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re: LSU and Brian Kelly are at odds over his contract buyout
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:29 pm to TheJuicey
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:29 pm to TheJuicey
This post is insane. Why? If someone owed you $24 million would you just say “aw shucks, I guess that’s it then”? Never mind.
It’s what many of us thought two Sundays ago. It appears he wasn’t fired for cause. That’s the only out the university had.
It’s what many of us thought two Sundays ago. It appears he wasn’t fired for cause. That’s the only out the university had.
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:30 pm to OGTiger
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He’s got bad advice if he thinks LSU is going to write him a $50 million dollar check. LOL!
He doesn’t think that at all. But when LSU said “we’ll pay you 50% of what we contractually owe you” he probably didn’t like that.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:31 pm to T1gerNate
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There were people on this site that day reporting this.
Who? I’d like to follow them for future info.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:31 pm to T1gerNate
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There were people on this site that day reporting this. Anyone who thinks people on this site don’t have sauces is lying to themselves.
There were a lot of people posting that there was a done deal and that LSU was “citing morals clause”. Those people were wrong.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:33 pm to ChatGPT of LA
Woodward wasn’t simply the athletic face of Louisiana’s flagship university — he was a fixture in Baton Rouge’s old political guard. A registered Democrat and protégé of James Carville, Woodward was handpicked for the LSU job in 2019 by then-Governor John Bel Edwards. His arrival symbolized the continuation of a familiar order — one where the upper ranks of LSU operated as an extension of the state’s entrenched political establishment rather than a reflection of its people.
just as i had said many times. a huge crony with JBE and carville. GOOD RIDDANCE. but we have clowns here crying about landry calling them out,.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:35 pm to red sox fan 13
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If LSU wants to drag BK through the mud and air his dirty laundry they could probably get a reduced buyout but it’s a question of if you want to go through that.
And Kelly will respond with Woodward meddling in the assistant hires which probably led to Kelly's actions.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:36 pm to bayoujd
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Why would Kelly leave money on the table if the liquidated damages are $54mm?
That’s the whole ballgame. I am not sure his lawyers are right about the entire lump sum being due as liquidated damages. I actually don’t think they are but I haven’t read the whole contract closely.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:36 pm to TigerGrad03
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Continue to pay the monthly installments for the next 6 years and let his new employment mitigate the buyout.
Good chance this new employment will never happen
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:38 pm to T1gerNate
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I am not sure his lawyers are right about the entire lump sum being due as liquidated damages.
Where are you getting this from? They’re just saying that he’s owed the full amount pursuant to the terms of the contract.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:39 pm to red sox fan 13
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If LSU wants to drag BK through the mud and air his dirty laundry they could probably get a reduced buyout
I seriously doubt that, unless there is something out there other than the affair thing. I cant imagine Kelly leaving anything on the table over an affair/allegations of an affair that is already common knowledge. I would imagine that would then open LSU in cross examination to having to explain why Miles was paid his full buyout while the university had knowledge of for the staff worker shite.
I also assume LSU would have the burden to prove the affair and more importantly prove that the affair caused some level of harm to the university's reputation. In this day and age, I cant imagine they would be able to do that. Not to mention, every potential hire from that point forward would be wary of coming here over the possibility of losing generational wealth over something as professionally irrelevant as extramarital conduct.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:40 pm to LSBoosie
What is incredible to me is that if nothing in the contract addresses performance, then LSU and other schools creating contracts like this provide no recourse.
Head Coaches have all the leverage, absent moral clauses or breaking local, state, and federal laws. Without performance checks, the HC can do a great job or a terrible job; either way, the HC gets paid. What a financial boon for the HC. No wonder ADs are not Hedge Fund managers. Ha
Head Coaches have all the leverage, absent moral clauses or breaking local, state, and federal laws. Without performance checks, the HC can do a great job or a terrible job; either way, the HC gets paid. What a financial boon for the HC. No wonder ADs are not Hedge Fund managers. Ha
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:40 pm to TheJuicey
Kelly wanted to fire Sloan and Davis. LSU administration refused to allow Davis to be fired.
The governor has enormous amount of influence on academics and athletics.
Administration would not allow Kelly to do his job.
The governor has enormous amount of influence on academics and athletics.
Administration would not allow Kelly to do his job.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:47 pm to Mudminnow
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Administration would not allow Kelly to do his job.
So, it's the Administration's fault that Kelly's teams executed so poorly?
Plus, if the Administration controlled Kelly's football operations, then instead of complaining, he could comply and watch his LSU team fall apart. For 54 million, Kelly becomes totally mercenary.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:50 pm to mrbayoublu
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No wonder ADs are not Hedge Fund managers. Ha
Interesting hedge fund analogy.
By your logic, If you give your hedge fund manager a few million and he does everything above board but in good faith he makes some investment choices, that thru any one of numerous factors affecting the market, it turns into a few hundred thousand, you should be able to get that all or a portion of that money back from him.
Good luck with that.
And for the record, I think its obscene that football coach's AND hedge fund managers bank what they do. But it takes a minimum of two parties to execute a contract of services.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:50 pm to LSBoosie
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Kelly rejected the offers.
Good. They need to go full court press to give him nothing. Bring up DD. Bring up dereliction of duty vacations. Not being present.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:56 pm to idlewatcher
This is well-deserved for a POS administration at LSU. I hope they get teamed by his lawyers. Not for his benefit, but just to punish their shear incompetence and arrogance.
This program and system is such garbage right now that it is unbelievable.
This program and system is such garbage right now that it is unbelievable.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 4:59 pm to CapitalTiger
You had me at Democrat! Fock him!
Posted on 11/9/25 at 5:03 pm to TigerGrad03
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Kelly is stupid not to take a $30M lump sum and remove mitigation. He'll end up with less money in the long run.
how?
right now he get $54 mil
only way he gets less is if he negotiates for less.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 5:07 pm to DBG
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Part of the duty to mitigate clause is to obtain fair market value for salary. Kelly can’t just accept peanuts and have LSU foot the bill.
One could argue legally that 3.5m is fair market value for a coach just fired for failure to perform at a university with an abundance of resources.
Posted on 11/9/25 at 5:10 pm to EastWestConnection
Yes, but it's his fault that we sucked. He should be embarrassed and so should our brass.
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