re: Most overrated football coach in the SEC

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They went .500 because Coach O was more worried about getting his dick wet than coaching, not because LSU was lacking on talent.

2020: #4
2021: #5
2022: #12

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Do you not see the huge dropoff there in 2022? We had a ton of talent leave after O left, and frankly a lot of them either werent playing or loafing around too when he was here.

To go from #4/#5 roster to #12 is a massive dropoff. Kelly had to rebuild the team in year 1, and by year 2 things were getting better, but it was a ton of mercenaries that had to get it done there which will have very mixed results. We still were quite a bit below the scholarship cap this past season. We'll finally be at 85 this upcoming season after being WAY below it in 2021 and still below it in 2022.


Edit - thought you were citing team talent rankings, not recruiting classes. My point above still remains. There was a huge amount of dropoff from O to Kelly in year 1 in terms of talent and simply roster depth. It's taken 3 years just to get a full roster again. When Kelly got here we had 39 players on scholarship.