re: BK has no excuse for not making the playoff

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Jimmy Lindsey was away from the team during fall camp. Bk wanted until the season was half over to make a move and bring in someone.

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He didn't wait until "half the season was over" to bring someone in. He moved John Jancek from analysts to DL coach. Jancek had been a DC at multiple stops over a 30 year career. Was it an ideal move? No. But he could not hire anyone worth a damn literally in the middle of fall camp.

The DL sucked. But guess what? They sucked with Pete Jenkins coaching too. It wasn't simply that the back 7 of the defense was great and only being held back by the DL. The poor play of the DL was a symptom of the bigger disaster overall.

In year 1 LSU's defense carried the team in many games, giving them a chance to go 9-3 while the offense was inconsistent . The next season was an unexpected absolute disaster. No one, including you, thought the defense was going to be that bad. So what was he supposed to do? Preemptively fire the staff who helped lead LSU to much of its success in year 1? It's not like Kelly didn't do anything following last year's performance. He literally fired the entire defensive staff and ultimately hired a DL coach LSU fans were constantly drooling over.

Kelly is not above criticism. But being furious that he didn't hire a top flight DL coach after his hire (who had only been at LSU for a few months) unexpectedly had to leave the team because of serious health issues, right at the start of camp is absurd.