Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly tried to make a humorous reference to former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay following the Preventing Irish’s 41-38 time beyond regulation win at Florida State on Sunday. It didn’t appear to go over too properly.
Requested about his workforce’s skill to resist Florida State’s 18 straight fourth-quarter factors within the win, Kelly stated: “I am in favor of execution. Possibly our complete workforce must be executed tonight.”
The joke appeared to fall flat in comparison with McKay, who was credited with saying, “I am in favor of it,” when requested what he considered his workforce’s execution again within the late Seventies. Kelly responded to criticism of his postgame feedback with obvious confusion, in accordance with ESPN.
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Brian Kelly simply now: “It is an outdated John McKay quote. I used to be kidding. I used to be being tongue-in-cheek. … It wasn’t humorous? I used to be making a joke about it. It was taken critical. Are you folks loopy?”
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) September 6, 2021
Twitter was not happy with Kelly’s reply, both.
uh.. what can we consider Brian Kelly’s humor try? it is a twist on an outdated one liner, saying his entire workforce “needs to be executed.” however that is ’21.. yeah I do not suppose it really works. It was a resilient W in very powerful surroundings.
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) September 6, 2021
Brian Kelly didn’t execute that joke very properly.
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) September 6, 2021
Notre Dame beat Florida State because of a standout efficiency from Wisconsin senior quarterback switch Jack Coan, who threw for a Preventing Irish season-opening-record 366 passing yards. He additionally had 4 touchdowns and one interception. Junior security Kyle Hamilton additionally recorded two of Notre Dame’s three interceptions, permitting it to construct a lead as giant as 18 factors within the third quarter.
The Preventing Irish are subsequent scheduled to face Toledo on Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m. ET. However will Kelly’s gamers nonetheless be alive then?
