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4 hours ago, HuttNuts said:

You are talking about the same school/fan base that was blown away that it's possible to produce historical AC temperature settings. 

Wait.. you can do that?

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3 hours ago, APMP said:
3 hours ago, nnm said:
They could have, but they would have cut their throats on future coach prospects. JMHO, that’s why they didn’t invoke. 

Agree... Let's see how the geniuses at LSU handle it

Simple….if Kelly will just walk in backwards, they’ll think he’s leaving!

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51 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Lol at everyone saying LSU is the stupid ones. Kelly will take a settlement of like $30 million to go away, and LSU will have saved themselves $20 million. He can’t go toe to toe with them in a court battle. 

Why not? The guy is a head football coach making north of $5 million per year for the last decade plus. You don't think he can afford to spend a few million in legal fees to gain a $20 million delta?

 

3 hours ago, nnm said:

They could have, but they would have cut their throats on future coach prospects. JMHO, that’s why they didn’t invoke. 

This. If they go into a protracted legal battle over a settlement that they so clearly owe, I don't think that any marketable head coach will touch this job until the case is concluded and they see what happens. Kelly didn't do shit to the school except underperform on the field. Outside of being an asshole, there is zero to go on for cause.  

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56 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I actually don’t believe a school can look bad to a future coach no matter what they do. Money is money. They could have paid $0 in buyout money and pubically tarred and fearhered Kelly after they fired him, and as long as they offer millions of $ per year to coach there would be clamoring by college coaches to get that job. 

Yes but you’re legitimate retarded, so…

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2 hours ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

If memory serves, we did this for 2 coaches in a row.  David McWilliams moved over to support the Texas Exes and we reassigned Mackovic to something facilities related I think.  McWilliams ended up thriving and stayed for a long time and provided great service to the university.  I think they did it for Mackovic to soften the landing.  I don't think he stuck around very long afterwards, but my memory is hazy.

What ever happened to Mackovic's son?   He was a good poster on these boards for a long time.    IIRC, he did undergrad at Texas and law school in Tucson.

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6 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

What ever happened to Mackovic's son?   He was a good poster on these boards for a long time.

He never got over Louie Anderson's death.

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30 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

"Have you ever called your dad, 'my boy'?" 🤡

LSU made the right decision to keep his father away if that's how the son is going to behave.  "Free BK" and "my boy" - Jeebus, be your own man.

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On 11/11/2025 at 11:46 PM, Hairy Biped said:

So, my question with regards to the “Duty to Mitigate” clause, is how far does that go?  Does he have to keep looking for a coaching job, any coaching job, until he finds one?  Is he forced to accept a coordinator job at a shitty place like Youngstown State or something like that, if that's all who's offering?  How long is he required to make the effort?  I mean, can they effectively force him to take a job that he deems beneath him and if he refuses, they accuse him of acting in bad faith?  My guess is that ultimately both sides will come to some sort of settlement to avoid having to address those situations, but if they don't, then what?

There are no bright line rules.  You can't just sit around and collect checks, you've got to seek other employment.  You can't intentionally underemploy yourself to keep the checks big.  Nor can you unreasonably decline a job because it's somehow "beneath you."  You can't be expected to find a head coaching job that exceeds your current salary or is some arbitrary 75, 80% of it, either.

You have four years from the time the contract is breached until you must file suit or lose the claim.  Without contract language to the contrary (setting out a "buyout" or "liquidated damages") you'd be entitled to the monthly or periodic payments you'd have been entitled to if still employed, offset by the income of whatever employment you obtain.  So, your obligation to mitigate or avoid damages extends as long as your contract might have, or resolution occurs, by lawsuit, settlement, whatever.

In a trial, the coach is apt to argue that he couldn't get any better job than whatever he got, whatever it is, while the school is apt to argue that he should have sought/accepted some assistant/coordinator job at some large percentage of his salary.  The jury gets to sort it out.

Yes, it is a situation that begs for settlement/compromise.

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