Adam Banks

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

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Going on vacation when we play a top 15 team the following Saturday isnt honoring the contract.


One of the reasons for cause listed in his contract 11.a.1.e is failure to perform his duties to the best of his ability. Taking a vacation during a 14 week season would not be performing his duties to the best of his ability.

Other places in the contract have references to performance of duties at a comparable P5 or SEC school. So it would be reasonable to compare him to previous LSU coaches as well as upper tier SEC schools. I doubt many SEC Head Coaches are going to the beach on the bye week with a top 15 school next on the schedule.

Theres some other clauses that they may could use as well but I dont think that it helps anyone to go down that road so I wont go there.

It may be tough to prove in court but LSU should keep their options open.

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I cant image Kelly ever steps foot in Baton Rouge or on LSU campus again.

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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 :lol:


I mean it would obviously be pretty easy for him to do so but just to make it as inconvenient as possible would be just a little bit satisfying

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LSU's "no written notice, so no termination" schtick ignores the elephant stomping through the room: the October 27 press conference where Woodward declared Kelly "no longer the head coach," the immediate lockout from his office and facilities (as detailed in the petition), and the board's rubber-stamp silence while they lowballed him $25M/$30M under without-cause terms. Not a whisper of "for cause" until Kelly lawyered up and called their bluff—now it's retroactive whataboutism on recruiting gripes they knew about for years?

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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.


LSU announced his pending termination with negotiation of severance ongoing.


It would not be the first time a company paid a reduced buyout in lieu of pr nightmare litigation.

LSU alleges that they didn’t officially terminate him (which would keep their options open) which would not be surprising given they were trying to give a generous offer to avoid costly litigation both expense wise and PR wise. If they have cause why would they give up that option and start the clock do so when negotiations for a quiet parting are ongoing?

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Why would he do that when he has Tate and Woodward who will testify on his behalf?

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One of those people was in New Jersey at the point Kelly was terminated and the other LSU alleges fired Kelly improperly so I don’t know if those are the witnesses you are looking for

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What they are doing is unprecedented and amounts to pure theft

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Based on the reports of his work habits I’m sure LSU feels like BK has already engaged in pure theft.

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I just want to learn about the psychology of people who say things like you are here. Do you actually believe anybody is fooled or impressed by these maneuvers? Do you think it makes you smarter than everyone else? What do you get out of this charade emotionally, especially when it's not even your money at stake? I get why LSU is doing what it's doing. What it's doing is extremely scummy and obviously shady, but $54 million is $54 million

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I’m just discussing the situation.

Any other field poor performance can get you fired without $54 million.

Sure call it jealousy but I think getting immediately paid $30 million to not coach football is above and beyond generous so I’m not going to shed a tear if LSU tries to see it through

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LSU maintains that they have not issued the written termination. Where has LSU said this?

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That is literally the entire purpose of this suit.

Kelly wants a judge to rule that he has been terminated weeks ago and that since he was terminated and not notified for cause LSU didn’t give him a 7day cure period.

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. The other clauses reference 7 days from the notice. The clock starts on the notice, not BKs email.

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He was sending the email to have a paper trail.

LSU has not issued the notice. Kelly sent the email to have a paper trail of him having been verbally terminated by Woodward in attempts to start the 7 day clock.

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It would be the most Louisiana thing ever for Woodward to “fire” Kelly only for him not to be officially fired until 2+ weeks later.

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It actually makes sense as you would not want to lose any negotiating chips while negotiating a large buyout like that.

Hence Kelly’s maneuvers.

He knows that there may be something. Litigating it in the long term would be costly. He’s trying to keep it under wraps AND win the negotiations in one fell swoop

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The contract calls for a firing with cause to be given to Kelly and then he would have 7 days to cure it. Nothing he did would affect that. It was LSU's responsibility to notify him of cause.

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His email day 1 was to have a paper trail for timing.

He wanted the clock to start

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And, if they were firing him for cause, there would be no negotiations as the buyout would be null and void.

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Just because they CAN fire him for cause may not be the best for both parties. LSU doesn’t want its dirty laundry in public either and doesn’t want the long litigation that would follow with bad PR hits.


Kelly knows this hence him trying to start the clock with an email saying he had been informed of being fired and wanted to start negotiations all the while just waiting for the 7 day window to end.