re: 2017 basketball recruit Cedric Russell opens recruitment

Your logic here makes way too much sense for corporate America: if the departments under the CEO are failing, it's generally the people lower on the corporate ladder who are let go voluntarily or involuntarily.

In this case of LSU basketball, this situation perfectly aligns with a dysfunctional corporation: upper management (JJ and Joe Alleva) are retained. Meanwhile, the people below them (the players & recruits) are unable to play and work under the conditions set forth by their incompetent overlords. Then, the people invested in your product suffer from your lack of self awareness.

This is what has happened to LSU basketball. The people invested in your product (the fans) will eventually make the choice not to buy what you're selling. No recruit and/or player wants to play in a vacant stadium. Explains Cedric Russell's decommitment, and probably others hesitance when it comes to making their choice on where to play college ball. And I can't say I blame them.