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I just got a chance to read the actual BK lawsuit against LSU.,..
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:38 pm
And I do believe LSU should move heaven and earth to settle quickly or they could be on the hook for far more. And drawn out litigation WILL affect who looks at the opening,.
I knew Walsh and Metzinger from Stone Pigman were on the case but co-counsel is who should scare LSU. Robert Fumerton is a legit rockstar in complex litigation. I am not sure how they retained him because he usually handles cases in the billions for Skadden. These guys will ensure that LSU spends several millions dollars if they fight this instead of settling.
Another thing I cannot fathom is why John Carmouche was handling this directly. They should have used other counsel more familiar with contractual issues. More serious is that he was wearing two hats. He should have had other counsel handling the negotiation with the other parties.
I knew Walsh and Metzinger from Stone Pigman were on the case but co-counsel is who should scare LSU. Robert Fumerton is a legit rockstar in complex litigation. I am not sure how they retained him because he usually handles cases in the billions for Skadden. These guys will ensure that LSU spends several millions dollars if they fight this instead of settling.
Another thing I cannot fathom is why John Carmouche was handling this directly. They should have used other counsel more familiar with contractual issues. More serious is that he was wearing two hats. He should have had other counsel handling the negotiation with the other parties.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 1:46 pm
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:40 pm to Cell of Awareness
BK has receipts.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:50 pm to Cell of Awareness
In a contractual dispute with issues over black and white terms, and some he-said/she-said that is likely backed up by witnesses and recordings, I don't see this being a multi-million dollar legal fee thing (other than a contingency award).
On second thought, that COULD go in the millions depending on the hourly fee.
Parties are probably best to mediate this quickly unless they really believe they have a slam dunk case. I wonder what the fee arrangement was with Kelly and his attorneys.
On second thought, that COULD go in the millions depending on the hourly fee.
Parties are probably best to mediate this quickly unless they really believe they have a slam dunk case. I wonder what the fee arrangement was with Kelly and his attorneys.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:52 pm to truth22
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No school has ever won a “termination for cause” lawsuit - even when they could allege grounds with a straight face. Thus, it seems unlikely that LSU could set a new precedent when everyone in college sports is laughing at them for taking a position that’s absolutely absurd.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:54 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
[quote]LSU could set a new precedent when everyone in college sports is laughing at them for taking a position that’s absolutely absurd[/quote]
So like, any day ending in Y on tRant?
So like, any day ending in Y on tRant?
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:55 pm to truth22
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n a contractual dispute with issues over black and white terms, and some he-said/she-said that is likely backed up by witnesses and recordings, I don't see this being a multi-million dollar legal fee thing (other than a contingency award).
On second thought, that COULD go in the millions depending on the hourly fee.
Parties are probably best to mediate this quickly unless they really believe they have a slam dunk case. I wonder what the fee arrangement was with Kelly and his attorneys.
LSU should suck it up and write the checks. There is ego behind the LSU actions that needs to be checked.
And firms like Skadden have tons of folks to write tons of motions that LSU will have to pay retained counsel to answer.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:56 pm to truth22
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Parties are probably best to mediate this quickly
Don't know, but Kelly appear to be the type of person that hold grudges like a pit bull.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:57 pm to truth22
I don't understand what LSU was even trying to do here?
Was it the Auburn threaten the guy to expose his affair and poison future openings?
Thats foolish in that it reduces the odds he gets another job which would reduce their overall exposure and payout.
Its also a cycle where they were trying to hire a known mass philanderer from Ole Miss so by taking this approach why would he ever assume they wouldn't do the same thing to him in the future?
Just a horribly managed, ill-conceived process all around from them.
Was it the Auburn threaten the guy to expose his affair and poison future openings?
Thats foolish in that it reduces the odds he gets another job which would reduce their overall exposure and payout.
Its also a cycle where they were trying to hire a known mass philanderer from Ole Miss so by taking this approach why would he ever assume they wouldn't do the same thing to him in the future?
Just a horribly managed, ill-conceived process all around from them.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:58 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
Oh if Tom Mars is representing Kelly then LSU is EXTRA fricked 
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:00 pm to tide06
quote:To Auburn’s credit, they actually did an investigation and decided to not fire Harsin even though they really wanted to. LSU just said “frick it. Fire him and make something up after the fact”.
Was it the Auburn threaten the guy to expose his affair and poison future openings?
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:01 pm to Lokistale
quote:Don't frick with Kelly's fam-uh-lee.
Don't know, but Kelly appear to be the type of person that hold grudges like a pit bull.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:05 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Oh if Tom Mars is representing Kelly then LSU is EXTRA fricked
I don't think he is, he's just providing his opinion on the info coming out:
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:05 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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To Auburn’s credit, they actually did an investigation and decided to not fire Harsin even though they really wanted to.
I don't give Auburn any credit for that. In fact they deserve to be judged for it for decades.
Its not even clear the guy was having an affair and instead of just firing him and moving on they pushed the story to every friendly news outlet in the state when he didn't resign to try to force his hand.
When Bama fired Price for chasing strippers in Destin they didn't run it through the news first, they just fired him.
Same went for Dubose who had his own issues with philandering.
It was one of the slimiest things I've ever seen in college football and it was done from the highest levels of the school.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:07 pm to Henry Jones Jr
LSU will be very smart to suck it up and privately see if they can get a better deal with a lump sum.
All this media stuff is poisoning the environment, making the LSU job much less attractive, and running up the legal cost meter.
LSU keeps up with this and they may very well end up with a very high level libel lawsuit on their hands. BK is a high dollar CFB Coach and his reputation is a very valuable asset and LSU will be smart to lay off with the personal reputation "for cause" stuff.
All this media stuff is poisoning the environment, making the LSU job much less attractive, and running up the legal cost meter.
LSU keeps up with this and they may very well end up with a very high level libel lawsuit on their hands. BK is a high dollar CFB Coach and his reputation is a very valuable asset and LSU will be smart to lay off with the personal reputation "for cause" stuff.
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:08 pm to tide06
quote:I don’t think the school itself had anything to do with the affair story getting out. I think it was a few rogue boosters and when it got out, the AD (even though he wanted Harsin gone too) had to reign people in and say “we aren’t firing people without any evidence. We have to do an investigation”.
It was one of the slimiest things I've ever seen in college football and it was done from the highest levels of the school.
The boosters caused that issue, not Auburn as an institution.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:09 pm to Cell of Awareness
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LSU should suck it up and write the checks.
Maybe they could mix it up with their water bill check, could buy them a couple of extra weeks
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:20 pm to Cell of Awareness
I am admittedly starting to question whether LSU fans knew what they were saying when they claimed to be savvy businessmen who don't accept mediocrity.
Right now a mediocre approach to their coaching change would far exceed the current mark set by the LSU administration in all of this.
Right now a mediocre approach to their coaching change would far exceed the current mark set by the LSU administration in all of this.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:33 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
But but Matt Moscona says LSU has dirt on BK for 3 different instances...2 personal and 1 professional.
Surely a glorified messageboard poster with a microphone and tens of people watching his livestreams where he does Christmas light ads knows more than legal experts that has experience in the field.
Surely a glorified messageboard poster with a microphone and tens of people watching his livestreams where he does Christmas light ads knows more than legal experts that has experience in the field.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:58 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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I don’t think the school itself had anything to do with the affair story getting out.
Unless you want to acknowledge that a few boosters run the AD there and that the administrators are basically just middle managers I don't agree.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 3:12 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
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when everyone in college sports is laughing at them for taking a position that’s absolutely absurd.
Damn
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