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Kelly worked with a D.C based image consultant to improve his public persona

Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:38 pm
Posted by SPEEDY
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86415 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:38 pm
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From his disastrous introductory speech at an LSU basketball game, in which he pronounced "family" with a fake Southern drawl that was thicker than roux, Kelly just never seemed to fit in.

And he wasn't blind to that. This offseason, Kelly worked with a Washington, D.C.-based image consultant to try to improve his public persona.


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Posted by TexasTiger_08
Texas
Member since Dec 2021
1275 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:39 pm to
That consultant robbed him LOL
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109332 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:39 pm to
Poor guy seemed so blind and clueless as to what he really needed to "work on."
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
64134 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:39 pm to
Hope it's not too late to get a refund.
Posted by The Hurricane
Gulf of Mexico
Member since Aug 2011
9536 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:39 pm to
All consultants do is rob.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
161511 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:41 pm to
“Act like less of a prick. Ok that’ll be 200k sir”
Posted by WonPercent
BATON ROUGE
Member since Aug 2023
979 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:41 pm to
Putting in the work and winning would've been his best medicine.
Posted by The Eric
Member since Sep 2008
23883 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:41 pm to
Oh but Moscona loved him.
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
82963 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:43 pm to
'Brian, perhaps we should try to be less confrontational with your assistants on the field'

BK: NAH frick YOU MEAN
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
29565 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:43 pm to
What a moron.
While I applaud him for trying, why on earth would you hire a firm out of DC to help with your image towards the people of Louisiana? Sounds like a firm you would go with if you wanted people in DC or NY to like you, not a southern college town.
Posted by Superfluous Tiger
Houston
Member since Nov 2021
839 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:44 pm to
Who advised him to do this?

Posted by TheRouxGuru
Member since Nov 2019
13216 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:45 pm to
All he had to do was win and all the BS people are crying about wouldn’t matter
Posted by Gnash
Cypress, Tx
Member since Oct 2015
9299 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

Putting in the work and winning would've been his best medicine.

I wonder if this is part of the reason for the narrative that BK was checked out.
After coaching the same way for 40 years, maybe he didn’t know how to change his approach and instead just backed off and let his assistants do everything
Posted by Jdixon1234
Member since Nov 2014
131 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:51 pm to
Kelly needed to be himself as he sounded like a politician. But the media is going little overboard in their attacks. I totally get the fan’s reaction especially after A&M game. Kelly is a good coach just terrible fit at LSU.
Posted by BhamTigah
Lurker since Jan 2003
Member since Jan 2007
17218 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:52 pm to
Best thing he could have done foir his image was win. Should have spent that time preparing for the season.

I'd rather my coach be himself and not worry about image.
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
56152 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:52 pm to
Yikes.. hope he got his $$$ back
Posted by Pas Bon
Galveston County, TX
Member since Sep 2003
1889 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:53 pm to
quote:


Oh but Moscona loved him.


Birds of a feather......
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109332 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:54 pm to
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I'd rather my coach be himself and not worry about image.


Is there a single example anyone could cite to of LSU fans not being accepting of a successful coach (and we have had coaches in various sports from far and wide) just being his authetic self?
Posted by Geaux002
Member since Jan 2021
1497 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 3:03 pm to
Would have liked him more as the arsehole he is and just win. There would be no problems. Maybe he should have met with consultants that could advise him on assistant hires.
This post was edited on 10/28/25 at 3:05 pm
Posted by Jameson2954
Member since Mar 2022
801 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 3:05 pm to
Win games
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