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Have been telling everyone who will listen that Kelly is about to get exposed big time starting this season.

Any decent coach would have won 10 games at least last year with his roster regular season.

Brian Kelly is going to start losing big time at LSU and this is your final warning. Will bookmark this thread next season.

Meh... it's possible, but nothing in his history indicates Kelly is going to crater. Really up until he came to LSU, the knock was that he would win the games he should, and be very consistent in doing so, but would lose against teams above his tier.

The last 2 Alabama games (a win, and a competitive game in Tuscaloosa) seem to indicate he can win some games above his tier, while the losses at A&M and Ole Miss fall more into losing games he should win.

I do think the defense skewed things significantly this past season. If LSU had fielded a "normal" LSU defense, just something typical of the past couple decades, LSU would have been a playoff contender, and possibly wins the title. It's odd that defense would be the Achilles Heel of an LSU team, and it's something we're all watching going forward. If he fixes that (which history shows should NOT be hard to do), I think Kelly will have a fantastic run, comparable to the best years under Miles.

For those who want to bash Kelly, I think there's little doubt he's better than Orgeron or Miles, and both won titles. Miles kept the program elite for a long time, I would think Kelly can restore that.