re: I see people on this board saying it will take 2 more years to turn our program around

I agree we should be competitive in year 2 though maybe not quite up to winning a Natty level (hopefully we could but not counting on it.)

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Or how Saban, Kirby, Urban

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Let's look at those.

Saban - When at LSU and he won a natty in year 4 he said that was a year ahead of schedule. Of course thing were a bit different back then, specifically portal availability. What he did after taking over for Shula was nothing short of phenomenal. But Saban is not the average coach and if you thought Kelly was Alabama Saban 2.0 then I don't know what to say.

Kirby - took over a team that had back to back 9-3 regular seasons (10-3 overall) and was a well run program even if underachieving. He promptly went 7-5 in the regular season (8-5 overall).

Urban - took over an Ohio state program that had one rough season with Luke Fickel as the interem head coach as a last minute replacement for Tressel when he abruptly resigned. Prior to that seasons they had 5 consecutive seasons of 10+ wins


Kelly - took over a team was that down to less than 40 scholarship players, a team who had not had a winning season in two years. Had won 10 or more games twice in the in the last 8 seasons, both of those with a generational QB at the helm. So I could understand why Season 3 might be the best indication of what a Kelly LSU team will look like.

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