Thoughts on Brian Kelley

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BanditVol said:
Not taking it personal, just pointing out that his players know him a lot better than you
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I was kind of kidding man. Honestly some players love that kind of coaching and learn better when someone holds them on a different kind of accountability level. I"m the first to admit my coach growing up was super hard to play for at first but I gained so much respect for him and wouldn't wanna play for anyone else. Maybe Kelley gets the most of his players by being like that. I just don't like the guy and maybe the only reason is because i've gotten soft over the years
 
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I'm no judge of football. There's been a lot of talk on the TV about how LSU is "very young". I don't know how true that is. Didn't find any statistics easily.
EDIT okay here's something useful:
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Secondary defense is all seniors and all transfers. otherwise it does look young and the offense is remarkably young. So they could improve a lot.
 
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LadyVolette said:
Married to a Cajun here.. they loved Les, until he wasn’t ‘taking them to the next level’ ; I thought BK was a bad culture fit from the beginning.. we shall see 😂 (they see through fake about a mile away) and they still love crazy a$$ womanizing Orgeron 😂
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When I got my degree from UT in 1976 after growing up in Knoxville, i went to work at a big petrochemical plant in Plaquemine LA. It was a different world. Loved those Cajuns, a lot of great people and good times.
 
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Ok not a frequent poster but have to weigh in on this one. Kelley is a tool. Posters have hit on death of student at ND, dumping his last ND team by text when they had a shot at final four, dismal/fake attempt to talk like a native Southerner, “dance” videos with recruits, etc. A deeper dive into his background—his college playing experience was at Assumption College outside Boston on the schools CLUB football team. I would bet $$ that my intramural team at UT in 70s would have kicked those Yankee arses in pads. He broke into coaching as the schools women softball coach and served there for 5 years before becoming a grad assistant at a directional school. Can’t make it up. I know a lot of Cajuns/LA folks from schools and military. Great, fun loving people. They will tolerate the clown Kelley IF he wins big. If he’s a Jimbo, they will run him out of Red Stick with glee.
 
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After watching the presser; he doesn't come across as a football coach. He sounds more like white collar CEO or something, and definitely not a southern football coach.
 
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BACKDOC said:
After watching the presser; he doesn't come across as a football coach. He sounds more like white collar CEO or something, and definitely not a southern football coach.
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I didn't think it was that bad. He kept his smart-assery to a minimum. But boy does he really love to hear his own voice.
 
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I’ll admit that when we hired Kiffin, I was really bummed we didn’t hire him.
Now, I think his style could have a hard time in the SEC. LSU is probably the best place for him in this conference. They’ve got such a stellar recruiting base, that he should be able to do well.

As for this weekend, I think it will be a very close game, but Tennessee should win.
 
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sjt18 said:
I didn't think it was that bad. He kept his smart-assery to a minimum. But boy does he really love to hear his own voice.
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He's definitely well spoken, that's why I mentioned that he sounded like a CEO.
 
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Matt2496 said:
He’s a proven high level head coach. If Orgeron can win one at LSU then certainly Kelly can.
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The amount of offensive talent on that team is very hard to replicate:
-1st pick of the 1st round QB
-2 1st round picks at receiver and a 2nd rounder
-1st round pick running back
And that’s just the skill positions on offense that I can think of off the top of my head. That combined with the absolute perfect marriage of an OC who is no longer there. Coach O didn’t have a lot to do with that win. If Kelly can accumulate that once in a lifetime talent on offense and coaching…we’ll hats off to him.
 
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AllThingsTN said:
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The amount of offensive talent on that team is very hard to replicate:
-1st pick of the 1st round QB
-2 1st round picks at receiver and a 2nd rounder
-1st round pick running back
And that’s just the skill positions on offense that I can think of off the top of my head. That combined with the absolute perfect marriage of an OC who is no longer there. Coach O didn’t have a lot to do with that win. If Kelly can accumulate that once in a lifetime talent on offense and coaching…we’ll hats off to him.
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To say the HC didn’t have a lot to do with a natty is ridiculous. Who do you think assembled the team and coaching staff?
 
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VolDaddy61 said:
I don't think enough is made of a potential coach's fit culturally as it pertains to the geography of the conference. I don't know the man, based purely off what I've read/seen ?!...If he came to my house to recruit my child, it would be a short visit. I get the same feeling about Leach.
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Heupel is from South Dakota...lol.
 
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Regardless of his ability with the X and O’s and the Jimmy and Joe’s….

I still don’t want to be on his film crew.
 
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BlueLineVolFan said:
Before anyone even says it. I played for an old school football coach. Dude would yell non stop and cuss us. He was tough to play for but he was like a father figure to all of us. We respected him and he respected us. I say that to say this. Brian Kelley comes off like a total D word! The way he called the back up a “Mother F**ker” The way he looks at his players like they are illiterate and worthless. If I’m being honest I’ve never even watched a full game of him coaching but I can’t stand the guy. Why any recruit would wanna play for that guy is crazy! That is all
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Shine will go off that penny soon enough and he’ll be LSUs version of Jimbo. Good enough and expensive enough not to fire
 
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volfan_28 said:
To say the HC didn’t have a lot to do with a natty is ridiculous. Who do you think assembled the team and coaching staff?
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Why did they fire him 2 years after winning a natty? Did they not think he could replicate the coaching and recruiting success that “he assembled” again???
 
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