Perspective on BK from recent ND alum

I've mentioned this before in posts but I'm a recent ND alum (may '22) but I've been a diehard LSU fan my whole life, literally where my parents met lol.

That being said I've had somewhat of a behind the peak look at the ND football program in some of its best years recently. I was in the band and we did a good number of events with the team along with having lots of football players in my classes, some of whom I became decent friends with. And there's very much an ND football culture, regardless of the coach. It's academic excellence, an orderly presentation, and an understanding of the legacy and mission of ND. Even with Freeman at the helm, the culture is more restrained than most programs and the image/reputation of players matters a lot. Which works for ND, and is something the fans (including me) endear.

But I feel like Brian Kelly has tried to bring that same culture to LSU. and sure maybe some things are good to hammer (grades, etc.) but like... LSU is not ND. I feel like the drier, more restrained, less individualistic and detail oriented culture BK has tried to instill is one that's inadvertently crushed the natural spirit of LSU a bit, neutering players energy, their swagger, idk that LSU spunk that all the LSU legends seemed to have (ie the Joe Burrow wave and smoke a cigar post-natty, idk if you find that in the BK era)

Otherwise, you don't have the energy and passion to show up for the big games. Feels like I'm watching the same mf BS I was when he was at ND. Ok cool, he upset Clemson or bama during the regular season. But how many big games has he been absolutely blown out?? Second half of FSU felt like the culmination of this, with players just lacking energy or swagger or grit. The only thing they had was the BK process and once that stopped working, there was no fight.

Tl;dr- I do think BK is a darn good coach. But he has limitations, the same ones he did at ND. And I think at a place like LSU, those are just even more prone to getting exposed esp if he keeps trying to impose ND football culture on LSU.

Edit: when I say LSU is not ND, I don't mean it negatively to LSU. in fact I mean it negatively towards ND if anything. ND culture and football culture by extension can be kinda stiff and reserved and preoccupied with image. It mostly works for ND but LSU is just a diff vibe. SEC energy, more electric feel, less held back, etc. I wouldn't want LSU to be more like ND and I don't think BK should to try to make it that way, don't know why that's triggering people?