re: Perhaps Biggest of Kelly's Mistakes

"Although to be fair, what did Kelly even know about Moffitt enough to keep him on? Probably not all his fault there"

Not all his fault? WHAT!?

The OP, who's NOT a D1 Coach @ a juggernaut like LSU, was able to easily & succinctly innumerate/list, and thereby convincingly prove, how incredibly awesome, enviable Moffett's accomplishments were & are! But Head Coach Brian Kelly should be afforded a pass due to being new and simply not knowing?!

Which proves the Bigger Point & Flaw with Kelly:

Although it was absolutely his friking JOB to know who/what Moffett was, Kelly simply did not care! Like many other very important matters/issues - Kelly could not be "bothered"!

Kelly's will never overcome or outlive the Legacy he earned/deserved due to his "gross lack of accountability, care/concern" while Head Coach @ an Iconic Program like LSU!

And you know who else's "legacy" should suffer & be held accountable?

Brian Kelly's AGENT! He negotiated & "sold" a "product/svc - role/position" for an outlandishly high price! When you purchase any product/svc or hire a top-tier "professional" (Dr., Lawyer, Contractor) and then PAY Top Scale Rates/Price for their Uber Expertise, Knowledge, Experience, etc.; OR for a "1st Class Ticket, High Performance Luxury Car, Award Winning - Highly Acclaimed Architect" etc. You EXPECT (and are given a warranty) for the Level of Quality, Performance, etc! You also have Legal Recourse through "Professional Liability"!

It is the Agent's Job to absolutely Know all details regarding whatever it is he is Representing & Contracting/Negotiating for! I understand there may be no Legal Recourse involving a "Coach's Agent". But by God.....his REPUTATION, Legacy, Social Media should "Cost Him"!! Be assurred that Brian Kelly will Pay (and will forever pay) for what he did/did'nt do @ LSU. And so should his Agent!

Moffitts firing lit a fire under his complacent, lazy, stale, entitled arse and he should tithe some of his money to LSU to cover BK’s buyout in gratitude for waking him up.

These are the dumbest takes on here right now, everyone correctly wanted him fired.

Now to be fair to him he was following his head coach by example, because Orgeron was completely checked out after the title also.

Just because out of spite of being fired and the fact that a demanding coach like Elko won’t tolerate anything less than full effort and excellence he is part of a team having a good season doesn’t mean firing him here was a mistake.

There is plenty to criticize BK about without revising history with BS like this.

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Although to be fair, what did Kelly even know about Moffitt enough to keep him on? Probably not all his fault there.

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Coaches know everything about everybody. Kelly came to LSU to clean house and start over. In some cases, it backfired tremendously on him.

Registered Oct. Of 2003 with 17 posts


Dam son.

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I don't recall a time in four years when I've read that Kelly was on a trip for an in-house visit with a key player. (I'm sure he must have).

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You must be a casual fan, because pictures were posted on TigerDroppings all the time of him with potential recruits on in-home visits.

I don't blame Kelly for replacing Moffitt. LSU had gone soft in 2020 and 2021, getting repeatedly manhandled, including by UCLA. Kelly believed that Moffitt, Corey Raymond, Blake Baker, and others were part of the soft, failed regime that he was there to correct.

Moffitt took 2 years off after being dismissed by BK. Maybe the 2 years off recharged his batteries. A&M's injury report is void of a long list each week for the 1st time in years. Attribute that to Moffitt and his staff.

Complacency is a bad thing in any industry. Including coaching.

Not looking to create an argument. Just providing a data point.

BK is/was a fraud.

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Tiger1988

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Melt mf'er..just fricking melt. Wierd how his teams now aren't being pushed around, eh?

I wouldn’t say that A&M’s success this season is due to being more physical. They’ve been in shoot outs. They beat ND on prayer. The QB just threw the ball up and the TE came down with it in game that had nearly 100 points scored. They’ve also had a pretty easy path. Let’s see how they stack up against some of the better teams down the stretch.