LSU has a coaching problem, not a money problem.

Use the money from Underwood, and invest into players in the trenches. Football is won or lost on both lines of scrimmage. Anyone remember how Lamar Jackson did against LSU in the bowl game? 20 something rushes for 30 something yards. The Tigers had NFL players on defense. Yes, he's won multiple MVP awards, but has constantly flamed out in the playoffs. Georgia and Michigan have won titles with average qb play, and a run game. How? Because of dominate line play. It starts with that.

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we offered the kid 6 million dollars.

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yall really think that’s chump change in college football?

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apparently so since the offer he accepted was double that

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he problem is that Brian Kelly had made multiple bad hires, countless terrible evaluations (assuming he even scouts kids), poor organizational structure, and the list goes on.


We should not be in year one of a rebuild in year three. And that is not because LSU can’t afford any top recruits.

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none of that matters because

the offer he accepted was double that

Okay? And we lost him. Things wouldn’t be dire if this staff evaluated and developed talent better. Even with Underwood all of our writers are screaming for us to take at least 10-15 transfers and break the bank because we are devoid of talent.


It shouldn’t be a big deal losing Underwood if the program is on solid foundations, which it currently is not and we all know it:

We have never had a money problem, we have always had a coaching problem. Miles didn’t adapt and O caught lightning in a bottle. But the fact is they both won here, BK not being able to win here while Miles and O won a NC here must be demoralizing

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The problem is that Brian Kelly had made multiple bad hires

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This is the one that gets me. All those defensive firings last year were guys he hired, and he replaced them with Baker and Raymond, guys who were already here when he came and he ran them off initially. And Bo Davis who is a former player. And if he makes wholesale changes on the offense this year, all of those are guys he hired aside from Brad Davis who was the only retainer from the previous regime but it was still his decision to keep him. He would have essentially fired all the guys he hired, signaling he did a poor job of hiring the first go round. I'm glad he's getting guys with Louisiana ties but it's still a bad look to fire the guys you initially hired and rehire guys you ran off that was initially hired by O. Kind of sends a message that O of all people is as good or better at hiring a staff than you.

I don't think all of a sudden veteran football coaches forget how to coach....I really believe LSU has no leadership on the field.....There is no one who takes charge and lead by example. All successful teams have that guy on the field....without leadership, the team is still searching for someone to follow....

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Michigan have won titles with average qb play, and a run game. How? Because of dominate line play.

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I watch clips of Michigan OLine play to see how they run block-pulling linemen, weird stunts they do to get more blockers than defenders at the point of attack. Fascinating to watch.

And a few years back, they were doing it with small-ish OLine-men.

LSU doesn't have the bank roll to compete in the new NIL age. We tied up too much money with Kelly and staff.

Sorry guys, but our competitiveness is going to be largely based on our cash flow, and LSU doesn't have the endowment to consistently get the best players, best coaches, best stuff, and be the best year after year.

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Exactly. This program is cooked and it isn’t because we didn’t offer a high school kid 12 million. It’s because this program has incredibly poor leadership.

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Starting with the AD. This school has been cursed with terrible AD’s who hire/ and or extended coaches that were incompetent. SW was supposed to be an upgrade but so far we see the same movie. Terrible coaching hire leading to more staff buyouts.