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Theyre not getting cut. We recruited them, so I dont want to hear anybody ... I told our staff, `Those are our guys, so weve got to get them better. Weve got to put them in better position to make plays, Kelly said.The Irish (1-2) had a chance to get the ball back twice in the final two minutes but gave up big plays on third down. The Irish rank 102nd in the nation in total defense, giving up 439.3 yards a game, 99th in rush defense and 103rd in pass efficiency defense. The Irish, who fell out of the AP poll , still dont have a sack this season.Kelly said Sunday he and his staff have to do a better jjob of teaching and communicating and find ways to develop players more efficiently.dddddddddddd He said he has confidence in defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder and his scheme. He said someone on his staff with access to his Twitter account had inadvertently liked a Tweet that said it was time for him to shake up his staff because Clearly its not working (hash)FireVangorder.Kelly became agitated after the game when asked if DeShone Kizer, who passed for a career-high 344 yards against the Spartans and has accounted for 13 of Notre Dames 15 touchdowns this season and ran the option on another, was going to have to overcome Notre Dames defensive deficiencies, saying it was a typical question after a team gives up a lot of points.Look at college football. Defenses give up points all over. What we have to do is clean up some things and were going to continue to work on it, he said. But, no, DeShone Kizer is not going to be asked to carry us. The entire football team, and my coaching staff in particular, is in a position where they have to coach better. Ive got to coach better.---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '