Shannon Sharpe Says Brian Kelly was Outcoached in LSU’s 27-20 Loss to USC [Video]

Shannon Sharpe was not buying Brian Kelly‘s excuses following LSU‘s tough 27-20 loss to the USC Trojans. In his post-game press conference, Kelly slammed the table in frustration, expressing that he felt his team “shot themselves in the foot,” much like they did countless times last season.

“We had some guys play their butts off tonight, and we’re sitting here again,” Kelly told the press. “We’re sitting here again talking about the same things! About not finishing when you have an opponent in a position to put them away, but what we’re doing on the sideline is feeling like the game’s over!”

Kelly emphasized that changes were needed, taking responsibility and challenging himself as a coach. The Tigers held a four-point lead at the end of the third quarter, and the Trojans didn’t tie the game until two minutes remained. A targeting penalty on LSU’s Jardin Gilbert at their own 13-yard line set up USC for the winning touchdown by running back Woody Marks. Kelly expressed disappointment over his team’s lack of discipline.

“I think it’s the first time since I’ve been here that I’m pretty angry at our football team. From a big picture, we didn’t play complementary football,” Kelly said to the media. But the thing that is most concerning for me is the personal fouls. The penalties that are selfish Both of them led to scores, and they’re undisciplined penalties… we had an opportunity to put this team away, and we get complacent, and we make more mistakes when we’re ahead instead of having a better focus and a steely-eyed killer instinct and that’s disappointing.”

Shannon Sharpe did not buy Kelly’s rant and made it known on First Take yesterday with Molly Qerim and Paul Finebaum.

“I think it’s BS, I think he should have led with ‘I’m not doing a good enough job’ he did the same thing last year Molly” Sharpe told the First Take moderator when she asked him for his reaction.
“He did the same exact thing last year Molly, when Florida State thumped them. ‘We’re clearly not the team I thought we were’ No you’re not the coach you think you are. At some point and time, it comes down to coaching and accountability. Now you had ten penalties for basically 100 yards. You either coach that behavior or you condone that behavior… Lincoln Riley outcoached you, the really great coaches look at Dabo when he got thumped by Georgia he said that’s on me. Coach Saban used to do it all the time.”

Like Sharpe said, Kelly has to look in the mirror and reevaluate how he is leading this team on and off the field as a coach. Take a look at Sharpe’s video below.