LSU just traded a decent head coach that could recruit for a less decent head coach that isn't as good at recruiting.

Hahahahaha!

Kelly will be a decent coach, but will not be as good of a recruiter as Coach O.  LSU should have some decent seasons, but most likely nothing glamorous.  Kelly probably jumped on the money getting $12M per year instead of $7.5M.  Also, there is talk about him wanting some better facilities for the student-athletes and Notre Dame was hesitant to do anything.  You can almost be assured that LSU will roll out the red carpet and dig deep to find the funds needed to make his wants a reality.  Of course, there is still the NCAA stuff that has been swept under the rug, and unfortunately probably nothing much will be done about these actions.

I don't know if Kelly understands the culture of the people he is about to have to deal with, which will apply in so many ways - like Rock said recruiting, fan base, administration, etc.  LSU will expect Kelly to cheat to whatever degree he needs to in order to win.  I don't really see Kelly fitting in that culture for long.  Maybe Kelly knows all of this though and this is his short term retirement strategy - 3 or 4 years of $12M and done.  Got a feeling the next couple of years at LSU are going to be really stressful for the LSU people.

MeridianOMRebel wrote:

That really is a weird hire. Seems that when Riley told LSU "no thanks" that they made a panic hire. I think Kelly is a good coach, but he's not at all a "home run hire" type of coach.

Didn't ND get put on probation a couple times under Kelly? 

They had to vacate all their wins in 2012 and 2013.