re: Would Brian Kelly be a good candidate?

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Dude is like O and forever against top 5 opponents at ND and like 3-8 vs top 10 teams. Tell us you dont ever want to win big games without telling us you dont want to ever win big games. People should be banned just for mentioning his name as they lose all credibility and should have their College football Card revoked. Do y'all even football?

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Who AVAILABLE has a great record against such teams besides Dabo, Saban, and (maybe) Kirby Smart?

Kelly has won everywhere he has been. His top 10 losses at ND are to:

Alabama - 2x
Clemson - 2x
Florida St. (in 2014)
Georgia
Ohio St.
Stanford

The teams that win championships year after year also are the teams that routinely rank highly in recruiting. ND has talent. But they also have restrictions the other public schools don't have to deal with. Or in other words, there are guys that Alabama, Georgia, Clemson can sign that Kelly can't at ND. He's been to the NC game and/or playoffs three times. Yet, he can't get over the hurdle...just like Lincoln Riley. Perhaps ALL he's missing is the talent pool he just can't access at ND...but could at LSU

You can be the greatest HC in the world. But at some point if you don't have the horses to win there is not much you can do. LSU clearly provides the talent pool to win big. Just look at Orgeron. In eight years as a HC he's had only 3 winning seasons. One of those was one of the greatest seasons in CFB history. Is it because Ed is a much better HC than a guy like Kelly? Or is it that LSU had so much talent it could overcome the shortcomings of an otherwise terrible HC?

LSU is not getting Dabo, Saban, or Smart. So of the guys may actually be available there are not many who have a better resume than Kelly

yes, he is a good candidate