— Brian Kelly kind of shrugged his shoulders and laughed when he was asked to list the most necessary areas of defensive improvement if this is to become a turnaround season for Notre Dame. And the eighth-year Irish coach hopes that hiring Mike Elko away from Wake Forest as his new defensive co-ordinator will be the catalyst to that change in style, scheme and success. “Our strength has to be all 11 guys playing this defence together,” Elko continued. Notre Dame was 104th, leaving this as another area of daily emphasis for improvement. “Playing really good run defence,” Kelly said.

Source: National Post August 30, 2017 06:22 UTC