Quote:Kelly, through his representatives, made several requests for additional resources and improvements at Notre Dame.

“I felt like that what I was looking for was student-athlete centered. And I was pushing for more for the student-athlete. And I wanted to see that piece. And we didn’t seem to be on the same path as to how that was going to get accomplished,” Kelly said.

Among the items Kelly was pushing? A chef dedicated to the football program and a new facility to replace the Guglielmino Athletics Complex, which currently houses the football team and does not have a dining hall.

“We don’t have that,” Kelly said of LSU’s nutrition center, reflexively referring to Notre Dame as we. “We hand out food. That’s precooked.”

Kelly’s request for a new facility was not new: “I mean, and that’s something that has been on the books since 2016.”

Quote:The biggest difference between Kelly’s new job and the old one is something Notre Dame could never replicate. Much like real estate, success in college football often comes down to three things: Location, location, location.

Notre Dame relies on a national recruiting plan, more so than any other successful program.

“I’m gone for six weeks at Notre Dame,” Kelly said. “From L.A. to New Jersey to Texas to wherever.”

Now he can jump in his new Tesla Model X Plaid and drive a few hours in any direction to recruit blue-chip prospects.