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re: BK said his initial, biggest mistake was not hiring a staff that had Louisiana/South ties

Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:19 pm to
Posted by CootKilla
In a beer can/All dog's nightmares
Member since Jul 2007
6184 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:19 pm to
Who brought in Jayden? His hires on defense are suspect. Give him a little credit.
Posted by OU812
Michigan
Member since Apr 2004
13677 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:23 pm to
Not keeping Corey Raymond on staff was his biggest mistake
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
70810 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:24 pm to
Irony as usual
Posted by turnpiketiger
Member since May 2020
12264 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:25 pm to
I heard Kelly is gonna bring O back as DL coach.
Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
Member since May 2021
1108 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:30 pm to
It's true, during his first year he made LSU literally Notre Dame light with coaches, analysts, and support staff. He finally figured out this past hiring session that hiring his buddies and only those with direct or indirect ties to the Catholics of South Bend wasn't going to cut it. He finally decided to go and grab the best he could find available for each staffer of need after having a little fire under his arse from Woodward.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
35676 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:32 pm to
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Scott Woodward owns some blame for this too. As BK‘s boss and someone with enough history to know better, he should have forced the issue more


Woodward doesn’t know anything about football. He’s a lobbyist by trade. He’s good at raising and spending other people’s money
Posted by caliegeaux
Member since Aug 2004
12778 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:59 pm to
I think we would have had our 2nd Heisman winning, title winning qb in a 4 year span.
Posted by Old Man and a Porch
Member since Dec 2023
866 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:13 pm to
He’s an idiot if he didn’t know that.
Posted by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
35055 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:14 pm to
We literally all knew that but cool
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
47864 posts
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:18 pm to
CBK’s biggest mistake is not having physical dawgs on the team

Especially defense
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
13293 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 11:46 am to
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He set the program back a few years with that mistake


Agreed, but he also made the program leap forward with that abysmal Coach O roster
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
38079 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 11:50 am to
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That wasn’t it all…he just hired people without the talent level required. Kids don’t give a shite where the coach’s hometown is at all…can you coach? When they do exactly what the coach says and they get their arse kicked they start to wonder how good he is. That’s the end.

He’s pandered to the south enough…and stop doing the fricking L hand gesture. STOP.


as usual, you sound like a stupid frick....stick to physics and being a florida fan since that is where your boy is now.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 11:52 am to
We had the worst fricking defense in LSU history a-hole. WTF were you watching?
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
19166 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 11:56 am to
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I always laughed at people here on the rant that Shite on corey raymond and his lack of production at florida.

I still can't believe BK tried to replace him with Kerry Cooks and Robert Steeples.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
38079 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 11:58 am to
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We had the worst fricking defense in LSU history a-hole. WTF were you watching?


wtf does that have to do with you being a dumbass and complaining about him holding up the L?

the same coaching staff in 22 had the defense looking good, point is things happen. on paper it was a good staff. but he also realized it was bad and cut ties after just 2 years.

like i said...go be a florida fan...your kid is there. You can give dumbass opinions about them like you have about LSU for the last decade.
Posted by semjase
New Smyrna Beach FL
Member since May 2014
15921 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 11:59 am to
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His initial defensive hires were awful. He set the program back a few years with that mistake and likely cost LSU a natty run with JD5
He didn't retain Greg McMahon as Special Teams coach either.

Huge mistake, as ST's have been a disaster!
Posted by Tigerfan14
Member since Jun 2014
1792 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 12:04 pm to
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He had a rough couple years recruiting, our DBs didn't look great, but he was always angling for more money. He's a really good coach, but I think a year or two apart was good for both parties.


Right. He leveraged leaving so much that it hurt his own recruiting, but he kept getting raises and kept doing it. His bluff was called, he left, then realized the grass wasn’t greener:
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
12846 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 12:04 pm to
BK is a good coach but his weakness is self evaluation of his own team.(I would lump the OP's quote about hiring the wrong coaches in with this.) Its why we struggle in week 1 every year. And it takes half a season to figure out what we do well and what we dont, who should be starting and who shouldnt , etc. Think about how he started out not playing Weeks and never can figure out H.Perkins, How he thought our offensive line was going to be able to push people around and run the ball last year. The self scouting is lacking.
Posted by rjokerlsu
Big Spring, TX
Member since Apr 2007
7426 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 12:09 pm to
That's true. I am glad Kelly was willing to admit that.

I do think that most head coaches will hire other coaches most familiar to them, so this usually means coaches that they have worked with previously.

Hopefully, since BK has now been here a few years, he will get the coaches here who can best recruit the talent needed to win big.

Also, his evaluations of players like Perkins and others could have been better.
Posted by Cuz413
Member since Nov 2007
11310 posts
Posted on 6/12/25 at 12:10 pm to
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He could’ve hired 100 Bill Walshes and Bill Belichick and wasn’t doing shite with that roster


Seriously? No doubt there were depth issues, but there was talent on both sides of the ball and some talented freshmen.
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