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re: If Kelly was fired (he won’t be) who is the can’t miss hire?

Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:01 pm to
Posted by Goalpost
Member since Jan 2023
624 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:01 pm to
I’ll do it. I don’t know anything about coaching but even I can come up with three different offensive plays to start every game.
Posted by PhillyTiger90
Member since Dec 2015
11596 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:05 pm to
Another problem is that three of the bigger names you’d want to reach out to are already at their Alma Maters which will make it more difficult to pry them away

Brent Key - GA Tech
Clark Lea - Vandy
Kenny Dillingham - AZ State
Posted by LSUSlidell23
Member since Oct 2023
396 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:05 pm to
The Tulane coach has been pretty damn good for the job he is at.
He obviously knows the state of Louisiana because he recruits it year after year.

We saw what he did with limited resources at Tulane.
Why not give him a look.
Posted by TigahTeeth
Georgia
Member since Feb 2016
5959 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:05 pm to
Jeff Brohm
Posted by Big EZ Tiger
Member since Jul 2010
26064 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:07 pm to
There really are no can't miss hires in college. Saban and Urban Meyer were about it. That was before NIL, etc. Smart has had great results at UGA, but NIL is even weakening UGA. They are not as dominant as they were.

I think these days you really need a head coach who gives you a big strategic advantage on offense or defense. I think the CEO types won't be as successful now that you can't stockpile talent as easily as years ago with NIL. It's also easier to fix things if you only need to fix the side of the ball that the head coach doesn't specialize in.

Posted by bstew3006
318
Member since Dec 2007
12975 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:21 pm to
quote:

Ole Miss collective is one of the largest in the country.


Top 20 collectives
LSU - 6th
OM - 17th
Posted by AscensionTiger
Prairieville, LA
Member since Jun 2004
4395 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:30 pm to
I’d be good with Rhett Lashlee
Posted by EasterEgg
New Orleans Metro
Member since Sep 2018
5260 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:32 pm to
Saban is bored on Gameday
Posted by TigerDat
Member since Aug 2010
8089 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:32 pm to
There isnt one and within the first year there will be a faction of the fanbase ready to run whoever it would be off and want a new coach.

Im not happy with Kelly but this fanbase is never satisfied, period.

Sure we were happy after 2019 but that satisfaction didnt last long at all.

So many here act like LSU is some blue blood football program with a storied career of winning championships since the beginning of the sport. Newsflash, it isnt.

Posted by TN Tygah
Member since Nov 2023
7837 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:33 pm to
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It’s a risk but the 10 year $100 MM contracts for “proven” coaches are much riskier.


100M for a “can’t miss” coach is terrible.
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
Member since Aug 2013
14080 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:36 pm to
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I would have let Lane run a Train on me


FTFY
Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
11270 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:44 pm to
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Malzahn?
Mullen?
Kiffin?
Riley?

Re-treads are not the answer. Chasing "HC experience" is what got us Kelly. This is a loser scenario
Posted by sonoma8
Member since Oct 2006
8049 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 3:55 pm to
If it ended with another championship, maybe so. #Nohomo
Posted by ArcticTiger
North Pole
Member since Nov 2018
2337 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 4:06 pm to
We will NEVER have enough $$ to Match Oregon
Posted by Jest a game
Member since Aug 2024
1420 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 4:09 pm to
Franklin
Posted by Tdubs7
Member since Aug 2024
450 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 4:11 pm to
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You’d have to offer Lanning first imo


The roadblock with Lanning is Oregon has more money in their sofa cushions that LSU could ever come up with.
Posted by John Denver
Member since Aug 2018
134 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 4:16 pm to
If you call saban up and he says he will come back for 3 years at 15mm a year, what do you do?
Posted by uptowntiger84
uptown
Member since Jul 2011
4943 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 4:17 pm to
There isn't a cant miss hire. But you have to keep shooting til you hit.
Posted by Tammany Tom
Mandeville
Member since Jun 2004
5249 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 4:17 pm to
The Can’t Miss hire is someone no one on this board knows about.

But…. He’s the clear choice to people in the know.
Posted by southsidedell
Tampa, FL
Member since Dec 2016
5361 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 4:26 pm to
If he wont be why even ask this question
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