Brian Kelly to LSU, per report

[Dale]

Deserves it’s own

 

[Huntr]

Oh snap.

Get Fickell on the phone ASAP.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Wtf?

 

[NorthDakota]

Guess I'm sleeping like trash tn

 

[GoldenAura]

I can't fucking believe it

 

[NDPhilly]

Don't think it makes any sense for anyone. USC or the NFL I would somewhat understand.

Swarbrick needs to be fired if this comes to fruition.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Can’t be real right?

 

[SouthSideChiDomer]

Guess I'm sleeping like trash tn

Who the hell is going to be able to sleep tonight!

 

[GowerND11]

Fickell and Freeman get dump trucks tonight if this is real right?

 

[irishff1014]

Man this sucks!

 

[arndtjc]

This is absolutely brutal news. The only thing that can fix this is Luke Fickell being on speed dial

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Does LSU honestly feel like a culture fit for Kelly? Doesn't make sense to me.

 

[NorthDakota]

cracked my first seltzer. I'll need a couple (or a dozen) to get to bed at a reasonable hour.

BK please don't do me like this.

Cincinnati folks gotta be shitting their pants too. What happens if BK leaves, Fickell leaves, and Michigan or Okla St.lose? We could potentially have two teams in the playoff with interim coaches?

 

[IrishLion]

1. Fickell
2. That’s it. There’s no other name on the list.

Freeman needs more time at the university to learn about the day-to-day politics.

Fickell has been around the block a bit more, and I have no doubt brings the values that ND wants in a head coach. It helps that he’s a great recruiter and strong defensive mind, too.

Any other hire would be a failure, IMO.

 

[IrishRazor82]

Please fire JS. Behind in facilities, paying coaches, and getting rail roaded by modern day "independence" (6 opponent BYEs, CFB committe making us play round 1 of playoffs in future).

He's not with the times.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Don’t quite understand this if true. Kelly has a much better gig where he is at. If true then good luck moving forward. He will leave ND in much better shape than he found it.

 

[GoldenAura]

So is Freeman actually ready for this? My vote is for Fickell. Keep the Cincy pipeline rolling. I'm stunned.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

1. Fickell
2. That’s it. There’s no other name on the list.

Freeman needs more time at the university to learn about the day-to-day politics.

Fickell has been around the block a bit more, and I have no doubt brings the values that ND wants in a head coach. It helps that he’s a great recruiter and strong defensive mind, too.

Any other hire would be a failure, IMO.

Yeah but it's hard to make that hiring work when he's coaching his team into January.

 

[calvegas04]

Does he take any staff with him?

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Does he take any staff with him?

Does he take half the team?

 

[Dale]

If the staff and players didn’t know, maybe I credit BK too much, but that makes me think he’s rounding third but hasn’t crossed home

If he told no one and left us a mess. Wow, lot of supposed growth gone.

 

[TXIrish]

Good. It’s time. Never could get over the hump, but amazing time here and I got nothing but love for him.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Does LSU honestly feel like a culture fit for Kelly? Doesn't make sense to me.

That’s where I am at. If it’s the $100 million being rumored was the starting salary for the next coach then I could learn to conform to any culture.

 

[wizards8507]

What, and I can't stress this enough, the fuck?

 

[Riddickulous]

This is gonna set us back a couple of years, regardless of the replacement. Can't imagine guys like Austin, Foskey, etc. will be returning now.

 

[stpeteirish]

I doubt if Swarbrick had the clearance to match the $ LSU offered. And if Kelly left for the $ he's not the man I though the was.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Didn't LSU also reportedly hire Freeman?

 

[greyhammer90]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first time in our history that the ND coach has willingly left to take another job. If you're the sort of person who likes to consider the ND job to be one of the top 3-4 in the country, this is one hell of a dark day.

 

[yankeehater]

Now the lead on Football Scoop. Does not say deal is done, only expected to get done tonight.

Don't think it is a good fit for either. Will money win out. I think part of it is the ND school and administration does not value athletics like they do at LSU and in the south.

 

[GoldenAura]

Apparently everyone in South Bend is blindsided per Fortuna.