re: You Are What The Market Says You Are Worth

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Do you think maybe they came into a better situation?

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Definitely but there was no transfer portals in their eras.

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Transfers have changed, one change being a way to easily identify who is attempting to transfer (the portal) but it isn't new and the portal existed during the time O was at LSU (starting in 2018). The inter-conference transfer rules for the SEC and immediate eligibility is also newer but did exist before O's last season.

LSU Got better in 2018 & 2019 because of a transfer.

The portal is a two way street, as well.

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Their teams got progressively better over those three years too

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LSU was better in the last two seasons than when Kelly took over and that isn't even close to debatable.

Miles is undervalued as a coach here because he played the bumbling hayseed so well and because of 1-9-2012. But here are his first 3 seasons which seem more like holding serve than getting progressively better.

2005 11–2 (7–1) T–1st (Western)
2006 11–2 (6–2) T–2nd (Western)
2007 12–2 (6–2) 1st (Western)

Here is Kelly

2022 10–4 (6–2) T–1st (Western)
2023 10–3 (6-2) T-2nd (Western)

Guess we'll have to see how this season goes