What is the disconnect between LSU NFL talent and mediocrity last 5 seasons?

You’re asking us to tell you what makes a good or bad coach? I have a feeling that if you are asking this question, you aren’t going understand when someone gives you a detailed answer.

Coaching

2020 includes the 5 from the 2019 team and then Chase who didn’t play in 2020 was drafted the next year.

Then Stingley who has 2 injury plagued years in 2022.

So 7/12 were on that 2019 and we got a pretty good result there.

then you had 3 on the offense in 2023 which was the best offens in the county we just had an absolute dog shite defense.

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4 of top 7 NFL WR yards last year were LSU 2 of top 4 in NFL QBR last year were LSU 2 of top 6 in INTs were LSU between Donte Jackson and DSjr in 2024 Again in 2025, 2 of top 7 in NFL INTs are LSU 1 of top 3 in NFL sacks are LSU, 1 of top 5 in 2024 sacks was LSU. LSU led NFL top 100 list with 9 players this year.

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2 of the 4 WR’s, 1 of the 2 QBs, 1 of the 2 DB’s and 4 of the 9 on the Top 100 won a national championship. Now do all players on these lists and notice how many won titles. It proves nothing.

We have been very average since 2019. It is a team game. The fact we had a few outstanding players in that stretch with nothing to show for it proves that.

Coaching= (in order) 1)establish culture, 2)develop players 3)pregame strategy 4)in game adjustments.

We over relied on portal and didnt develop players. Metric is simple: after x amount of time are you bigger stronger faster quicker smarter more skilled.

A close second was lack of elite pregame strategy. Bc we didnt develop players, we truly didn't know what we had and we didnt know what we were going against. Jayden Daniel's Heisman year he was so good we were less than 10 third down stops over 3 loses from being undefeated. Other than that, utter coaching failures

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TigerGrad03

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Good summary

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2020 - COVID and Stingley and Chase opted out of the season

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Will add:
- Lost Aranda and Brady from the staff. Shelvin and Vincent both sat out. Brennan got hurt in G3. Terrace truncated his season. Ed insisted on superimposing his attacking 4-man front against the advice of Pelini. All the continuity and momentum from '19 was gone. Poof.

Back to the OP's question:
- I don't think the NFL success-LSU record relationship is as direct as the OP makes it seem. Almost all the players on the NFL list are clustered around the '19 team and the '23 offense.
- With Ed, he got too big for his britches and lazy to boot. He made several suspect hires (or Fat Scott made them for him).
- With low-flyin' Brian, he dismissed his best recruiters, was slow to adapt to this era, and . . . you tell me: he was lazy, disinterested, soft, and on. Sloan got a lot of grief on here. Maybe it was all warranted. But there were numerous examples of good play calls spoiled by sheer inept fundamentals. not X & O failures, but fundamental failures. And Kelly let that go on and on an on.

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What is the disconnect between LSU NFL talent and mediocrity last 5 seasons?

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Brian Kelly

A loser named BK

Maybe a bunch of our guys are only coming to LSU to get to the NFL and not to dominate and win while here.

Coaches like Kirby and Saban built cultures where that isn't acceptable. We recruit kids telling them we'll get them to the NFL. Maybe that's what you have to do. But it hasn't translated to on field success in 6 seasons. Ever since we've leaned into the NFLSU thing, it feels like we've lacked on field leadership and heart. Seems like we're disproportionately affected by opt outs every year for example.

Probably painting with a broad brush but it all comes down to culture and leadership in my opinion.