No Gin & Tonics today…. I can’t wrap my head around the “terminated with cause” stuff.

I know my last post was silly and all, but I promise… gin was not involved while making this one. (Comments are fair game) ;)

Just wanted to throw this out there and get some thoughts. Let me preface by saying this has to be the biggest LSU dumpster fire in my lifetime. Hands down. But I always try to take an objective view of things. I’ve read the filings, skimmed every forum I could during my afternoon poop, even consulted ChatGPT. Poor Pudd is more confused than we are. Anyway, here’s where my head’s at:


1. The timing here is wild. The AD meets with BK. Emails get exchanged. BK unofficially officially terminated. The AD steps down. Retires. LSU’s board starts negotiating a buyout and keeping things cordial. I wasn’t in the room where it happened, so who knows for sure, but then suddenly it flips to “nah, we’re firing you for cause and not paying a dime.” That’s not a casual shift. If you think about it, they could only make that move once things became procedural. Technically, by informing Kelly on Nov 10 that the firing is with cause, LSU is now doing what they were supposed to do all along because everything before that wasn’t legally valid. Shady or not, they’re following the process now.


2. If this cause existed before the buyout talks, that’s a disaster for LSU’s credibility, well, even more of a disaster. The only way this timing makes sense is if whatever they found came out after those discussions started. The Greg Brooks situation is pretty much out the window. That happened years ago, and leveraging a player’s tragedy just to dodge a contract payout would be downright gross.


3. Once you file a termination with cause, don’t you have to go public with what the cause actually is? Otherwise it looks worse for everyone. Even if BK folds because the cause is bad, if we never find out what it was, both sides end up looking shady.


4. BK still looks like the good guy right now, but we don’t know the cause, and it’s a federal holiday so everything’s crawling. The longer LSU stays silent, the worse this looks. Either they’ve got something massive or they’re hoping the optics pressure BK into settling quietly.

What am I missing here? Timing, tone, and process are everything. Also, I love good rumors, don’t hold back. :)

Also, happy Veterans Day! Thank you for all who served!