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Posted on 11/20/25 at 2:45 pm to mcspufftiger7
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You would have thought 2022 would have energized him and even 2023 with the Heisman year of JD5 knowing all he needed to do was get the defensive side solidified
I think it was moreso he thought that he could come in, rebuild fast, get his title, and then coast, but when 2023 didn't work out, he knew he had lost his best chance and gave up.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 2:46 pm to AlaTiger
He gave up play calling duties at Notre Dame after a 4-8 season. Both the season and him turning over play calling was really unexpected as it sandwiched between double digit seasons if I remember.
Honestly, at the time, it looked like a move of desperation as he built his entire career around his offense and play-calling and he bails on the concept. They then surprisingly go on a 4-5 run of really good to great teams culminating in him getting the LSU job.
I was all in for him coming here and my one knock on him was the fact he had moved from his major reason for success and was relying heavily on coordinators. At the time though, there was plenty of factual evidence it had not affected his ability to be a great overall coach from the perspective of winning a lot of games and the occasional title run, But I, along with the other 94% of the people here, was proven dead wrong.
In hindsight, he had been at Notre Dame so long, his CEO style there was working on sort of an auto pilot. And it produced a run of solid not spectacular success that made him complacent. After the immediate success here, it only fed the complacency and it bit him in the arse hard when he could no longer rely on 4th and 5th year system players who were joined at the hip with Notre Dame.
Honestly, at the time, it looked like a move of desperation as he built his entire career around his offense and play-calling and he bails on the concept. They then surprisingly go on a 4-5 run of really good to great teams culminating in him getting the LSU job.
I was all in for him coming here and my one knock on him was the fact he had moved from his major reason for success and was relying heavily on coordinators. At the time though, there was plenty of factual evidence it had not affected his ability to be a great overall coach from the perspective of winning a lot of games and the occasional title run, But I, along with the other 94% of the people here, was proven dead wrong.
In hindsight, he had been at Notre Dame so long, his CEO style there was working on sort of an auto pilot. And it produced a run of solid not spectacular success that made him complacent. After the immediate success here, it only fed the complacency and it bit him in the arse hard when he could no longer rely on 4th and 5th year system players who were joined at the hip with Notre Dame.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 2:51 pm to AlaTiger
He had a great wine collection in that SEC tv series on Netflix or whatever.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 2:53 pm to AlaTiger
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Serious Question: What was Brian Kelly good at?
Okay I have never been a Brian Kelly fan but to be fair BK was a DC and from that knowledge decided to call offensive plays when he became a HC because he knew the responsibilities of the defense and what made them vulnerable. He actually knows his stuff. However, he was very much a CEO type Coach at LSU. He actually helped on JD5's mechanics but he didn't get into that very much.
Saban even though he was very much a CEO type Coach was still very hands on in his teachings even at the end. He loved Coaching DBs.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 2:56 pm to AlaTiger
I felt like he was an adult and the program really needed some stability at that time…he was just so unlikable and an a-hole to his players…
Hard to watch
Hard to watch
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:00 pm to mcspufftiger7
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Brian Kelly was good at rebuilding programs and bringing them to a point they could compete for championships. He did this at 3 separate schools in a row. He did it in 2022 at LSU.
Filed for divorce in February 2023.
I think his personal life went to shite here and he stopped caring about football.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:03 pm to mcspufftiger7
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You would have thought 2022 would have energized him
Exactly, yet it seemed to only feed the hands off complacency, His handling of problem areas was exasperating. Special teams in '22 was God awful from game 1 and got worse, yet he waits until the end of the year to address it. 2023 was the defense and he does nothing to address it until the end of the season. 2024, Nuss is coming into form but with a few negative habits, but even with elite NFL ready tackles and experience in the middle of the line, we cant run the ball for shite. He does nothing to fix this in the off-season and leaves Brad Davis in place, trusts Sloan to improve in his second year and puts all of his eggs on Nuss having a Daniels/Burrow type senior season.
Instead, his bad habits of lack of awareness, no pocket presence and thouing mechanics are amplified 10 fold with a swinging door O-line and vanilla play calling. And Kelly is rightfully fired
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:08 pm to AlaTiger
Breathing
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:08 pm to SWAT
The guy was pretty good at addressing issues after they came up. He showed up our roster was not good. We got enough talent to acquired to win. Then he and Denbrock put together one hell of an offense. Sadly, the defense from the Jayden Daniels first year was light years away from the second year.
Then....once again an Offense was incredible, but the defense just didn't cut the mustard.
Finally the one issue that's been hampering the team Defense was fixed, and our Oline was God awful. I new they wouldn't be as good as last years, but who knew they'd be this bad? I thought adding Thompson and Moore combined with the guys who have been playing would be serviceable. Barion Brown, Nick Anderson, and Sharp being added on paper looked like a serious upgrade in skill.
Then....once again an Offense was incredible, but the defense just didn't cut the mustard.
Finally the one issue that's been hampering the team Defense was fixed, and our Oline was God awful. I new they wouldn't be as good as last years, but who knew they'd be this bad? I thought adding Thompson and Moore combined with the guys who have been playing would be serviceable. Barion Brown, Nick Anderson, and Sharp being added on paper looked like a serious upgrade in skill.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:08 pm to mcspufftiger7
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Never seen anything like it. Ruin your whole legacy because you didn't want to work hard?
I think we are closer than people think. Kelly could never put it all together here, but if you replace House and Sloan with so much as half-decent hires + Nuss doesn’t bottom TF out, we are potentially looking at very promising years in 2023 and 2025.
shite if MVB starts all year this team maybe has 2 losses (Bama, A&M) with a chance to squeeze in the playoff with a win vs OU.
Think about that. Dude fricked up too big too many times, and his personnel management RE: underclassmen was absolute arse — but he wasn’t wholly incompetent as some people are painting him to be.
I think we are in a good spot here if they don’t frick up this hire. Kind of ambivalent on Kelly — glad he is gone, but we’ve come a long way from 2020.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:08 pm to AlaTiger
Drinking and doing real estate agents
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:12 pm to SteveLSU35
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The guy was pretty good at addressing issues after they came up.
This. Competent at addressing offseason problems made apparent by the previous season.
Unfortunately, not competent at identifying issues proactively. Thought we would have a “championship OL” when we had an LOL.
Without a doubt, his greatest flaw was how reactive he was.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:17 pm to AlaTiger
Obtaining wealth. And still is.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:17 pm to AlaTiger
making money
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:25 pm to AlaTiger
Bullshitting
Posted on 11/20/25 at 3:39 pm to Basura Blanco
Some insightful responses itt and that’s definitely one of them.
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