re: Will Brian Kelly win a NC at LSU?

I think so.

Recruiting it starting to shape up.

This upcoming class is the kind you build a championship team from.

Yes

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Who knows but I like his chances better than I did Ed Orgeron or Les Miles and look what they did

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But times have changed so you can't really make that comparison anymore.

But yes he can, and hopefully he does.

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2016, O was left with the worst offense in school history,

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Oh what the hell ever. That team had fournette, Dupre, guice etc on it. Don’t act like there was no offensive talent.

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then was thrown the worst hand possible in 2020 with covid and BLM back to back while trying to rebuild the entire team and replace a DC and Joe Brady.

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You mean the same circumstances literally everyone else in the country had to manage too? It’s not like replacing coordinators and dealing with BLM was unique to LSU.

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The revisionist history here is astounding. Les was the one given a Ferrari that he crashed out.

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Bro, O absolutely mailed it in after 2019. Don’t even try to change that narrative.

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Wow, in 2 whole seasons here something is always missing. Man you're spot on.

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This, BK has had two seasons and really only two full recruiting cycles. In his third we are recruiting way better on defense with CB being an issue we need to sore up. In my opinion, he’s doing very well from the trash O left. BK has the tools to win championships at LSU.

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in 2016, O was left with the worst offense in school history, then

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the worst O that included Fournette, Guice, Darrell Williams, Chark, Gage, Moreau, & Dupree…. lol quit it with the bullshite man.

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Kelly is behind in recruiting elite talent on defense. This is year 3 and the defense still has a lack luster roster. We will see if Baker can coach them up but size, speed, and experience is lacking in almost every position group with a few outliers.

If we cannot consistently bring in ELITE talent @ DT, LB, S, & CB we will float at 9-10 wins until his contract is up.

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2023:
Dashawn Womack, EDGE - #42 (natl), #5 (pos)
Javien Toviano, S - #59 (natl), #5 (pos)
Whit Weeks, LB - #149 (natl), #15 (pos)
Kylin Jackson, S - #174 (natl), #13 (pos)

2024
Dominick McKinley, DL - #13 (natl), #3 (pos)
Dashawn McBryde, S - #88 (natl), #5 (pos)
Tylen Singleton, LB - #158 (natl), #10 (pos)
Gabriel Reliford, DL - #202 (natl), #18 (pos)
CJ Jackson, EDGE - #237 (natl), #27 (pos)
Joel Rogers, S - #269 (natl), #22 (pos)
Ju’Juan Johnson, CB - #289 (natl), #27 (pos)

2025
Damien Shanklin, EDGE - #86 (natl), #11 (pos)
Charles Ross, LB - #88 (natl), #10 (pos)
Jesse Harold, EDGE - #103 (natl), #15 (pos)
Keylan Moses, LB - #247 (natl), #26 (pos)

That’s just the ones who fall into the top 300 recruits nationally. We recently picked up a couple more 4-star DT commitments for 2025 guys who are just outside of the top 300.

There isn’t really any reason to be concerned about LB or S recruiting at this point. There’s probably not any reason to be concerned about DT recruiting considering we pulled a 5-star DT in this year’s class and Bo is starting to pick up ‘25 commits. The only position group I really see that reasonably warrants long term concern right now is CB.

As for your comment about this year’s team lacking “size, speed, and experience in almost every position group” - again, not really. Just CB and DT. I would argue that makes them the outliers, not the other 6-7 players on the field. We had a few bad breaks (notably Zy Alexander’s injury last year and Mekhi Wingo making an arguably ill-advised decision to leave early). We have also had to fill holes at both of those position groups over the past 2 years with transfers (Wingo, Jefferson, Bernard-Converse, Garner among others) which makes it take longer to stabilize things.

Absolutely, yes.

I really hope so, but his big games are suspect. He develops men . It's his moto. Not champions.

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