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Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:24 pm to LesnarF5
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I read that LSU might get Kelly on cause with the GB situation.
What’s the GB situation?
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:37 pm to mike4lsu
Dude Kelly is retiring. This was his retirement plan plain and simple
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:38 pm to crotiger0307
He's not coaching anytime soon. Look for him on some very expensive golf courses.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:46 pm to dcw7g
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The other school would have to pay him near fair market value, no judge or arbitrator would allow some phony low salary to leave LSU on the hook. LSU would sue Kelly for the difference and they'd probably negotiate a lump sum buyout to avoid mitigation altogether.
This happened when New England Patriots hired Bert Beliema for a paltry sum.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:06 pm to mike4lsu
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This would be like building the wall and making Mexico pay for it.
Which was a complete farce and gaslighting to the low information crowd.
I don’t think you understand how this works.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:23 pm to weadjust
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You think Saban was paying Butch Jones, Kiffin, or Sark in the ballpark of what they were making as a head coach?
Butch Jones was an analyst. Kiffin was a coordinator. If Kelly wants to take a coordinator or analyst job somewhere, he wouldn’t be expected to seek a salary comparable to a head coach.
That being said, there was some controversy about Kiffin’s initial contract at Alabama.. they paid him like $700k/year and then doubled his salary as soon as his USC buyout reportedly expired. I have no idea why USC apparently didn’t pursue this, but they’re a private school and their contracts aren’t public record. So theres no telling what his contract actually said.
Sark is irrelevant to the discussion. USC fired him with cause and didn’t pay him a buyout at all. Sark sued USC to try to recover the buyout and lost.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:28 pm to mike4lsu
Kelly seems checked out to me. In the OP's scenario, I think Kelly would choose sitting home in his fruit of the looms for $10 million vs. coaching a mid-major for that same $10 million.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:46 pm to mike4lsu
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I won't be surprised if lands up in Arkansas. Arkansas could pay him $100,000
So he’s going to go work a grueling, high stress job for basically free, when he could do nothing for the same amount - $9 million?
Makes sense
Posted on 10/28/25 at 1:48 pm to TG
His mitigation clause is not just for coaching, it’s any job. Things like paid speaking gigs are excluded.
So if he’s on gameday next year, it’s the same as coaching
Note- any FOOTBALL related employment counts. If he’s on gameday it counts, if he’s on the food network, it would not
So if he’s on gameday next year, it’s the same as coaching
Note- any FOOTBALL related employment counts. If he’s on gameday it counts, if he’s on the food network, it would not
This post was edited on 10/28/25 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 10/28/25 at 11:23 pm to mike4lsu
None of those scenarios are happening. He is getting an illdeserved 27 million spread over about 6 years. IF he gets hired somewhere else, that might possibly be reduced some....not sure about that part.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 11:30 pm to mike4lsu
Legally and technically yes, he could,Coach free somewhere else and LSU would still,pay him .
Posted on 10/29/25 at 12:02 am to Nutriaitch
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so wherever he lands, he'll have to get paid a salary at least in the ballpark of other coaches at that same level.
He will have to get paid at least the amount of the coach he’s replacing. If not, LSU can just drag him to court.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 12:04 am to kew48
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Legally and technically yes, he could,Coach free somewhere else and LSU would still,pay him .
He can’t coach free, LSU would just drag him to court. That’s exactly what happened with Bielema. He told the Patriots not to pay him anything. He got paid but it wasn’t much. He lost millions for that stunt.
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 12:05 am
Posted on 10/29/25 at 12:07 am to mike4lsu
I would imagine there's a clause that states he would have to be paid at fair market value
ETA: saw this was pointed out. I think that the most likely scenario IF BK goes back into coaching is that before he signs his new contract, he settles with LSU for a lump sum. I would think that's where the settlement talks statement came into play. They expect him to get another job and come back and settle.
ETA: saw this was pointed out. I think that the most likely scenario IF BK goes back into coaching is that before he signs his new contract, he settles with LSU for a lump sum. I would think that's where the settlement talks statement came into play. They expect him to get another job and come back and settle.
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 12:12 am
Posted on 10/29/25 at 4:25 am to Purplehaze44
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He isn’t allowed to intentionally take less than what he is reasonably worth on the market, and other schools can’t treat him like that because of it. He has to make within reason what he would make at his new job even if he wasn’t collecting a buyout check from us. This is all assuming we don’t eventually negotiate a settlement, which I think he will.
On the whole this is accurate but I don't like the wording of the first clause. He can take less than what he is arguably worth on the market but he can't take less than what is a reasonable and customary compensation for the job he takes. EG he takes a job in a small conference where the customary compensation is $1MM a year and he gets paid that, LSU can't win an argument his value is actually $5MM a year and get the mitigation amount reduced by that.
If he plans to work in a job that triggers the mitigation clause, this is where you often see an agreed reduction in a buyout, WITH the payor waiving their mitigation rights. Which you noted in the third graph. As a note it could still be paid in lower payments or payments.
Posted on 10/29/25 at 4:29 am to mike4lsu
quote:Why on Earth would BK ever accept this deal
I won't be surprised if lands up in Arkansas. Arkansas could pay him $100,000
Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:40 am to kew48
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osted by kew48 ?
10/28/25 at 11:30 pm to mike4lsu
Legally and technically yes, he could,Coach free somewhere else and LSU would still,pay him
Actually not, contract requires compensation with market value..so if he goes to pound U and they paid last coach 400k. He as to be paid at least that.. if he signed to speak or consult, or be a commentator same applies.
Same if he wants to be Paige's golf caddy..
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:25 am to lostinbr
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That being said, there was some controversy about Kiffin’s initial contract at Alabama.. they paid him like $700k/year and then doubled his salary as soon as his USC buyout reportedly expired.
Pretty sure LSU got Cam Cameron for a reduced rate for a year or 2 because of his Ravens buyout
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