Kelly went out guns blazing
He met with the AD earlier today, who told him to fire the OC. Kelly wanted to fire more, which the AD was not on board with.
It was tense.
The conversation then went into a possible buy out.
The end.
Replies to: Kelly went out guns blazing
Trying to throw more people under the bus? Who would have ever guessed it...
We all know about Brian Kelly's tendency to throw people under the bus when things go bad, and it's no surprise he'd try it again.
Back in 2011, during one team meeting, he went into full purple face mode, screaming at the team.
He had basically praised the guys that he brought in along with his favorites such as Tommy Rees, and utterly trashed the guys who Charlie Weis brought in, asserting that there was a big difference in the levels of heart, strength, moxie, etc.
Manti Teo (and a lot of the juniors and seniors) was utterly pissed at him, and even said later (may have been at a players-only meeting) that he would still play his heart out and give it his all, but that he was now playing for himself and his fellow players, not for Brian Kelly.
In 2016, after that loss to Duke, he blamed Deshone Kizer for the loss, asserting that he hadn't been playing up to standards.
Of course, he overlooked the small fact that Kizer threw for close to 400 yards, was also the team's leading rusher for that game, and put up 35 points, while Kelly's buddy, Brian Van Gorder, made the defensive calls that gave up 500 yards of offense to another 4-8 team.
Link: https://www.nola.com/sports/lsu/brian-kelly-lsu-football-coach-athletic-director-scott-woodward/article_2f239322-063e-491c-9817-b29767f23f90.html
AD is weak and BK wants out and the money that comes with it.
Wouldn't doubt that BK's posture in the meeting was preplanned.
Amazing the AD who hired him isn’t being held accountable. ND should send him flowers.
The LSU AD is trying to act as if he is the brave LSU protector with high expectations….but he hired Kelly. And anyone who did due diligence of Kelly’s actual tenure (not just W/L record), would have known that it was a stupid hire.
It’s why we were all happy about it as ND fans, and part of why the players cheered so hard for Marcus Freeman was hired (in addition to Freeman himself)
The combo of Fisher + Kelly's buyouts should make him unemployable
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BK & Jimbo should pay him a commission
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And a fruit basket!
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I just spit coffee all over my keyboard. LMFAO.
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He's keeping receipts
so all you people who doubted his ability to reach the top . . . oh, wait