Brian Kelly explains his increased involvement in play calling
Ahead of the matchup with Florida, LSU head coach Brian Kelly talked about using his experience to help offensive coordinator Joe Sloan call plays.
The offensive woes continued for the Tigers in a 27-16 loss in Gainesville, a game in which the Tigers allowed seven sacks and settled for four field goal attempts.
Kelly took the fall while addressing the media following the loss and described his offense as "ineffective" as it mustered just one touchdown despite possessing the ball for 42 minutes.
"We can't keep taking points off the board," Kelly said. "Drives have to be converted. You can't just continue to move the ball up and down the field and not convert it to points. That is, to a large degree, making sure that everybody is doing their job. And that's why I have to be more involved in what's going on."
The offensive struggles began in the second half of the Texas A&M loss. As the struggles continued, Kelly's involvement increased.
"When things don't go well, the head coach has got to be involved," Kelly said. "That's not to say that I don't have trust in my staff. I do. But the buck stops with me. When we lose a game, I have to be able to look at the reasons."
Kelly tabbed "execution and consistency" as the keys to the Tiger offense, which aims to better protect quarterback Garrett Nussmeier and convert in early downs.
LSU produced on the ground at an above-average rate against the Gators, but stalled-out drives at midfield allowed the home team to take over.
With two games left on the schedule -- both in Death Valley -- Kelly emphasized the importance of his involvement with the offensive game plan.
"The head coach is ultimately responsible for the success of his football team and we were not successful these last three weeks," Kelly said. "I wasn't good enough tonight, but we're going to go back to work and we're going to look at the things that we need to get better at.
"We're going to keep swinging and we're going to have 22 guys out there that are going to fight for LSU and play hard these last two weeks."
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