re: “Nearly Impossible” for Kelly to get a job

I read that article about three times and still can’t tell you whst it says…

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Whole thing is a ploy- his lawyers are just playing the game and making a record to support why he isn’t looking or getting a job so he isn’t “violating the contract” for failure to seek employment.

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Bingo.

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I get it, LSU had to move now in order to get in on Kiffin, otherwise Florida takes him... and LSU thought Kiffin was the better option at this point. But you have to honor your deal.
Keep the governor out of this next time.

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We are in 100% agreement, here. But I also hope BK finds a job tomorrow to mitigate the cost to LSU.

I mean according to that article, the BOS wanted Kelly to withdraw his lawsuit before they would tell him if they were going to be firing him with or without cause…

It is Nearly Impossible for him to get a job because all people have to do is look at the Job he done at ND and here at LSU!

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Yall understand that this is a claim they have to make, right? His attorneys are going to pile on anything that is logically possible. I get the BK hate, generally. But this is a miss.

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No, they don’t need to claim this. It didn’t need to get to this point. LSU has made offers to settle and has given no indication they don’t plan to pay him at this point. You just don’t typically get to this point in buyout settlements, particularly for ones that still have the majority of the contract period to terminate, unless one side is being unnecessarily difficult.

It’s baffling that so many don’t see this. I suppose everyone just thinks he is owed the remainder of his contract and LSU must be the ones slowing down the process. The reality is Kelly is “piling it on” because he does want to negotiate, but wants to strip LSU of any leverage they may have before that happens. Even if that leverage is just putting the school in a position of protecting its own brand.

This is the most prepared and hardest you will ever see Kelly fight. This is the type of thing you start developing an acute, rather than general hate for someone.

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He doesn’t forfeit the full $53 million, he forfeits the difference between that and whatever he actually makes (assuming he makes less at the new job).

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I get it, I just don’t see it as “forfeiting” the buyout. Particularly because we know he could have already been doing this with $30M in his pocket. You have to get to the point of having a contract offer first, and I think LSU would gladly settle the difference between any new contract and his buyout as terms of separation. That is, Kelly needs to actually try before saying LSU is making it impossible.

I know your main point is that he is basically making this argument prematurely, as the complete inventory of available jobs is not yet determined. But I want to hammer home that Kelly appears to be fighting for his full buyout and release from mitigation duties, which is more than his “guaranteed” buyout. This is making it impossible to “pay the man and move on”.

You and I have gone over these numbers several times, I think we both agreed that Kelly would be much better off taking the settlement he was already offered, if he got basically any HC job sooner than later. If that variable were known right now, there isn’t a ton to negotiate.

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It’s a pretty absurd hypothetical to begin with though. It would require LSU to basically argue that he quit before they could fire him.

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I don’t think it’s absurd, as it is a legit out for him right now, if his position is that LSU is preventing him from getting another job because they won’t terminate his contract. If that were the only barrier, it could be overcome if he had interest from any other job opening.

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. I suppose everyone just thinks he is owed the remainder of his contract and LSU must be the ones slowing down the process. The reality is Kelly is “piling it on” because he does want to negotiate, but wants to strip LSU of any leverage they may have before that happens.

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Was he fired for cause? No? then he's owed damages under the terms of the contract. Neither side is under any duty to negotiate, that was done when the contract was agreed to.

LSU wants this to go away all they have to do is say he was terminated without cause and they will honor their end of the agreement so long as Kelly honors his.

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it’s also important to point out that this claim is an attempt to get his buyout, without holding up his end of the deal.

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How so?

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any school that were to try to hire him would be on the hook for the buyout

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No they wouldn’t.