Brian Kelly Fired by LSU: Implications for Other SEC Coaches?

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00:00If we look at LSU and Brian Kelly has been fired, we talked about it a couple times today,

00:03but now we can get into it a little bit deeper. Understand this, like he left Notre Dame to go

00:09to the SEC and go to LSU because they figure bigger budget, you know, maybe a little bit

00:13easier to recruit down there, easier to get the kids in school. Remove that from the equation.

00:17I always like to have a conversation with, you know, because coaches always want to coach at

00:21the pinnacle of their sport. And it's clear, the SEC is the pinnacle of the sport. You are going to

00:25get a lot more money, but what is your longevity in the SEC? And I'm being honest, like,

00:30Kirby Smart has some longevity because he's a national champion at Georgia. But if Georgia

00:34loses three games, like people are going, I got to get rid of this guy. I can't have him. Well,

00:37wait a second. I just want a couple of that. It doesn't matter. Like Dabo Sweeney at Clemson is

00:41in the ACC. He's not having a good season, but has multiple national championships. It's easy to put

00:46get if you have a pulse 10 win seasons. I always wonder why outside of, let me challenge myself,

00:51why you would ever want to go to the SEC because your life is not going to be long there as a coach

00:56like Ed Orgeron won a national championship. They threw that guy out the door. Coaching in

01:01the SEC, not good for your lifespan. If you want to, Hey man, been at this institution 10 years,

01:06it doesn't happen that much.

01:08No. And there's a theme here, Donnie, especially when it comes to LSU, because you brought up a good

01:14old Ed Orgeron there who was run out of town by this athletic director, Scott Woodward, by the way,

01:21who also happens to be the guy that gave Jimbo Fisher a contract for the ages in which Texas A&M is

01:30still paying $76 million when they fired him. Thanks to this athletic. How does this athletic

01:38director keep getting a job is my question, because he is literally the definition of believing that the

01:44grass is absolutely greener on the other side. And guess what, Donnie? It is yet to be greener on the

01:50other side with him. So congratulations. You couldn't wait to hire Brian Kelly to be the big

01:55splashy hire. And you got rid of Ed Orgeron who was made for LSU football. And look what happens.

02:02Yeah. Congratulations. Now you're paying this guy $50 million to go away.