I - like many of you - am not 100% happy with Kelly's job so far ... but a few things we must consider (I know most of this has been said many times before):

- He inherited an absolute mess from Orgeron and company, from talent to organization to culture.

- Last year they were in crisis mode - building every aspect of the program from the ground up - no time to build the foundational parts of a program - those little administrative and organizational aspects that are crucial to the success of any operation the size and complexity of a major college football program. I suspect they are still working on a lot of this kind of stuff.

- He was hired somewhat on the fly - not a lot of time to select his staff. He kept Polian on that first year because of his recruiting abilities and because he would probably only have stayed if given a significant coaching position - ie, ST Coordinator. We suffered for that in year one, but Kelly got rid of him and improved significantly in year two.

- Same goes for House - all indications coming in were that he was going to be a great hire - NFL pedigree, etc. Last year he was so-so, but maybe that was a talent issue. This year, he was much worse - and I fully expect Kelly to address this in the off-season, just like he did with Polian.

Ironing out staff and coaching issues is always a challenge for a new coach, but even more so when you inherit a program in a mess and have little time to select staff in year 1.

- We lost a lot of talent and recruits in the secondary and BK and company went out an addressed this the best they could brining in Chestnut, Harris, Alexander and Sam. Two did not work out - that was the risk with guys like that. Alexander got hurt and Sam ended up playing waaaay above his weight class. Also no one could have seen what happened with Greg Brooks coming. That's a lot of hits to the secondary that were out of any coach's control.

- I also think that guys like Speights and Swinson and Oghoufo were good gets - but it takes time to work guys like that into the system. Again, their failure to progress fast can be attributed to the Hosue issue above and the lack of culture and organization that can be attributed to the Orgeron legacy mentioned above.

There are plenty more things to point out, but the short story is: Kelly seems to be identifying issues and dealing with them. A lot of the bad is either outside of his possible control or just part of the inherited mess. He has had a couple of great successes also - starting with Daniels and the hire of Denbrock. Bringing in Jenkins immediately was pretty smart and immediately addressed a significant issue.

I'd say Kelly deserves another two years before we start blaming him for much of the negatives. He started out with a shite-wreck - it will take time to develop organization, talent, culture, to solidify the staff, and to get everything moving in the right direction.

My overall grade for him at this point is a B. He must start getting A's soon. LSU fans, sponsors, and administration will not accept B-level performance from a coach they are paying 10s of millions of dollars to. Kelly looks like he could get up that A-level game, but he must do so soon.