Josh Pate On Brian Kelly - Public Opinion Poll (Late Kick Cut) 

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Yes. Had he been at LSU all this time instead of ND he would have won a Natty.

You know there are casuals out here saying Dan Lanning is a better coach than Brian Kelly. Dude has done everything except win a DI title. He's coached for one & made the playoffs two more times. That's on top of his lower level success. I don't know if he's elite, but if not, he's as close as you can get...despite being pretty cringy.

Bruh BK is elite! I’m a Bama fan and I can assure you he is elite. Anyone saying he isn’t is a casual and not a real college football fan

People who say Brian Kelly is bad cite his lack of national titles but int he same breath will say Dan Lanning is better (who has 0 national titles). Ironic. Have yet to hear a good, insightful criticism of BK. Not to mention LSU can win national titles with ANY coach. Very few schools can say they have won a title with a coach like Les Miles or Ed Orgeron.

Coach Kelly is the best LSU coach since Saban. He will win a natty at LSU

He’s done a magnificent job with Jackson Blaziken IYKYN

He took a .500 team to an SEC championship game one year later. Then, he built one of the top 10 offenses in 25 years and developed a Heisman winner in year 2. He is doing a great job.

I feel nervous about playing LSU or Ole Miss, not that I don’t believe in Bama, it’s just their teams are fully loaded, I don’t love Brian Kelly but he’s still a terrific coach

The dude went to the SEC Championship in year 1. Albeit he didn’t win, but it’s still impressive. People don’t like Kelly, but he is a great coach. Not elite yet, however he has the keys to one of the greatest programs of all time and is making incredible strides.

He a top 10 coach for sure … it’s the perception of his fame notoriety and he’s not consistently in the CFP that’s why ppl say he is overrated

We’ll find out this season!

At least Brian Kelly can still win Bowl Games. That's more than what I can say about Ryan Day

Hes elite, the success he had at ND will not be topped for a long time or maybe ever.

I’m not sure where Coach Kelly was labeled as an overrated coach rather than the top shelf, gets results type. Yes LSU had a SHOCKINGLY bad defense last season, but it sure looks like they have taken immediate action to right those wrongs and get things going again for the program. He’s consistently produced results throughout his career, and though he doesn’t have a National Championship ring, most coaches today don’t. I don’t have actual statistics in front of me, but off the hip simply based on having watched many of his teams games through the years I’d guess him to typically win around 10 games per season and I think that’s top shelf personally… RTR

I'm a Michigan fan but come on. Like Joshua Pata says about James Franklin "he beats the teams he is supposed to beat". He is an elite coach but hasn't quite climbed the mountain yet. He may in time but to the many that say he isn't elite is ridiculous.

He's good. He's not elite yet. He is in year 3 at an elite program. The "program was a disaster because of Ed Orgeron" excuse is over. He has to bring LSU to the playoffs, the offense has to have the ability to score from any part of the field, the defense has to be "average", the special teams has to be "good", there can be no upsets, and they have to play elite, mistake free football in games they are underdogs. LSU doesn't NEED to win a national championship but they need to be in SERIOUS contention.

Kelly should be rated 6th, below Sark at 5, above Riley at 7. Day at 4, Debore at 3, Dabo at 2 (even though he has been trending down the past few years, he's still a top rated coach for at least another year in my book), Kirby at 1

Top 10 coach , in a premium program and in a premium conference. Everything resets after the first game.

We've got to shake this "Natty or they suck" trend... You had people screaming for years that Tony V was a overrated baseball coach at Tennessee because "He hasn't won". He took a team nearly all the way there (aka further than hundreds of other teams), lost nearly ALL of the impact players on that roster, and still went BACK to the same spot in the NCAA Tourney the next year! And then won the dam thing the year after that! It's like the Rick Barnes thing at Tennessee, we were meh at basketball, and then he started taking us to the round of 32 every year or maybe the sweet 16 every few years. Lots of fans wanted him out because "we should be better", and really they forgot the years we barely even made it or didn't. Then he gets us to the Elite 8 where we got robbed from going to the final 4, and everyone finally shuts up and respects him as a good coach.

I like to call him overrated because i hate Notre Dame. But he is a top tier coach. I still wouldn't call him elite but how many elite coaches are there really. Whats the criteria

RECRUITING: You left out recruiting. The lifeblood of any program! LSU currently has a top 3, ... possibly top 2 class for 2025! This includes the number one player at 3 different positions. This includes the consensus #1 QB. This includes load of Louisiana based recruits ... which gives you more forward looking staying power in the face of the NIL environment. Several of the players are coming here BECAUSE of the coaching changes. Corey Raymond is the architect of the historical DBU. LSU's next class is currently higher rated than Georgia, ND, Oregon, AtM, OU, Michigan, Tenn, Clemson, Texans, Miami, FSU, ... and on, and on. How can any review of a coaching staff leave out the scorching pace of a programs's recruiting?

They just got 5 star WR Derek Meadows. Beat out Michigan for the kid

Imagine if one day we have to reason a world where Miles and Orgeron won titles at LSU with Saban next door, but Kelly didn't with Saban gone :)

Went to the SEC championship year one after inheriting a 37 man roster. In year two his defense was the worst. However, he had an explosive offense that earned the school another Heisman Trophy winner within five years. Currently, he is on the cusp of recruiting may be more five stars than the school ever has, which includes, the number one running back, the number one cornerback, the number one quarterback, and the number one inside offensive lineman in the country. Yeah, dude sucks.

I don’t think you can be “elite” without winning a Natty. But winning a Natty doesn’t automatically make you “elite “. Example would be “the cat in the hat” Then you have iconic which is above elite and doesn’t require a Natty; Bo, Woody, Urban, The Bear, Beamer, Carrol, Snyder, Old Ball Coach, JoPa, Harbaugh etc…they are larger then life figures who defined what the football program is. Then you have Saint Nick

No chance in hell LSU goes 7-5. They’ll be 9-3 at worst, 11-1 at best

Maybe Brian Kelly’s wins are different from other peoples wins lol

I’d say he’s at the top of the tier below “elite”. Then again, with Saban retired and Swinney refusing to adapt to the times, I don’t know who should be considered elite besides Kirby. Coaches who have made the playoffs beside him include DeBoer, Riley, Swinney, Kirby, Day, and Sarkisian. So I guess maybe he is.

I have wondered for many years about the athletic department at LSU. There really is no good reason LSU so frequently underperforms. Frequently, I wonder if the reason is good ole Louisiana politics at their worst in the athletic department.

It doesn’t matter how amazing you are at any school outside of the Sec. I’m sorry but how you perform once you get into the Sec is when you find out how good a coach someone is. He has been talked about not being a good recruiter. This year will be another rebuilding year for him. If he doesn’t have a good season after he will be gone.

No, but go ahead and start getting all the analysts to say he's elite so he can go ahead and get proving those guys wrong out of the way by running the LSU car into the ditch. He's good - but LSU will never have enough NIL money to really compete ( Even Bama is going to struggle against Texas with the $$$ situation, ) and Bryan Kelly will show us all why he's middle of the pack journeyman coaches and he'll be coaching a pac 12 team in a few years.

You can not be elite if you wear a polo with it buttoned all the way to the top.

I think great and elite are different and he isn't elite. Elite doesn't need to have more than 2 or 3 active coaches but think championships matter to be "elite" he can still be around top 5 active

7-5? Are you high?

He might be.

First here baby ! HOTTY TODDY!

People need to put in perspective just how bad LSU was in 2020 & 2021 and what BK has done in rebuilding since arriving in Baton Rouge is nothing short of spectacular. This “Titles or not Elite” culture is so stupid. Shows how casual and stupid some “fans” are

This same guy just had LSU an tier 2 the other day smh

He’s a good coach just not elite.

You keep talking about the portal, but before the portal even opened BK said that the only position they are looking to fill is DT. He believes he has the right players for the rest of the positions. However, they didn't get too much at DT, but the main reason why is because there was only 1 decent DT in the portal

Its all about faaaamly at LSU this season Can we get a top 10 coaches list?

BK beat Saban that’s a Natty in my book. Show me your coach that won a natty and hadn’t gone thru Saban to get it, and I’ll tell you your natty is worthless

Kelly is happy he doesn't have to take a week 1 loss to FSU for the 3rd year in a row

No

Elite Coaches "WIN" championships. Thus NO. But he's close.

I’ll save y’all some time, the answer is no

Why do you keep making excuses for Kelly he's good coach but not elite by any stretch of the imagination. It was his team to see that the defense was sec caliber he failed miserable. Got lucky in his first year in 2 games. But luck counts it you win.

Unfortunately yes cause he’s such a tool

I just don't know how you could call Kelly elite w out calling kiffin elite

Who hired that atrocious LSU defensive staff last year? It was Kelly? It WAS Kelly....

To me he is average at best if he isnt surrounded by a GREAT staff he isnt much!

Nope kellys not & deboer will prove it in tiger stadium in nov tick tock kitties ROLL TIDE!

Kelly is like trump The people that dont like him hate him due to his personality and have no real basis to hate him otherwise

I hate Kelly he helped our program not enough though. He is too conservative when coaching. Freemen is better

You can blame casuals all you want. He’s historically been bad against top teams and he has yet to win anything at all in the postseason. I get LSU fans are die hard. But how about we wait till he actually does something down there then we can talk about if he is elite.

All I know is that he is lower than Mike Norvell.

He's a poser!

Imagine saying Dabo isn't the best/second best coach in America. JFC people.

Brian Kelley is boring. He doesn't seem to have a staff that's up on it's game. What I mean is players like flash and glitter and coaches who can talk a good game. Last but not least, what type of coach is Brian Kelley. I have no clue as to what his identity is nor LSU 's. Like Kiffin is an offensive mind, so is Sark and DeBoer. Kirby and Saban and Lanning are defensive minded coaches. What is Brian Kelly? What his philosophy may be, he NEVER looks like this is his dream job and he loves what he's doing. He looks unhappy all the time.

No

No