Brian Kelly to LSU

[JoAllan]

Winning isn't the requirement, Les would still be the coach if all it took was winning. This is a major rebuild unlike the last couple of time.

I think we all get “winning” isn’t the requirement……..I mean the last two coaches won championships…………were all guessing it’s winning “all the time” that’s now the requirement.

Hey we can’t knock you guys for trying…….but I don’t think LSU is Bama…….and I’m not certain Kelly will be Saban.

 

[onthehill71]

Riley did

Lincoln Riley’s USC contract might be the greatest in sports history

 

[LSU-SIU]

…………were all guessing it’s winning “all the time” that’s now the requirement.

Hey we can’t knock you guys for trying…….but I don’t think LSU is Bama…….and I’m not certain Kelly will be Saban.

The old requirement was competing for championships, wins mean nothing without competing for championships. That doesn't mean win a championship ever year but competing for one.

Its a 3-4 year rebuild, the guy already looks older than dirt... he fits in like a turd in a punch bowl, I don't see it happening unless Saban retires.

but I don’t think LSU is Bama

I never thought LSU needed to be Bama.

 

[JoAllan]

The old requirement was competing for championships, wins mean nothing without competing for championships. That doesn't mean win a championship ever year but competing for one.

Its a 3-4 year rebuild, the guy already looks older than dirt... he fits in like a turd in a punch bowl, I don't see it happening unless Saban retires.



I never thought LSU needed to be Bama.

Bold:

I’m taking it that most LSU fans feel the same way. However that’s not the vibe everyone else gets, when you fire coaches who had just went 9-3 and had won a championship and was just 2 seasons removed from the best 4 year stretch in any fans lifetime………then back that up with firing a coach who was just 2 years removed from going 15-0 and winning a championship.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Bold:

I’m taking it that most LSU fans feel the same way. However that’s not the vibe everyone else gets, when you fire coaches who had just went 9-3 and had won a championship and was just 2 seasons removed from the best 4 year stretch in any fans lifetime………then back that up with firing a coach who was just 2 years removed from going 15-0 and winning a championship.

Coach O is something of a special case in that tale. He was a perfect fit for the culture, and did win.

The flip side, he is not very bright and extremely high maintenance. After awhile, that just wears people down.

Coach Kelly is also high maintenance, but I think he is smart. He'll adapt his system to fit the higher level of talent that LSU offers.

 

[LSU-SIU]

Bold:

I’m taking it that most LSU fans feel the same way. However that’s not the vibe everyone else gets, when you fire coaches who had just went 9-3 and had won a championship and was just 2 seasons removed from the best 4 year stretch in any fans lifetime………then back that up with firing a coach who was just 2 years removed from going 15-0 and winning a championship.

Yeah, it seems that way.

LSU did okay until they started working to make the cookie monster fail, it was/is intentional acts.

Les's time was done, the 8-10 win seasons were going to be sub-7 fairly quickly. Les was treated well all in all. It was over though. 10+ years and its generally time to move on.

The cookie monster was treated about as bad as any coach has been in college football history by the administration.

 

[volinvegas]

So I guess it’s obligatory for Notre Dame to hire Butch Jones if they follow the script since he followed Kelly everywhere else.

I imagine a lucky horseshoe made of brick!!!

 

[Firebirdparts]

Lincoln Riley’s USC contract might be the greatest in sports history

It looks like Riley was the highest paid coach in college football for 1 day, before being eclipsed by BK.

 

[golfballs]

It was highly unlikely but still possible ND could have somehow squeezed into the playoffs.

 

[SCVol 1984]

I still find this hard to believe. What kind of money is LSU throwing out there.

9.2 million

 

[JohnD13]

multiple reports

SO Butch followed him to Central Michigan, then followed him to Cincinnati, does Butch get the ND job?

 

[Wayward Tiger]

Sorry, unacceptable, you must renounce your allegiance to LSU, ask for forgiveness for years of transgressions, and make a vow of death if you ever make a post not supportive of anything ORANGE. You know, just standard board protocol.

lol thanks. I guess I didn't really know what I signed up for!

 

[IndianaVol]

It was highly unlikely but still possible ND could have somehow squeezed into the playoffs.

How crazy would it be for Cincinnati to lose this weekend, drop out of the CFP rankings, ND to move into the top 4 and ND hire Fickell as Kelly's replacement...HAHAHHAAA

 

[TNnative]

Meyer or Fickell to Notre Dame?

Pee Wee Herman for all I care about ND.

 

[Volfan1000]

Meyer ready to bounce from Jacksonville

Per ESPN, Urban Meyer is not interested in any college jobs and wants to oversee the Jacksonville rebuilding job.

 

[hog88]

Per ESPN, Urban Meyer is not interested in any college jobs and wants to oversee the Jacksonville rebuilding job.

He's doing a bang up job rebuilding that organization.

 

[Volfansince1980]

No, he's still a grumpy old man.

LSU just named their new defensive coordinator.

They dug up Aunt Bea to coach the defense?.......What a turn of events!

 

[LSU-SIU]

They dug up Aunt Bea to coach the defense?.......What a turn of events!

And amazingly Aunt B still looks younger than Kelly, that guy has been rode rough.

 

[cgrish]

Riley was afraid of the SEC

If Riley had taken an sec job he would be fired in 3 to 4 years at either fla. or lsu. I predict the same with Kelly at lsu. Winning 9 to 10 games at lsu is not good enough now.

 

[LWSVOL]

SO Butch followed him to Central Michigan, then followed him to Cincinnati, does Butch get the ND job?

what do you think?

 

[Flathead75]

his total package at ND was around 7 million per media reports. ND being private does not disclose salaries but media have ways to get the info.. I bet he is getting at least 12 per year at LSU

I heard this year it was 8-8.5 million dollars or around that. Which surprised me because in past ND didn't pay as much as other less worthy schools. Pretty crappy place to live 6 months out of year and not easy administration to deal with. I graduated from IU South Bend about 3 blocks from ND during Holtz era. Only time I went on campus was 1988 Van Halen concert!!!!! OU812!

 

[Flathead75]

what do you think?

He's probably painting his rubbermade garbage cans gold as we speak!

 

[Flathead75]

Kelly will find the summers at LSU every bit as brutal as winters in South Bend! He's a yank!

 

[HalfullVol]

It was highly unlikely but still possible ND could have somehow squeezed into the playoffs.

BOLD PREDICTION ALERT:

Fickell bolts on Cincy and heads to ND and coaches ND in CFP because

Disheartened Cincy (hears Fick is leaving for ND) loses to Houston in AAC Championship Game allowing ND to slide into 4th place in CFP.

#CheckMyStats

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Per ESPN, Urban Meyer is not interested in any college jobs and wants to oversee the Jacksonville rebuilding job.

I remember when that bastage UM was at Utah, avowed he wasn't going anywhere else ... a few days later, was the new UF coach.