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Fans inside Notre Dame Stadium who were calling for defensive coordinator Brian VanGorders job on Saturday got their wish one day later, as Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly fired the beleaguered defensive coordinator Sunday and promoted defensive analyst Greg Hudson to the post.Saying that Hudson and every other staff member was on a public interview for the rest of the season, Kelly has turned to a fresh set of eyes in hopes of fixing a defense that has allowed 149 points through a 1-3 start, the most points the program has ever given up in its first four games.What I was looking for in this particular instance -- each situation you evaluate it at face value -- and what I was looking for, I thought Greg was the perfect fit to bring that energy level up to where I want to see it, Kelly said during a conference call, shortly after the school announced the change. Guys play hard, but we lack some of the energy and enthusiasm and the fun, quite frankly, that you need to have when youre playing on defense.Notre Dame is 1-5 in its last six games dating back to last season, with its only win coming in Week 2 over Nevada. The Irish have allowed 206 points in those five losses.Notre Dame currently ranks 103rd nationally in total defense, 101st in scoring defense, 104th in yards per play, 96th in rushing defense and 87th in passing defense.Hudson had joined the Irish defensive staff in June and has coordinator experience at Purdue, East Carolina and Minnesota, in addition to serving as assistant head coach and linebackers coach at Florida State.Obviously, this is a difficult day for our coaching staff, but Im excited and honored about the opportunity that Coach Kelly has afforded me, Hudson said in a release earlier Sunday. Weve got to improve on defense, without a doubt, and Im confident that we will. We have great student-athletes and a tremendous defensive coaching staff. I cant wait to get started with our group.Kelly had staunchly defended VanGorder at every turn this season, even saying after Saturdays 38-35 loss to Duke that all 22 starting players jobs were up for grabs but that he was pleased with the coaching staff. He explained the change in public stance Sunday by saying that news conferences are not the appropriate time or place to evaluate his staff, an evaluation that he said took place Saturday night after the loss.Thats not the appropriate time to get into talking about your coaches and where do you feel they fit on that continuum of how well theyre doing, Kelly said. Im going to defend them in those public settings. As I got a chance to further evaluate our football team and our current situation I felt that it was in our best interest to make the move that I did.Kelly reiterated Sunday that the defensive vision and personnel will likely be tweaked in the coming weeks.You know, Ill spend a lot more time with the defense obviously, he said. But you know, terminology will stay effectively the same. Were not going to go and pull the rug underneath the kids at this point in the season.But youll see some certain tweaks that I feel like are necessary and some things that I know that as a group, that we will collectively come to an agreement in our best interests.He added that his role will be more as a supervisor to help the transition following?VanGorders dismissal.Kelly said he did not consider a staff change in the offseason after Notre Dame lost its final two games in which it surrendered a combined 82 points, but he said he did evaluate everything internally following this seasons 50-47 double-overtime loss at Texas in the opener.Tax records released to ESPN.com this past spring showed that VanGorder had been among the schools highest-paid employees in 2014, making $1,106,156 in his first year. Multiple sources told ESPN.com that VanGorder had signed a three-year deal when he joined Notre Dame. By comparison, previous Irish defensive coordinator Bob Diaco, now the third-year head coach at UConn, had made $672,824 in his final season with the school, according to tax records obtained by ESPN.com.VanGorders son, Montgomery, is a redshirt sophomore quarterback with the Irish, and Kelly said he addressed the coordinators dismissal with the signal-caller immediately.Asked if an in-season turnaround now must be coach-led or player-led, Kelly said: It starts with the coaches, its got to be coach-led, and theyve got to start the fire. Then those players that have that intrinsic motivation, that fire within, they will come along with us. Those that dont, were going to leave them along the side. But this is going to start with the coaches. Nike Air Max Sale . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries. Cheap Air Max 270 . It might not have mattered. 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Injuries to three of their starting pitchers is starting to catch up.Brock Holt homered, Sandy Leon had three of Bostons season-high nine doubles, and the Red Sox pounded Texas pitching for 13 extra-base hits in a 12-5 victory over the Rangers Monday.Weve got to be better, Rangers manager Jeff Bannister said. Weve got to find a way to pitch it better in those games. This is a challenging time when these days do happen.The Rangers are minus starters Yu Darvish, Derek Holland and Colby Lewis -- all on the disabled list. Darvish looks closest to a return. Hes scheduled to make a rehab start for Double-A Frisco Monday.Rougned Odor hit a solo homer and two-run single for the Rangers, who have lost five of six.Nick Martinez (1-2) gave up six runs on 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings. The righty was making his third start in Darvishs spot.Got away from the game plan a little bit in the first inning and then got back to the game plan and then fell behind guys as the game went on, Martinez said.Bannister had a simpler answer what went wrong.It was a tough day for Nick, he said.Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer, Travis Shaw and Dustin Pedroia each added a solo homer for Boston, which equaled the most extra-base hits the Rangers have ever allowed. The Red Sox also put up 13 against them in Fenway Park in 2013.Leon had four hits, and David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez each had two doubles. The Red Sox had a season-high 21 hits to win their second straight after a 21-2 rout by the Los Angeles Angels.Rick Porcello (10-2) overcame a rough first inning when he allowed four runs, improving to 7-0 in Fenway Park this season.Porcello pitched six innings, giving up the four runs and 12 hits.Trailing 4-1 in the third, Boston charged ahead with four runs. 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