In other LSU news…

[Perd Hapley]

Brian Kelly is getting his full buyout. Officially fired without cause, and no more settlement offers on the table. Has the “duty to mitigate”, whatever that looks like for a 64-year-old who just got publicly fired midseason.

ETA: Apologies, Thanksgiving coma

 

[Xenomorph]

This is so Wednesday.

 

[Dawgbite]

 

[85Bears]

 

[bully12]

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Brian Kelly is getting his full buyout. Officially fired without cause, and no more settlement offers on the table. Has the “duty to mitigate”, whatever that looks like for a 64-year-old who just got publicly fired midseason.

ETA: Apologies, Thanksgiving coma

I think his attorneys screwed up by stating in a court filing that LSU's threat to fire him "for cause" was blocking him from finding employment. Fine, it wasn't for cause....show us these job offers that we were blocking you from, and go reduce our buyout.

But, seriously, if Kelly uses "good faith and due diligence" he can find a job in college or pro football, even if its an administrative or media job. He can't just refuse to work because he can't find a HC job.

Well, he can refuse to work, but then LSU can refuse to pay him.

 

[Perd Hapley]

I think his attorneys screwed up by stating in a court filing that LSU's threat to fire him "for cause" was blocking him from finding employment. Fine, it wasn't for cause....show us these job offers that we were blocking you from, and go reduce our buyout.

Apparently he didn’t screw up that badly, he got the full buyout.

But, seriously, if Kelly uses "good faith and due diligence" he can find a job in college or pro football, even if its an administrative or media job. He can't just refuse to work because he can't find a HC job.

Well, he can refuse to work, but then LSU can refuse to pay him.

Meh, there’s all sorts of contingencies. He could have a health condition, his wife could have a health condition, etc. He could get hired as an analyst at Grambling making $50k, he could start a podcast, and so on. These deals are generally one-sided. He’ll get 90% of that money, whether he works another day or not.

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Apparently he didn’t screw up that badly, he got the full buyout.



Meh, there’s all sorts of contingencies. He could have a health condition, his wife could have a health condition, etc. He could get hired as an analyst at Grambling making $50k, he could start a podcast, and so on. These deals are generally one-sided. He’ll get 90% of that money, whether he works another day or not.

I think they could have gotten the full buyout without rhe lawsuit and public spectacle.

But my point was, they basically said he would have employment but for LSU threatening the "for cause" clause. Kinda makes it hard to claim he can't find qualifying employment now.

I don't think he will get 90% of the money. He could take some low paying job, and honestly he may have to accept an analyst position for next season. But if he acts in "good faith and with due diligence", he could get a decent paying job in the next couple of years.

Even Les Miles eventually found a job at Kansas. Hell, Bill Belichik found a job.

ETA: If he gets sick and can't work, LSU doesn't have to pay him. They might look like dicks if Kelly gets seriously ill,but if he can't work then he couldn't be LSU's coach, either.

 

[RotorHead]

If I’m a 64 years old and was just was handed $54M…..**** another coaching job. Your boy is buying an island and throwing away the cell phone.

 

[She Mate Me]

Pay that money tigazzzz.

This arms battle for players and coaches is so silly, but kinda entertaining. Many mistakes have been and will be made.

 

[Perd Hapley]

I think they could have gotten the full buyout without rhe lawsuit and public spectacle.

But my point was, they basically said he would have employment but for LSU threatening the "for cause" clause. Kinda makes it hard to claim he can't find qualifying employment now.

I understood that point, but I think the attorney’s point was “nobody will give him an interview because they want to make sure he didn’t get fired for cause”. I don’t think he had actual offers that were contingent upon the “for cause” thing getting thrown out.

The facts are that LSU knew from the beginning that it wasn’t for cause, but they drug their feet on the paperwork in hopes that they could get a settlement. Kelly called their bluff. That’s really the whole story.

I don't think he will get 90% of the money. He could take some low paying job, and honestly he may have to accept an analyst position for next season. But if he acts in "good faith and with due diligence", he could get a decent paying job in the next couple of years.

I think it’s maybe not realistic for him - at 64 years old - to have more than another $10-$15 million in earnings left even if he applies the highest level of diligence imaginable (which he doesn’t have to do at all in order to get paid). I don’t see another P4 school taking a shot on him, so his ceiling is probably $1.5 million per year as an OC or G5 / FCS coach. So maybe I should have said he’ll get at least 80% of it, bare minimum.

Even Les Miles eventually found a job at Kansas. Hell, Bill Belichik found a job.

Les Miles didn’t have an outlandish buyout. I don’t think Belechik had one at all.

ETA: If he gets sick and can't work, LSU doesn't have to pay him. They might look like dicks if Kelly gets seriously ill,but if he can't work then he couldn't be LSU's coach, either.

I think that depends on the specific wording in the contract. Whether he couldn’t coach LSU either doesn’t matter…..they fired him without cause. If they didn’t fire him, and he got stage 4 cancer, they’d still have to pay him during the leave of absence or whatever. They are bound by the terms of the contract.