I Told Ya'll...Listen To Him Carefully...

[Empirical Cane]

theyll pick some turning point moron to run the football team into the ground

There's anotner forum for your enlightened take on this.

Don't wreck the comedy of this thread.

 

[Empirical Cane]

just for overstepping his role as governor (IMO), I hope he picks the worst coach ever to be at LSU.....

Bill Clements, then GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, approved paying SMU players that led to the OG BAND HAMMER.

True story gato.

"...Clements's second term was marred by a startling revelation he made two months after taking office. On March 3, 1987, Clements admitted that he and the other members of the SMU board of governors had approved a secret plan to continue payments to 13 football players from a slush fund provided by a booster. Clements said that the board agreed to "phase out" the slush fund at the end of the 1986 season but that it felt duty-bound to honour prior commitments to the players. The decision to continue the payments ultimately led to the NCAA shutting down the football program for the 1987 season—the so-called "death penalty"..."

Stop pretending we are even in the same solar system of koo koo when it comes to football progrums.

 

[TheEye]

Dang. Shannon Dawson must have ****ed off politicians!!

 

[Ispyin]

BK's next gig with that huge *** buyout

 

[Empirical Cane]

OOOF.

If Guv is correct...

War.

 

[Felonious Monk]

What’s wrong with fat and stupid?

 

[Shogungts]

OOOF.

If Guv is correct...

War.

Lol - I know that this is what gets you elected in Louisiana, but crazy that the governor is going on Pat McAfee's show to discuss the head coach search.

The College Football Enquirer had a good discussion about coach hiring/salaries/politics/etc in general on an episode earlier this week, but they also got into LSU specifics that were interesting:

 

[CaneinBroward]

A lot of bluster when they're just going to sign the next coach to a big dollar deal with protections put in for the coach in case he gets fired before the contract expires, which happens much more often than not. You know, like every other primo P4 coach in America. It's the price of doing business guv. You overstepped your bounds and look like an ***.

Personally, I hope he doubles down and signs the best coach he can get who doesn't protect himself if the fickle public calls off with his head in 3 seasons because he can't beat Alabama or doesn't get to 10 wins. Pick the best SBC coach and give it a shot. lol

Or if saving the taxpayers' money is really what he is most concerned about, get out of the college football business entirely. Subcontract it out to private ownership. The school allows the use of its logos, facilities, etc. and earns a healthy licensing fee from the ownership group. The ownership group gets taxed as a for-profit entity reducing the taxpayers' burden even further. If and when the ownership group enters into a bad contract with a coach, it pays for the buy out entirely.

 

[HurricanesR1]

As a Louisiana resident that leans right on the political spectrum, **** Jeff Landry's slimy, corrupt ***.

If he's involved with LSU's coaching search, they are screwed.

 

[Groz73Cane]

As a Louisiana resident that leans right on the political spectrum, **** Jeff Landry's slimy, corrupt ***.

If he's involved with LSU's coaching search, they are screwed.

Y’all have history behind this. Watch TRUE SOUTH on ESPN. They have episodes about SEC fb and one is about LSU and their FB and coaching history. Not much has changed in the last 90 yrs. Except maybe having to rethink a statement about” the only thing black at LSU, would be the stripe on their uniforms.” Winning football games trumps politics every time. And here we are in real time.

 

[TboneJones]

As a Louisiana resident that leans right on the political spectrum, **** Jeff Landry's slimy, corrupt ***.

If he's involved with LSU's coaching search, they are screwed.

No we aren't. Landry just wants an incentive laden contract like Brohm and Elko have.

 

[TboneJones]

I’m from Louisiana, I’m an LSU graduate, and I also graduated from LSU Law. Let’s be real — there’s a network effect at play in college athletics. Many of the same agents represent media figures, university presidents, athletic directors, coaches, and even players. That overlap creates an environment where inflated contracts and oversized buyouts don’t happen by accident — there’s a coordinated ecosystem benefiting from them.


But the economics are shifting. With player compensation now a permanent part of the model — and only headed higher even after collective bargaining and a future salary cap — head-coach salaries are going to have to come down. It’s inevitable.


Consider the numbers:

• Average NFL head coach salary: ~$6.6M
• Average SEC head coach salary: ~$8.1M
• Average Big Ten head coach salary: ~$6.8M
• Average ACC head coach salary: ~$5.8M

College coaches — particularly in the SEC — are being paid above NFL levels, despite vastly different labor structures and revenue realities. That’s not sustainable once players are fully paid participants in the system.


Look at LSU specifically: Brian Kelly was earning roughly $10M annually, which is about half of LSU’s estimated $20M athlete revenue-share obligation. When one coach’s salary equals half the total player-compensation pool, the model is broken. The math no longer works — and the market will correct.

 

[Empirical Cane]

Lol - I know that this is what gets you elected in Louisiana, but crazy that the governor is going on Pat McAfee's show to discuss the head coach search.

The College Football Enquirer had a good discussion about coach hiring/salaries/politics/etc in general on an episode earlier this week, but they also got into LSU specifics that were interesting:

I encourage everyone to watch this DOCUMENTARY...

In case you've ever wondered what my pressers were like...

 

[Rellyrell]

Scott Woodward will stop coming into work one day. They’ll never find his body, only his luxury automobile paid for by LSU. Parked on the side of the road in a ditch or at an airport long-term parking.

The man made two coaching decisions that cost a combined $125 million dollars or so in contract buyouts. Actually more when you consider how much TAMU and LSU paid in assistant coach buyouts, plus buying out Jimbo and Kelly from FSU and Notre Dame.

So what u’re saying is….I need to find a way to get hired by this dude!

 

[Empirical Cane]

I’m from Louisiana, I’m an LSU graduate, and I also graduated from LSU Law. Let’s be real — there’s a network effect at play in college athletics. Many of the same agents represent media figures, university presidents, athletic directors, coaches, and even players. That overlap creates an environment where inflated contracts and oversized buyouts don’t happen by accident — there’s a coordinated ecosystem benefiting from them.


But the economics are shifting. With player compensation now a permanent part of the model — and only headed higher even after collective bargaining and a future salary cap — head-coach salaries are going to have to come down. It’s inevitable.


Consider the numbers:

• Average NFL head coach salary: ~$6.6M
• Average SEC head coach salary: ~$8.1M
• Average Big Ten head coach salary: ~$6.8M
• Average ACC head coach salary: ~$5.8M

College coaches — particularly in the SEC — are being paid above NFL levels, despite vastly different labor structures and revenue realities. That’s not sustainable once players are fully paid participants in the system.


Look at LSU specifically: Brian Kelly was earning roughly $10M annually, which is about half of LSU’s estimated $20M athlete revenue-share obligation. When one coach’s salary equals half the total player-compensation pool, the model is broken. The math no longer works — and the market will correct.

Is he correct??

 

[TboneJones]

Is he correct??

Yes, Gov Landry is correct. If LSU boosters don't pay the buyout that debt falls to LSU which is a public, taxpayer funded institution.

 

[flips]

Why Louisiana Gov. has ‘got it out for’ LSU AD after $54 million Brian Kelly mess

The wild feud between Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and LSU athletic director Scott Woodward was a long time coming.

nypost.com

Flying in ur own Bengal Tiger is w.i.l.d.

 

[RF-4CCane]

Is he correct??

I would assume this is the case in most states. UF and FSU etc., are Agencies of the State of Florida. That’s why Florida Governors appoint or are involved in the appointing of State University Presidents. (See UF recently).

I’m surprised at the number of folks that don’t know that and think a Governor has no right to step into that situation. Now granted, LSU’s situation is extreme, but it’s a state with only one large land grant University, so it’s the face of the State, by and large.

 

[Empirical Cane]

He de facto fired the AD and called him a mongoloid.

While speaking in a cajun accent.

Much harder that is seems.

LSU fires Scott Woodward, announces who will lead football coaching search

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www.on3.com

 

[HurricanesR1]

No we aren't. Landry just wants an incentive laden contract like Brohm and Elko have.

Side topic that I won't get into here but if Landry really gave a **** about spending and taxpayers, I can list plenty of examples of where he should heavily invest his time......but he isn't doing that. He's worried about a coaches salary.

Dude is a theatre clown.