Is Kelly a Trophy for Woodward?

Shortly after Orgeron was fired, I heard an interview with a reporter who covers LSU football. He was saying that Woodward’s philosophy is that no coach is unattainable. And that once he sets his sights on someone, he’s going to make it very difficult for that person to say no to his offer.

So, while I think that they believe Kelly can win a NC, I’m wondering if this wasn’t also Woodward going big game hunting to burnish his own credentials. To be the first person to hire a football coach away from fabled Notre Dame. And the fact that he did it while the team was still in playoff contention only adds to the impressiveness of the kill.

3rd choice. Steak knives. *

might even have been 4th

Supposedly they asked Tomlin too

well, his first choice was Riley

I think he was in a position where he had to pull a big name...and he did spending other people's money.

Kelly is going to get crushed in the SEC...he won't even win an SEC West title...ever, much less a SEC or national championship. Saban drove Urban Meyer out of the SEC...and in a sense also drove Riley to USC. But he'll get his money

Like hiring Typhoid Mary to become your family’s cook *

Road kill is road kill no matter what *

He can keep his trophy *

Woodward wants bright and shiny things

He brought Jimbo Fisher to A&M when he was there. He brought Kim Mulkey to LSU after her success at Baylor. Theory was he wanted Fisher back at LSU, and Riley was option 2 and Kelly became option 3. He was going to get a big name, because that is what he does. Will it work, we will all see rather quickly.

He may have thought he was bagging a lion.

Meow.