It probably wouldn't be the worst fit in the world, but I think there are a lot of shortcomings y'all probably aren't seeing because you don't obsessively follow the program like alumni and serious fans do.

LSU has recruited a bit better than ND, year-in and year-out, since Kelly has been at the helm. It's not a huge gap (like, say, Bama vs ND), but it's there. Yet Miles had a (much) better winning percentage, won a national title, has been to four major bowl games (winning two), four other major non-BCS bowl games, and has a winning record against top 25 teams.

Kelly, in year seven and playing against easier schedules and having ND's two biggest rivals being dumpster fires for most of the time, doesn't have any of that. A highly turnover-prone offense. An offensive line that, even with three or four future pros, can't get tough yards when it needs it. A mind-numblingly bad defense at all levels. We had our first sack of the entire season in the third quarter this past Saturday against Duke. He's a pretty good developer of QBs and offensive skill players; that's really about it. It looks good to you guys because it's the exact opposite of what you've had for the last however many years, but LSU can and should do better.

I'll also tell you this: ND fans are kinda soft, genteel, and all that. As a whole, they aren't the types to put a crazy amount of pressure on a coach for a bad season or two. LSU fans are...not that way. Like at all. Yet Kelly has bristled under the spotlight at a relatively forgiving high profile program. LSU fans would fricking burn him at the stake, and he would not react well.

I don't think I need to remind you that Nick Saban absolutely butt fricked the best team Kelly has ever had. Kelly was never a coordinator at a high profile program and never trained under an elite coach, and it really shows (both good and bad). I'd just be careful for what you wish for on this one.

This post was edited on 9/26/16 at 12:41 am