Brian Kelly addresses Kyren Lacy post-touchdown penalty, further LSU frustrations

Following the team’s Week 1 loss to USC, LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly garnered plenty of attention for his post-game press conference where he expressed his frustrations with how his team played during the game.

With the game now a couple of days ago, Brian Kelly appeared on The Paul Finebaum Show. There, he addressed the post-touchdown penalty for Kyren Lacy and other frustrations he had with how the game went.

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“It was a matter of frustration,” Brian Kelly said. “I’m frustrated and angry that we’re not getting the kinds of things happening for our guys. Our guys are working so hard. I’ll give you an example, Kyren Lacy. He gets a personal foul penalty. He pointed his finger at a friend of his, and Kyren’s been working on emotional control. He talks about it all the time. So, it’s not something that he doesn’t work on and yet it goes against him. Major Burns is a young man that every single day he’s trying to work hard at these things but they come and bite them at the worst times.”

Discipline was one of the issues that Brian Kelly highlighted after the game. That included multiple issues like personal fouls, a targeting call in the closing moments of the game, and other procedural issues. In total, LSU got hit with 10 penalties for 99 yards on the game.

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“I’m just so angry that these things keep coming up,” Kelly said. “They just don’t seem to get the break and it was just a matter of frustration that we’re not getting the kinds of things to happen our way…It was just a culmination.”

Despite the issues that LSU had with penalties, Brian Kelly wanted to make things clear that the team is working hard and that he doesn’t believe that this is an undisciplined team.

“All I will tell you is that I want these kids to win,” Kelly said. “We put our heart and soul into it and I know how hard they’re working. I don’t want them to be perceived as kids that don’t care. They care so much and I know what the perception is, that they’re undisciplined and they don’t care and there’s this narrative out there, it’s not true. I’m just so angry at the comments…that’s not true. They are working on it every single day.”

Brian Kelly and LSU have the chance to bounce back in Week 2. That’s when the Tigers will host Nicholls State.