Governor declaws LSU AD

[Rocky P]

https://br.app.link/qinfsSEZRXb

[Steamboat Willie]

Only in Louisiana could a governor stroll into a press conference and drop a live grenade on his state’s flagship football program. Jeff Landry didn’t just criticize Brian Kelly’s contract — he called it “terrible.” Then he went for the encore: announcing that AD Scott Woodward won’t be hiring the next coach, and for good measure tossing in that he’d rather have Donald Trump running the search than Woodward.

That’s not just throwing someone under the bus; that’s backing over them twice and revving the engine.

Forget the X’s and O’s for a second. The bigger question here is how in the world Woodward keeps his job after being humiliated by the governor on live mic. Athletic directors are supposed to be power brokers, not political punching bags. When the governor of your state says out loud he doesn’t trust you to pick a coach, your credibility just went up in smoke faster than a Mike the Tiger pregame fireworks show.

So now LSU has a coach with a “terrible” contract, an AD who’s been neutered by the governor, and a political sideshow that makes the SEC Network look tame. Baton Rouge doesn’t need a coaching search right now — it needs a fire extinguisher.

[Steamboat Willie]

If contracts were crawfish boils, Woodward served up a cold cornydog with mayo and rasins

[Nuufaola]

Nothing unusual about that contract for a coach of that pedigree 

 

wait to you guys see the next round of contracts 

 

the reality is that when a coach is fired, everyone associated looks like an imbecile for not predicting that such coach would work out. 
 

coach decisions are judged by outcomes, not the info available at the time 

[Tuco Ramirez]

What head coach would want to go to a program that now has an AD who can’t be the AD and a helicopter governor hovering over the team? 

[Big Tex]

How embarrassing that a governor is spending his time on this stuff. 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Politicians stay in a useless politicians place. Let the LSU athletic department handle it. 

[Oldest Horn]

I wouldn’t let Woodward near a checkbook either. He embodies fiscal irresponsibility. 

[Oldest Horn]

1 hour ago, Big Tex said:

How embarrassing that a governor is spending his time on this stuff. 

There’s no full time President and the AD is a ticking time bomb. My guess is he pumps the brakes until the new President can pick his AD. 

[Oldest Horn]

11 minutes ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

Politicians stay in a useless politicians place. Let the LSU athletic department handle it. 

The same AD who put his schools on the hook for $130 million in dead money? This might be the most responsible thing this governor has done in his tenure.