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Everyone on the board dumps on Franklin but not sure why. Until the 3 losses in a row this year he seemed to have Penn state program built up

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He’s basically a younger Brian Kelly. Wins a lot but loses when it matters. And just like BK, he’s a bit of an a-hole too.

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It’s not a “gotcha”, LSU had been negotiating, Kelly is the one that is trying to play the “gotcha” card by saying he wasn’t terminated, and I don’t have a paper that says with cause so it can’t be for cause.

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Is he wrong? If LSU didn’t notify him of cause, it’s a pretty big legal gamble to try and do it retroactively

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How someone is fired and what and how that happens is spelled out in the contract.

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That’s exactly my point.

The contract describes how the termination process works.

But….

BK and Woodward had a meeting and at the conclusion of that meeting BK was relieved of his duties, lost access to the facility after removing his personal items (allegedly) and there was a press conference announcing that BK was immediately relieved of his duties (i.e. fired).


I am not an employment attorney but if that process violated the contract’s terms that spelled out how the termination process works, that seems to be an LSU problem and helps BK’s side in many ways.

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It's not how coaches are hired at public universities either. They are "hired", "announced", and begin work before the contract situation is finalized

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This may be true, but how someone is fired/terminated is a lot different than how they start the job. Especially when this much money is involved.

If the school is trying to avoid the buyout both parties agreed upon in the contract, they damn well better have everything locked tight when they fire him.

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Do we really want Saban?

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He would do a good job here but he’s 74.

If anything he’s just going to be a bandaid and we will have to hire another coach in 3 years.

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Kelly is trying to bend LSU over a barrel and y’all are cheering him on

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I’m not cheering anyone on here. But if you sign a contract, honor it.

End of discussion.

Maybe information will come out that shows LSU is not doing anything wrong, but based on what has transpired so far it sure as shite looks like they are trying to avoid their legal obligation.

And regardless of your personal feelings about BK, you shouldn’t think that is OK

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If I’m LSU and i end up having to pay the buyout I make sure that it’s over the length of the contract and that no direct deposit allowed. He has to show up to the bursars office every month to get his check and that the check is voided if not deposited within 1 week of being written

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Once legal judgements are made, however they go, it would be in LSUs best interest to pay whatever they are required to pay as quickly and as painlessly as possible.

No reason to an a-hole.

This ultimately goes beyond football and LSU and is a reflection of how the State of Louisiana does business. Fair or unfair, that’s the reality.

In theory this could hurt the entire state in more ways than just LSU football.

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Well I consider offering $25/30 when you have cause that could reduce it to zero generous but what do I know

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There is no real evidence anywhere at this point that LSU had “cause”.

Oh look another idiot arguing from a place of emotion.

Emotions have zero legal standing.

BK and LSU agreed to terms of a contract, so as much as I don’t like him, I don’t blame him for one second for trying to get every penny he’s legally entitled to.

State and university officials have made this mess, now they have to lay in it.

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So if he wasn’t fired/terminated, why did he tell the players in a meeting and then leave with his things and leave town??

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If he wasn’t fired/terminated why was there a formal announcement that he had been relieved of his duties effective immediately?