According to Rittenberg, Kelly's CEO coaching style "ultimately cost him" in a conference like the SEC, as "head coaches don't just oversee the operation, but recruit maniacally, interface regularly ...

Former Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was fired as LSU's head coach after a 34-14 record over four seasons.

Kelly's contractual buyout of more than $50 million would be the second largest ever paid to a college football coach -- behind only Jimbo Fisher, who received more than $76 million after being fired...