Brian Kelly to LSU, per report

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Holtz won a title at ND because he was a good coach, great communicator and a relentless recruiter. Saban is built with the same cloth. You need someone who demands that excellence from the players and the staff, and lives it too. For ND to be where they want to be, they need someone like that. Fickell may be that, he may not be, but I think he could at least keep the ND train from derailing But that's not what I want personally. Freeman shows the elite signs of relating with the players, recruiting at the highest levels and genuinely being a man that people would be proud to be associated with. There are very few sure things and no matter what ND does at this point, it's going to be a risk. But if I am betting on someone, I am betting on someone who has the traits and who has demonstrated their ability in person. I am 100% in camp Freeman.
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I'm with you on everything here but people can conceal who they really are for quite some time professionally and maybe he truly hasn't revealed himself or he hasn't been tested to find out if he's true to himself. I guess that's the risk with hiring a young guy.

I wouldn't make the decision based solely on this year's class but the roster overall has to be considered. His willingness to recruit like a dog is why I would take a shot on him. It's the worst part of the job and he's loving every minute of it. He's going to be insane on the trail and everyone on the staff will have to meet his standard. Can't let your boss outwork you. Elevating recruiting is the only thing keeping ND from winning a title. That has to be a deciding factor with this hire and nobody is going to do better than Freeman in that regard.
 
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What position coaches go with him? Did he talk with Freeman to team up for a year in South Bend and then go to LSU together?
 
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What would Freeman (or, really, LSU) oweND to also bolt for LSU?
 
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What position coaches go with him? Did he talk with Freeman to team up for a year in South Bend and then go to LSU together?
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Quinn, surely
It’s gotta be awkward for Elston to get promoted over like this.
Rees has spent basically his whole career with Kelly

I suspect Taylor might leave just to look for a better job title.
 
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Perusing the LSU boards, they seem to be very underwhelmed with this hire. They don't have much respect for CBK. Interesting.

I'd be fine with Freeman, honestly. He isn't Bob Davie. GTFOH with those comps.

I'd much prefer Fickell. I'm not sold on Campbell after a subpar season when he finally had lofty expectations, but ISU isn't ND. Maybe he's a sleeping giant, but I think that's a big risk.

What the fuck just happened.
 
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What would Freeman (or, really, LSU) owe ND to also bolt for LSU?
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I’m not seeing a world where Freeman is the LSU DC. I imagine him as HC here, DC here if it’s Fickell, HC at UC if it’s Fickell, or he makes the HC leap elsewhere.
 
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So Trace Armstrong & BK got wind from Bears CEO, Ted Phillips (ND alum) that they are going to reunite Ryan Day with Fields in Chicago. This sends Fickell to Columbus and Kelly loses Freeman to Cincy.

Kelly doesn't want to, nor could he fill the Freeman vacuum that quickly with anything close in quality. With Freeman gone, ND's '22 & '23 classes take a serious hit and the end of his run at ND trends the wrong way.

Either deal with all that again for the fourth time since BVG... or take #13M at LSU and leave ND set up with Freeman in it's best shape since Devine took over.
 
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Assaf is being serious. Load of former players in that chat right now. Raridon and some beat guys too
 
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LSU made him a Godfather offer. $15m/ year is stupid money. The timing sucks, but it's never good. I hate that Kelly won't retire from ND, but we owe him a lot. I wish him well

Those in the know have been saying that Freeman is our future. The future is now apparently. If anyone can hold the roster and class together, it's him. I only hope the admin moves quickly enough to let him work. Every hour is crucial at this point.
 
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Eli: “He (CJ) hasn’t said much in the commit chat”
 
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Wild Bill said:
I'm with you on everything here but people can conceal who they really are for quite some time professionally and maybe he truly hasn't revealed himself or he hasn't been tested to find out if he's true to himself. I guess that's the risk with hiring a young guy.

I wouldn't make the decision based solely on this year's class but the roster overall has to be considered. His willingness to recruit like a dog is why I would take a shot on him. It's the worst part of the job and he's loving every minute of it. He's going to be insane on the trail and everyone on the staff will have to meet his standard. Can't let your boss outwork you. Elevating recruiting is the only thing keeping ND from winning a title. That has to be a deciding factor with this hire and nobody is going to do better than Freeman in that regard.
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Very true. I personally look at his family and how he has made his choices over the last 10 years. He wasn't about moving up (cough BK cough), though he clearly wanted progression. It was about relationships and what the move would mean for his family. I am probably reading way more into that I should, be he truly strikes me as someone that reeks of what ND aspires to be.
 
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So Trace Armstrong & BK got wind from Bears CEO, Ted Phillips (ND alum) that they are going to reunite Ryan Day with Fields in Chicago. This sends Fickell to Columbus and Kelly loses Freeman to Cincy.

Kelly doesn't want to, nor could he fill the Freeman vacuum that quickly with anything close in quality. With Freeman gone, ND's '22 & '23 classes take a serious hit and the end of his run at ND trends the wrong way.

Either deal with all that again for the fourth time since BVG... or take #13M at LSU and leave ND set up with Freeman in it's best shape since Devine took over.
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Is this real?
 
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Mick said he doesn’t think BK COULD get Rees
 
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