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re: Serious Question: What was Brian Kelly good at?

Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:19 am to
Posted by redbean5
Member since Jan 2008
2333 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:19 am to
Collecting his check. Dude could have easily won if he gave a shite. Thought he could build a ND roster and win in the SEC
Posted by mhc4tigers
Member since Aug 2016
4521 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:59 am to
Organizing a program in complete disarray. They did evaluate recruit and develop Jaden Daniels. Other than that obviously lots missing.
Posted by BTRtoIAH
Kingwood, TX
Member since May 2016
585 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:03 am to
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Work life balance


Maybe the best tRant one liner I’ve seen this year. Applauds!
Posted by Tdubs7
Member since Aug 2024
495 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:07 am to
Making the wrong decision on coin tosses.
Posted by TIGERVATO
Spring, TX.
Member since Jan 2008
1908 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:16 am to
Taking money from LSU.
Posted by dabayoubama
Member since Aug 2011
437 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:16 am to
PHAMALEE!!!
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
54627 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 8:41 am to
Being mediocre
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82815 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:25 am to
Stated perfectly
Posted by 0
Member since Aug 2011
17413 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:30 am to
His first few months here when he basically reorganized the entire football department, rebuilt the roster, and had everyone singing about alignment, i thought LSU was in for a generational run. Unfortunately when he got the seemingly harder part out of the way, the teams just kept getting worse
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
37266 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 9:39 am to
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The best sour puss face in the history of coaching. Looking at him during a televised game, even if we were winning, was quite the chore!

I wasn’t a hater, but he did have that sad clown face constantly.
Posted by Tiger in Texas
Houston, Texas
Member since Sep 2004
21961 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 10:51 am to
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He was supposed to be a Saban, process oriented type, that if paired with elite talent would win at an exceptional level. Too bad he mailed it in about the time he got here.


Sad, but true...
When he yelled at that reporter, I knew he was burnt out, was just hanging around for the money, whatever desire existed to succeed was completely gone...
Posted by BigBrod81
Houma
Member since Sep 2010
22483 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 11:07 am to
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Organizing a program in complete disarray. 


This. He failed miserably with his on field results but Kelly came in & cleaned up a program that needed lots of cleaning. Behind the scenes, Kelly got players to go to class. He was able to get the overall team GPA up & get players to focus on degrees in preparation for life after football. We can all agree that things didn't turn out well on the field of play but there were positives of Kelly’s tenure at LSU. It's those aspects no one really cares about in the long run.
Posted by R11
Member since Aug 2017
4981 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 11:11 am to
The creepy little dance was legit where he put peace sign over his eyes.
Posted by rjokerlsu
Big Spring, TX
Member since Apr 2007
7234 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 12:05 pm to
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Posted by rjokerlsu
Big Spring, TX
Member since Apr 2007
7234 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 12:09 pm to
At Notre Dame, he was known for being able to find and hire some solid assistants like Marcus Freeman.

And Kelly was known for being a decent recruiter despite the high academic standards at Notre Dame compared to many other D1 programs.

He was known for having good offensive linemen at ND.
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 12:11 pm
Posted by AndrewD
Member since Oct 2013
729 posts
Posted on 11/21/25 at 12:20 pm to
firing irreplaceable assistants
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