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Why are y’all pocket watching LSU?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:56 pm
It’s LSU’s money. The money isn’t coming out of your bank accounts.
Why are y’all so concerned if they pay the full buyout or a lesser amount? LSU will spend their money however they see fit.
Why are y’all so concerned if they pay the full buyout or a lesser amount? LSU will spend their money however they see fit.
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Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:58 pm to dukeg7213
Its not even LSU’s money. Its private donors money.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:00 pm to extremelsu
The private banking experts here will be in shambles when they pay BK the full buyout plus another 100 MM coach 
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:00 pm to dukeg7213
If the power brokers were told it would only cost them $25-30m, then they now have to come out of pocket for the rest. That is another $25m that could be going to collectives and facilities.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:01 pm to The Hurricane
That is not how fiscal budgets work
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:04 pm to The Hurricane
But no one knows what was told to who so why bother speculating? Absolute waste of time.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:07 pm to dukeg7213
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Why are y’all so concerned if they pay the full buyout or a lesser amount? LSU will spend their money however they see fit.
It’s not LSU’s money. You realize that right? The thing LSU has to be concerned about is pissing off donors by making dumb hires and continuously asking to be bailed out. Donor fatigue. Personally I am glad Kelly is gone. That’s what I care about
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:08 pm to dukeg7213
The only time you should look in another dawg’s bowl is to make sure he has enough to eat
-Rico Bosco
-Rico Bosco
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:11 pm to dukeg7213
I mean the logical answer is that fans don’t want donors who are responsible for funding the program to be spending a lot of their money on a coach who no longer coaches at LSU. The same reason I wouldn’t want the Saints paying a player who doesn’t play for them. If Harlem Berry transferred after this year but McKernan still had to pay him for the next 3 years, would you like that?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:11 pm to dukeg7213
Unfortunately LSU owes it. It signed the contract. The problem is in what world would us paying 54 million to someone with absolutely zero return not impact how much we can spend on athletes and roster over the next 6 years.
It's not an exact zero-sum game, but resources are not unlimited. If our donors are paying $10 million a year for someone that is not even on campus in addition to 10 million a year for a new coach, how much does that cut into player salaries. It's not dollar for dollar but supposedly we paid $18 million for our roster last year. Take 10 million out to pay Brian Kelly and now we have 8 million left for our roster. Again that's not exactly how it will work but it will absolutely impact what we can spend on players if we're paying 20 million a year for coaches for the next 6 years
It's not an exact zero-sum game, but resources are not unlimited. If our donors are paying $10 million a year for someone that is not even on campus in addition to 10 million a year for a new coach, how much does that cut into player salaries. It's not dollar for dollar but supposedly we paid $18 million for our roster last year. Take 10 million out to pay Brian Kelly and now we have 8 million left for our roster. Again that's not exactly how it will work but it will absolutely impact what we can spend on players if we're paying 20 million a year for coaches for the next 6 years
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:12 pm to The Hurricane
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That is another $25m that could be going to collectives and facilities
This donor money is specifically earmarked to get rid of CBK. Not for facilities or collectives. They can choose where to donate their money. You don’t know how this works bc you’ve never had $10 mm to allocate for something. Having that much money, you get to say what it’s for. What if they don’t want to give it to a collective? People can’t tell private donors what to do with their money.
So, in summation, stop pocket watching people who have so much money, that 10million is a drop in the bucket.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:14 pm to dukeg7213
Becauss it gives our school less money for NIL and such. How is this so difficult for you pea brains to understand? Is it that hard to understand that we want to maximize the schools resources?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:18 pm to dukeg7213
There are only so many donors that move the needle and I’d think they want to see a return on what they give to want to keep giving. Confidence in the decision makers right now isn’t great and the governor made their job harder. It won’t matter as much if they make the right hire now but we will probably have to get lucky because of the things that have happened. It all matters in the future success of our beloved Tigers!
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:18 pm to BBQ
It really is all good but I truly don't understand the downvotes.
I don't understand how even one person can't understand that spending 54 million over 6 years for a non-contributing entity will absolutely cut into what we can spend on our roster going forward.
I don't understand how even one person can't understand that spending 54 million over 6 years for a non-contributing entity will absolutely cut into what we can spend on our roster going forward.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:23 pm to dukeg7213
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Why are y’all pocket watching LSU
Because tickets have become unaffordable for many people and all this stupid shite doesn’t help. They’re ruining a game we all used to love.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:23 pm to The Hurricane
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If the power brokers were told it would only cost them $25-30m, then they now have to come out of pocket for the rest. That is another $25m that could be going to collectives and facilities.
Who’s to say if we weren’t buying out Kelly that the donors putting up his buyout would allocate that same amount elsewhere? Further, who’s to say they won’t put up the money to buyout Kelly AND put the same money they would otherwise into facilities/NIL?
This isn’t a zero sum game with a finite operating budget we’re dipping into. None of it works the way you clearly think it does.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:24 pm to PurpNGold1985
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So, in summation, stop pocket watching people who have so much money, that 10million is a drop in the bucket.
I’m not worried about it. Kelly is gone and that’s the positive. He didn’t belong here. The concern is for the AD and university to make good hires going forward. That will solve a lot of future problems. Just make sure to get this hire correct. Not necessarily the biggest named coach who is fat, happy, and satisfied like Kelly.
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:24 pm to PensaTigers
You guys dont understand how rich billionaires are. And we have a few that are happy to support LSU
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:25 pm to dukeg7213
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The money isn’t coming out of your bank accounts
Well when you donate monthly or regularly it kind of is coming out of your bank account…
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:27 pm to jpainter6174
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Well when you donate monthly or regularly it kind of is coming out of your bank account…
It’s really not. They’re not using TAF money to buyout Kelly. If they were, he wouldn’t have been fired because TAF actually operates within a budget. Paying a coach not to coach isn’t in the budget
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