Let’s revisit the scenario LSU Tigers and Brian Kelly had three weeks ago. They improved their record to 6-1 after taking down Arkansas 34-10. But their fate started looking grim, with possible defeats on their way in the form of Alabama and Texas A&M. But look at the brighter side of it: Brian Kelly’s boys could have landed a spot in the playoffs if they had won even only one of those games. To their disappointment, they lost both of those games, but they were still doing fine. The moment they got crushed by the Florida Gators, even their most loyal fans started questioning them. Not only questioning, many of them started chanting “fire Brian Kelly” through social media.
What do you expect after a three-game losing streak? People will be nice to you? Well, especially a loss against the Gators took so much away from the Tigers. Their playoff hopes! Their status as an elite team in the college football world! Most recently, Brian Kelly’s job! Although he’s not fired yet, another loss in the season can cost him his job as well. Yeah, we’re not joking around. LSU is quite cool in giving away a whopping $61 million just to get rid of their current head coach.
Now the hosts of “The Audible with Stew & Bruce: A Show About College Football” discussed the same thing, where Bruce Feldman closely analyzed Kelly’s situation with the Tigers. “Do you remember? You know, we made some and had such a good time with the family thing. I remember that week or two when you first got the job, you’re like, I can’t believe this guy’s at LSU now. But then they had a great first season. Well, maybe not great, but they play and that kind of quiet thing. But now they’ve lost four games, which is, you know, he’s now lost at least four and two of his three seasons and three in the other one.”
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Feldman started by recalling the time Brian Kelly had just joined the Tigers in the 2022 season. Feldman reflected on how he had predicted the same thing he was talking about a few years ago. Kelly is not a good fit for LSU! Although he amazed everyone with a 10-4 record in the 2022 season, it wasn’t over the top as Feldman believed.
Fast forward to today’s scenario, and the hosts pointed out that Kelly is failing to do justice for his head coaching job at the LSU Tigers. “It’s just not been a very good fit. And it’s hard to sit there and go, oh yeah, that this is going to get pivoted, and it’s going to all of a sudden go in the right direction. I mean, yes, there’s no Nick Saban in the SEC or college football, but there is still a deep group of teams that are built to make runs for national titles. And if you don’t have a guy who people think epitomizes what you need at that given program. I think you’re fighting an uphill battle, and he just doesn’t inspire much confidence right now.”
As the experts say, the college football world we’re living in currently is not dominated by the GOAT Nick Saban, but still, some teams are shining brighter than the sun in the current season. Meanwhile, if Kelly is not picking up the pace, he’s not going to survive in this continuously evolving world of football.
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No matter if he gets the big bucks in the form of his buyout amount from the Tigers, the damage he’s caused to his image and the Tigers is irreparable. Besides that, the analysts also talked about the current buzz about Kelly, where he screamed at a player and got yelled at by another during the game against the Gators.
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Is it new for Brian Kelly to be in such a scenario, like yelling at players and all? Nah, he has done that shi* before. When he was at Notre Dame, he used to be in the headlines because of such headlines. But this time, his video is going viral on social media, and fans are calling out Kelly for his rude behaviour.
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Although a 16-27 loss to the Florida Gators was in every way frustrating for Brian Kelly and his boys, this is not the way to deal with things, right? In the clip, all we can read from Kelly’s lips is him calling “uncoachable” to one of his receivers, Chris Hilton. if that was not enough to malign the Tigers’ morals, late in the third quarter, one more receiver, Kyren Lacy, was heard yelling at his head coach!
That’s something shocking, right? Cameras were quick enough to capture Lacy yelling at Kelly after an empty possession. He then let Kelly have it. Everyone noticed the way Brian Kelly’s eyes widened as he faced an embarrassing moment. besides that, as per the latest buzz, Kelly is just another loss away from getting fired by the Tigers. Well, it’s an ongoing story and to know the latest updates about it, catch us later.
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