Brian Kelly Explains Reasoning For Spring Practice Schedule Change

LSU head coach Brian Kelly held a press conference on Saturday and revealed he is moving two spring practices to the final week of spring camp. Per On3:

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“I will give you one news item,” Brian Kelly said. “We’ve decided to move two practices. The 28th, next Friday, and then when we get back from Spring Break on April 7th, we’re going to move both of those practices to the following week, after our Spring scrimmage. So, we’ll continue to practice that Tuesday and Thursday after that Spring scrimmage that we have. So, elongating, taking more time with the team, taking all of our — I guess you would say maximum allotted time of 34 days to get those practices in.”

“But for us it was we’re going on Spring Break that Friday and I didn’t want a distracted group on that Friday. Then, we come back and we had four practices in that final week, thinking that we were going to be in a game mode situation,” Kelly said. “So let’s have four practices like we would during the year. But, we’re not in that mode. So, we’ll take that Monday away, which same old deal, who really thinks they’re gonna be their best coming out of Spring Break on that Monday? So, now, we’ve recouped those two days on the back end and have two really solid practice days the following week.”

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The spring transfer window will open on April 16th and runs through April 25th.