IRISH NEWSWATCH: “No big changes coming to struggling Irish” – Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

November 12, 2016 Leprechaun Express - Steve Welsh Brian Kelly, NewsWatch, Notre Dame Football Coaches, Notre Dame Football Defense, Notre Dame Football Game Day, Notre Dame Football News, Notre Dame Football Players

“… immersed in … the worst of his 27 seasons as a … head coach, it would be easy for … Brian Kelly to make wholesale changes within his program. He did so last month by firing … Brian VanGorder, but from a personnel standpoint, Kelly has decided to stay the course even after losing for the sixth time in nine games …. ‘If you look at the six games that we’ve played,’ Kelly said, ‘what needs to change is a little bit better play calling here, maybe a little bit better execution there, and the players just maturing.’ … To Kelly’s point regarding the ‘maturing’ of his team, the Notre Dame depth chart listed 39 players out of 59 that were either in their first or second season of being on the field. …”