re: Kelly comments on LSU and his future

For the record. I have tons of patients who continue doing the things they enjoy (golf, hunting, fish, etc…) with torn rotator cuffs.

I’m sure it affected him. Likely was closer to 280 rounds of golf.

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“Well, if you ask LSU, I was playing 350 rounds of golf all through the year and drinking in my office,”

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He sees us, so let's all tell him to go frick himself in this thread.

Hey BK, go frick yourself. We're spoiled and it's not because of you!

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He reads this board .

Hey Brian: Go frick Yourself

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Nah. He was so lazy he probably didn't even do that.

It is already documented that he hired a PR firm to help him with fan relations.

"Hey Brian, we discovered an LSU fan website named Tigerdroppings. The demographic of this website seems to skew heavily toward young and middle aged white men. They call themselves "baws" and appear to have a particular affinity for the number three hundred fifty. You might want to reference this in discussions in the future."

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Well, if you ask LSU, I was playing 350 rounds of golf all through the year and drinking in my office,”

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So, I haven’t played much golf; I’ve been rehabbing, mostly.”

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This gave me a chuckle.

“They say all I do is play golf and drink in my office. They were wrong about the golfing.”

Fat Scott’s banner hire, we should keep in mind he is a guy of low character that had a kid die on his watch.

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BK continues to display his total lack of integrity with his excuses and bullshitting. Can’t stand his arse, just a pompous arrogant douche

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This. He still won’t take responsibility for the horrible assistant coaching hires that hastened his demise at LSU. We had talent, especially last season, but the guys were just so poorly coached that it was wasted. All you have to do is look at how much Lane Kiffin has energized the fan base thus far, and he’s only been on the job for 3 months. We never felt this hopeful under Kelly. The dude needs to shut his pie hole before somebody airs his dirty laundry for him.

Dude had one signature win - Bama at home in '22.
Imagine had we not gotten that two pt conversion

His portal pickups his first year were good but after that was garbage.
He peaked his first year getting to Atlanta then got lazy IMO

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And funny he used the number 350

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That was his “wink and a nod” to tiger droppings.

He knows that we know he ain’t gonna do shite.

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I mean, he acknowledged it's a different focus at LSU than it is at Notre Dame, different expectations. And he didn't win enough games, fast enough, to keep the job.

Not to defend him, because I think his time was done and I'm glad we have Kiffin now, but I do think the expectations changed mid-contract on him.
He was hired to stabilize and restore LSU, after Orgeron put up consecutive non-winning seasons (first time in decades that's happened here). He did that, LSU quickly jumped back to respectable. He stacked 8-9 win regular seasons, and his teams won their bowls. Every season was "good", and hinted at better things to follow. We just didn't take that next step fast enough, and I think the pressure got to him.

I think Kiffin will be the guy that takes us the next step.

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BK felt LSU, the program, just kind of produced championships on its own. Who could blame him for thinking that? Miles and Orgeron both won NCs...and they didn't have anywhere close to the resume BK had when he took the job. He was going to come to LSU, get his NC (along with a ton of money) and call it a day. However, he made two mistakes:

(1) He wrongly assumed LSU just "recruited itself". Basically that great players, particularly out of Louisiana, just go to LSU as a matter of course.

(2) The future effect of the transfer rules. He utilized the portal in year 1 out of necessity. But the plan was to go back to the "old" way (signing HS players and developing them over years) and only use the portal sparingly. It's why he didn't restock the defensive talent with proven transfers in 2023 which wasted that great offensive talent. It's also why he sided with a bad OC (Sloan) because he felt that was the key to signing Underwood...at a time it was clear teams were winning with 1 year "free agent" QBs.

Contrast that with Kiffin. Yes, he is a good on-field coach. But was also quick to adapt at Ole Miss to the changing landscape to gain an advantage. He knew Ole Miss wasn't going to be able to compete with LSU, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, etc, etc, in HS recruiting. So he pivoted to using his resources in the transfer market. It's almost like the "reverse" MLB model. For example, the Rays know they don't have the money to compete with the Yankees to sign big name FAs. So they have to build and develop their roster through the farm system. In CFB it is different. The "Yankees" are the teams who can recruit the blue chip HS prospects. The "small market" teams (Ole Miss, Indiana, Texas Tech, etc) aren't going to win the HS recruiting battles often. So they build through free agency