Brian Kelly post game interview observation

I agree that his media interactions are different than at ND.

Notre Dame are a bunch of stiffs. He was one of them then.

He’s never been in a stadium that electric. Baw knows he’s sitting on a monster.

To me, his emotions came from a man that left everything in pursuit of greatness. He had never coached in the south and had a comfortable job at Notre Dame. But in order to pursue true greatness he left for LSU. He believed in himself and his coaching abilities. The university and state accepted him, and gave him what he needed to win and he has done so. So I guess his emotions were basically, I believed in myself, the university and state believed in me, and I just beat Nick Saban’s Alabama.

Yep.
I believe Saban said he knew the potential LSU had when he accepted the job. He knows he could have had the same dynasty here that he has at bama, but with more appreciative fans.

He realized when BK took this job, he had a much more difficult road ahead of him. He never dreamed losing to BK in year one. The bama players and fans got their round one punch in the nose.

BK knew he could beat the best with the talent and resources here. His job at LSU will be much easier than at ND.
It will only get better.

The players on the LSU roster see the future is bright and they are hungry for more.
The future recruits just sat up in their seats and are paying attention.

It may just be like he said when hired - he has alignment with the University President as well as the A/D. Some schools have a schism between the school side and the sports side. At LSU, the president realizes that strong sports programs help the educational programs in terms of name recognition, donor dollars, and appeal to new students. The Alignment is real!

I agree
I bet if you asked him he will tell you Saturday was a game atmosphere he has NEVER experienced
Hell I get goosebumps every time I watch replay of the two point conversation
I probably watched it 20 times today
Geaux Tigers

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I think he realized last night how special a home game in Death Valley in November can be. I'd be choked up too.

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I bet CBK also realized the true benifit to night games in DV and exerts max influence to secure them for important conference match ups.

I can't think of a good way to say this, but here we go. I'm going pose this as if a person who doesn't know shite about football, LSU, or ND observed it and is trying to describe what he sees:

As a coach at ND you represent the university and all that represents, you just do it as the head coach. And there's a certain beauty to that.

As HBC at LSU you are the fricking HBC of LSU. It's your show, your team, and you go do you.
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I'll put it this way- do you think ND admin would have put up with Les' press conferences? Well, maybe. But it would have driven the Jesuits nuts and the other admin.

It's a little bit about freedom to be him as HBC, not as a rep of LSU. It's a little bit about exceeding expectations, the excitement that comes with that, and knowing it takes players that care as much as you do (as HBC) to do that. It's a little selfish too (and that's ok) where he's probably looking around, seeing the trajectory, and thinking to himself "I CAN win a championship here".

But it is mostly about the fact that to be truly Aligned, all parties have to be emotionally invested. And the players have to see it in the coaches and the coaches have to see it in the players. Then, and only then, can you put the things in place that gets everbody pulling in the same direction.

I think it just simply hit CBK like a ton of bricks where he was emotionally invested, but until then he didn't realize how much because the players sucked him in deeper than he thought he would do himself intentionally.