WATCH: Brian Kelly on LSU's 'failure' vs. Florida State
LSU head coach Brian Kelly met with the media after Sunday night’s loss to Florida State in Orlando. The coach of the Tigers broke down the 45-24 loss to the Seminoles.
While it’s a non-conference loss early in the season, it’s a blow that LSU will have to overcome. How the players respond is what Kelly wants to see.
“It means everything as to what our mindset is. Like, how do we handle this? Is this who we want to be, or do we look at this and say this isn’t the kind of football team we want to be,” Kelly said. “When you have those kinds of losses, they are disappointing, and in some instances, they are devastating losses, but it’s how you respond to them. And they have a chance to respond to this very disappointing performance in the second half. So the choices they will have to make will be ones that start tomorrow. How they handle themselves 24/7 is really what I’ll be interested in seeing.”
LSU loss a ‘failure’ by coaches, players
Kelly didn’t tip toe around how he felt about the loss. It’s clear he wants to see a good response from coaches and players in the wake of this loss.
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“This is a total failure from a coaching standpoint and a player standpoint that we have to obviously address and we have to own,” Kelly said. “And we’ll see — I know adversity is always going to strike at some time in this game and this is our first real piece of adversity, if you will, that we have to address. I’m confident our guys and our coaches will rally in the manner that they need to.”
Up next for the Tigers is their home opener on Saturday against Grambling, which is set for a 6:30 p.m. CT kickoff on SEC Network+.
