As the LSU Tigers football program navigates an already tumultuous search for a new head coach, former players and staffers are coming out of the woodwork to shed light on the Brian Kelly era.

LSU fired Kelly, 64, on October 26, the day after a home loss to Texas A&M, which dropped the Tigers to 5-3 on the season with a 2-3 record in the Southeastern Conference. Over the past week, The Athletic has spoken to those around the program, many of whom painted Kelly as aloof and disinterested in getting to know his players personally.

“You gotta come a different way with your players,” former Tigers player Charles Turner told the outlet in a story published Friday, October 31. “You have to let your players know that you really got ’em.”

The pattern allegedly dates back to Kelly’s time at Notr

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