Head Coaching Candidates Thread; Brian Kelly goes to LSU

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This really is wild. The coaching carousel this time around is spinning out of control! It's blowing my mind, man.

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Notre Dame will never find another coach with a name more Notre Damey than, "Brian Kelly."
 

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@BruceFeldmanCFB: There are expectations that Luke Fickell will be in the mix for this IF ND can wait out a potential Playoff run by Cincy, but right now it's Freeman (& the other ND staffers) who have been left to talk recruits off the ledge w/ the Kelly situation. And maybe coach ND in the CFP.
 

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It’s just BS that other schools have the balls to go steal successful head coaches from other big time programs while we prefer to shop exclusively from the discount Blu-ray bin at Walmart
 

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It’s just BS that other schools have the balls to go steal successful head coaches from other big time programs while we prefer to shop exclusively from the discount Blu-ray bin at Walmart
Brian Kelly is successful? At what?

We just paid Dan Mullen top 3 pay and his is barely top 50 at best.
 

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This AD at LSU better not show up at any private AD meetings. He might get strung up for starting this stupid pay scale elevation.
 

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Brian Kelly is successful? At what?

We just paid Dan Mullen top 3 pay and his is barely top 50 at best.
He is successful at winning football games.

Before you reach for your trusty :crazy: button, notice I didn't say championships, I said games.

I guess that's enough for LSU? :dunno: Maybe they think championships are overrated.
 

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Brian Kelly is successful? At what?

He's had the Irish as a top 10 program for most of his tenure and regularly lands pretty good recruiting classes, despite having to deal with far stricter academic requirements.

They've sucked in playoff games--but have done fairly well in other bowls.

Never won a national championship, but he's delivered some big-time wins there and has the program in the national mix more years than not.

For the record though: I don't see Kelly being a great fit for LSU. He actually runs their more traditional offense (two TEs and a power running game has always been an LSU staple and it's what Kelly has relied on at ND), but just don't see him meshing well with the fans or the culture there. He's too much of a Midwestern guy for an SEC blueblood like LSU.
 

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It’s just BS that other schools have the balls to go steal successful head coaches from other big time programs while we prefer to shop exclusively from the discount Blu-ray bin at Walmart

You want Brian Kelly, and at 15 per year? They didn’t steal anything. They got desperate because of being turned down by everyone with a pulse and threw a blank check at a guy who’s very mehhh.

Riley, by all accounts, was in works with Usc for months. It’s moot now, but I guarantee you if we’d approached him through back channels he’d have said no. He didn’t choose the Trojans over Lsu for money. He wanted an easier path.

There wasn’t really any great name to steal this year. The tigers just tried and it didn’t work until they paid 100mil for a 60 year old who’s had 8-5 and 4-8 seasons in the past 7 years and been a paperweight in the playoff each time they’ve made it.
 

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It’s just BS that other schools have the balls to go steal successful head coaches from other big time programs while we prefer to shop exclusively from the discount Blu-ray bin at Walmart

Lol...you are jealous over paying that much money for Brian Kelley? Geesh...he is garbage.
 

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