FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Robert Saleh said he felt badly about a story that blew up on social media Tuesday and tried clarifying it after it portrayed new LSU coach Brian Kelly in an even more negative light.
Kelly has been vilified for the way he bolted Notre Dame for LSU this week.
Saleh spoke very highly of Kelly, calling him "a phenomenal man." But Saleh didn’t come across as complimentary of Kelly in an ESPN.com article in 2019.
When Saleh and Matt LaFleur were graduate assistants under Kelly at Central Michigan, they were invited to a party at Kelly’s house.