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re: Hiring Brian Kelly

Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:32 pm to
Posted by Walnut
Houston, TX
Member since Nov 2014
3882 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:32 pm to
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But no one except some Notre Dame people were saying he’d mailed it in

Even after the fact I think they were just coping about losing their coach rather than having some unique insight into how he'd do at LSU
Posted by Gene Heinous
the Pleasure Dome
Member since Sep 2021
710 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:35 pm to
Kelly didn't have the gravitas that he appeared to have with the Notre Dame PR machine behind him.

When can LSU get that type of PR machine?
This post was edited on 12/28/25 at 2:37 pm
Posted by BrianKellysbuyout
Member since Nov 2025
538 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:40 pm to
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Kelly checked out. 


I actually think that's what happened. He was never fully invested into the job. He thought it would be easier than it was and at some point, he jist decided to coast instead of locking in and win a title.

Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
19754 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:47 pm to
Knock off all this dumb shite.

It was a home run hire at the time for all the right reasons. No one could foresee how BK would check out and draw his millions.

And if you claim you knew it from the start, you’re full of shite.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
83218 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 4:02 pm to
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I’ll admit, I thought it was a great hire at the time and still believed it two years into his tenure.


You and almost everyone else. There are some who hated the contract terms. There are some who thought BK was an a-hole as a person. But very few thought he was a bad coach. Most of this is just hindsight masquerading as being the smartest guy in the room.

Well and there are also the fans who hate every LSU coach simply for not being Saban. Of course they’ll claim to have known what nobody else knew at the time.
Posted by TNoon
Member since Nov 2020
2837 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 4:26 pm to
Thankful for GOV Landry to call a spade a spade
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32777 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 4:37 pm to
Holy frick, let it go, he is gone forever

Posted by airbornetiger
SATX
Member since Sep 2006
1489 posts
Posted on 12/28/25 at 4:48 pm to
Ah, Nostra-freaking-damus!!
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