When I attended LSU in the early 90s, I got to witness the five worst consecutive seasons in the history of LSU football. Their football program predates 1900 so I always felt that spoke volumes as to how bad they had fallen. Thank you, Curley Fucking Hallman.
I was always grateful for Saban because he restored LSU as a relevant power in the college football landscape and delivered a title in 2003. Couldn't hold it against the man for taking his shot at the next level, and still don't to this day. As much as I dislike Bama, the objective purist in me still recognizes Saban as the greatest coach ever.
As for Les, he was a clown as a coach but somehow managed to recruit well enough to lead them to another title in 2007. As for Orgeron, I'll go to my grave defending that 2019 season as the greatest, most accomplished season in the history of college football. Unfathomable how badly he had the program just two years later.
I had mixed feelings about Kelly when they hired him, but my concerns were more about the state of the program he was inheriting than him as a coach. Admittedly, they looked pretty bad against FSU in their first game this year, but I don't ever recall a team improving week to week as much as LSU has this year.
Last night's game was fucking epic to watch. Probably the game of the season so far. My only regret was that I wasn't there to witness it in person.