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The key to the new coach
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:07 am
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:07 am
Isn't necessarily if he can coach, but can he bring in top assistants and players?
A non-powerhouse school hire may not have the clout to bring in (or keep) the best assistants. He will not be used to spending $25M in NIL money and optimizing it. Nor will he have the name recognition with the top recruits.
This is why I dont want an up and comer from a non-powerhouse school. The skill set we need is not how to get marginal talent to overachieve, but how to recruit and then develop the alpha dogs once we get them on campus.
A non-powerhouse school hire may not have the clout to bring in (or keep) the best assistants. He will not be used to spending $25M in NIL money and optimizing it. Nor will he have the name recognition with the top recruits.
This is why I dont want an up and comer from a non-powerhouse school. The skill set we need is not how to get marginal talent to overachieve, but how to recruit and then develop the alpha dogs once we get them on campus.
This post was edited on 11/23/25 at 9:09 am
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Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:10 am to Jax-Tiger
No, it’s safe to say we need a guy who is an elite coach on one side of the ball.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:13 am to Jax-Tiger
It’s offensive innovation/playcalling. It always has been, that was the call during the last half of Miles’ tenure, a quarterback away!
Since 2015 we have been chasing offensive minded guru types, only to pivot to something completely different when that falls through.
Fisher - Miles
Herman - O
Riley - Kelly
Lane - ???
Keep the focus on what we haven’t been able to lock down if Lane isn’t here.
Whether that’s Dill, Heupel, Morris, Golesh, secure the stability of our offensive philosophy/playcalling at the top at all costs.
Since 2015 we have been chasing offensive minded guru types, only to pivot to something completely different when that falls through.
Fisher - Miles
Herman - O
Riley - Kelly
Lane - ???
Keep the focus on what we haven’t been able to lock down if Lane isn’t here.
Whether that’s Dill, Heupel, Morris, Golesh, secure the stability of our offensive philosophy/playcalling at the top at all costs.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:23 am to Tiger Voodoo
Kelly is an offensive minded coach.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:31 am to BordyLSU
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No, it’s safe to say we need a guy who is an elite coach on one side of the ball.
That's why you attract top coordinators.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:47 am to BlackAngus
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Kelly is an offensive minded coach.
I always heard this, but I’ve never seen any evidence of it being true.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 9:51 am to Jax-Tiger
Isn't college ball moving towards the pro model where you have a more or less permanent front office (GM, Scouts, Operations, Equipment ppl) and the coaching staff is separate?
For LSU (at the moment) the GM is Austin Thomas.
For LSU (at the moment) the GM is Austin Thomas.
Posted on 11/23/25 at 10:48 am to BlackAngus
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Kelly is an offensive minded coach.
In the mold of Riley? No, he is a CEO type that always had solid more pro style offenses.
Going from Riley to Kelly was inconsistent philosophically from a search perspective imo.
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