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Head Coaching Candidates Thread; Brian Kelly goes to LSU
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Living in Baton Rouge, my favorite part of the Brian Kelly hire is my friends telling me that he will be successful because LSU has low academic standards.
- Jul 15, 2014
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This is true in terms of what recruits you can actually land, I've been saying it for years regarding ND, UF, Michigan... for UF, it doesn't matter if they clear the NCAA hurdle, the admin ain't lettin' in the Meyer's type "angels" ever again. We are still "lax" compared to ND and Michigan... the evidence is in listening to any post game player interview. ;)
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fsucks took ND to overtime in the 1st game this year. Kelly ducked and dodged all year to wind up with a decent looking on-paper record. If he's in the SEC he's got 3-4 losses hanging around his neck by now. Gonna be some pissed Cajuns when Kelley starts taking some regular azz-whoopins every year
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Brian Kelly is just Gus Malzahn wearing funny glasses. It's absolutely hilarious they are paying $100M for him
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Well after failing when they tried reaching into the Cincy high school ranks, (see Faust, Gerry), they decided they needed to go for a little more experience and try Cincy the University.
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Probably the smartest decision short term, at least. The market is wild right now. He can probably keep the best staffers and save the recruiting class.
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All he has to do is find an OC as good or nearly as good as Kelly, which is damn easy.
Hell, everyone runs that offense now. There are 1000s of guys who could call that game.
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I would think they have a good shot at keeping Rees.
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Sure, but Kelly seems to want him at LSU, as well as Freeman. I'd probably try hard to keep him at least one year out of spite to Kelly.
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@BarrettSallee: Notre Dame to hire Marcus Freeman as coach, per reports, after retaining Tommy Rees to lead offense
Notre Dame to hire Marcus Freeman as coach, per reports, after retaining Tommy Rees to lead offense
Notre Dame to hire Marcus Freeman as coach, per reports, after retaining Tommy Rees to lead offense
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This seems like the best case outcome for ND and the worst case for Kelly.
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The ND fans I know are all pretty happy with it. The Irish have a top 5 recruiting class and most of the incoming recruits and the players said they wanted to play for Freeman; plus it saves them a decent amount of money since he's a first-time head coach and not a big-name guy. Modest risk, but high potential reward.
