He even said that the 2016 loss to Duke wasn't due to coaching.
https://campussports.net/2016/09/25/brian-kelly-throws-notre-dame-players-under-bus-after-latest-loss/
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZgUk0toDKQ
Brian Kelly refused to criticize Van Gorder
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- Was ND saved by a midlife crisis? [NT]
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- BaronVonZemo - 2:17pm 10/26/25
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- Only if the dude is going to live to 140. Saved by narcissism & greed. [NT] - LanceManion - 6:29pm 10/26/25
- I have no idea what anyone ever saw in Kelly. - Curly1918 - 6:28pm 10/26/25
- He left ND far better than he came into it - Fisher01 - 1:08pm 10/27/25
- I do…given the incompetence that thrice preceded him. That said, I have no idea why he was retained. - TakethetrainKnute - 8:19am 10/27/25
- Well, for one thing, they saw purple. A lot of purple. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:56pm 10/26/25
- I could see Mich State or Rutgers hiring him. [NT] - NDblues - 6:47pm 10/26/25
- Jack was smitten with him [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 6:47pm 10/26/25
- After BK went 4-8 with BVG wasting talent but the powers that be - jrdjr84 - 5:25pm 10/26/25
- Brian Kelly refused to criticize Van Gorder [LINK] - ndunabomber - 10:42am 10/27/25
- No question Swarbrick turned the program around after 2016… He gave Kelly one more chance… - NY3 - 6:29am 10/27/25
- 100%. Kelly brought us Freeman and Denbrock. Freeman brought Mickens + the other STUDS on the coachi - KWIRISH - 4:47pm 10/26/25
- Kelly did NOT bring us Freeman/Denbrock…Swarbrick did [NT] - NY3 - 6:29am 10/27/25
- Call it whatever u want, it was perfect timing. [NT] - ndphysics - 4:35pm 10/26/25
- Great time to dress up as Kelly for Halloween [NT]
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- humbaba - 3:24pm 10/26/25
- Hilarious! [NT] - KWIRISH - 4:45pm 10/26/25
- Not in SEC land. [NT] - whatsamataU - 3:39pm 10/26/25
- That. And $100M - NDblues - 3:11pm 10/26/25