Brian Kelly Apologizes for Florida-LSU Postgame Tirade; Joel Klatt Weighs In

After going viral over a heated postgame exchange with a local reporter following LSU's 20-10 win over SEC foe Florida on Saturday, Tigers head coach Brian Kelly attempted to clear the air by apologizing.

Kelly was noticeably agitated when the first question he was asked — posed by WBRZ's Michael Cauble — criticized LSU's lackluster offensive showing, specifically on third down and in the ground game. "You're looking at this from the wrong perspective," Kelly fired back. "LSU won the football game. I don't know what you want from me. You want us to win 70-0 against Florida to keep you happy? … Try another question. … Give them some respect instead of microanalyzing every little thing. This is ridiculous."

On Monday, Kelly revealed that he reached out to Cauble to apologize. "My standard relative to how we work with the media on a day-to-day basis needs to be higher," Kelly added. "I take responsibility, and I'll be better in the future."

While some criticized Kelly over the weekend, FOX Sports' Joel Klatt was among those vouching for him. He shared that he "kind of loved" how Kelly handled the situation on Monday's edition of "The Joel Klatt Show." He also broke down why he believes Kelly's outburst had more to do with speaking to his team than the reporter.

"I love it so much, I really do," Klatt said. "I'm not one to sit here and defend a lot of what Brian Kelly does, but I kind of loved that … and his team loves that. … Coaches speak to the team through the media — not to the media. Coaches, I hate to tell you this. If you sit in one of those seats, they don't care about you … so when you ask them something like that that is antagonistic towards a sector or a specific group on their team, they're going to get upset.