re: Billy Embody said that Brian Kelly has a lot of relationships to repair with boosters

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It’s going to take some time to build back those relationships and get Kelly’s system going.

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Honestly, I don’t think it will take that long for most of the boosters. I have no doubt there is damage to repair, though.

We can already see the change in approach and the far more professional foundation and structure that Kelly is rebuilding the program on. The difference is night and day.

Some boosters are going to need more proof than others, but I think Kelly’s approach is the perfect thing to win back guys that were put off by O and his bullshite. Amateur hour is over and they are all going to see that and want to be a part of the bounce back.

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I’ve posted that big time boosters have sat on their hands with this NIL thing, and it was because of O and the massive payout he got. People don’t want to hear it, but that’s the truth.

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I have seen comments like this from others as well. What doesn’t make sense about this is LSU paid 26.5 million to buy out Orgeron and the old staff. Then LSU paid 100 million to get Brian Kelly and whatever it cost to pay for the new staff which is millions more.

So who does “insiders” like Embody think paid for all that if it wasn’t LSU boosters? I promise you that did not come from LSU’s Athletic Budget.

Boosters must not have been too alienated if they paid for a new Baseball Coaching Staff, 2.5 million to get a Woman’s Basketball Coach, and all the money I just mentioned for getting rid of O and getting BK. So they are willing to do all that to get LSU straightened out but they are going balk at NIL money? It doesn’t make much sense.

Another thing there was supposedly a meeting about NIL at LSU? Seriously? Do you honestly think men with Billions of dollars are going to show up in public and listen to someone talk about NIL? These guys have Lawyers to handle that stuff and are not coming some meeting like that and I seriously doubt they are in communication with Embody either. That’s ridiculous.

With all the crap going on at LSU with baseball, football, and women’s basketball coaching staffs, support staffs, not to mention Title IX, LSU has had a full plate just trying to get stabilized. NIL will work out.