@jordanhaddad9018]

Who’s us? You don’t represent LSU buddy.

[@504Teety]

Who are you clown? Talkin about "us" lol

[@theodorehubbard2043]

Hes a clown

[@joemcnamara1273]

Who?

[@reidwilson7974]

I know driskell is & so is mascona 😂

[@GodsGeneral07]

Lol you LSU clowns are hilarious. Literally every single “media member” you have can’t stop talking about Bryan embarrassing you

[@thefootballexpert2023]

He is so wrong! Notre Dame will win a Natty in 5 years mark my words

[@christarride]

😂😂😂

[@Professor4108]

Get out of here bro. You have no idea what you’re talking about. Homer Chicago fans…you don’t know the SEC.

[@benjaminboeneke3328]

Only if the entire SEC falls dead at the same time.

[@Pixley7]

Marcus Freeman will be 0-2 to start his head coaching career after Ohio State destroys ND

[@BYUBOY33]

So we get to watch ND win a title in my lifetime? Wow! Lol

[@BlackConnection337]

ND ain't won nothing since segregation ended and they never will again 🤣

[@A100-y2c]

You mean to say segregation hadn't ended by 1973, 1977, 1988? WTF.

[@BlackConnection337]

@@A100-y2c The act passed in 1964 but it to a few years for South towns to comply

[@BlackConnection337]

@@A100-y2c nah hadn’t

[@MichaelLazorchak]

Who cares about Indiana h.s. football? What is the point he's making there. Truth is LSU and ND both are recruiting dream schools. You need a staff to work it. Driscoll has a point but B.K. hired great SEC country recruiters. ND needs to get back to the recruiting Holtz did. He who can keep the most blue chips and can prepare a team for 12 to 14 Saturdays a year will win.