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re: Landry just fumbled the coaching search for LSU

Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:07 pm to
Posted by DownSouthJukin
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Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:07 pm to
I thought for sure this was a Babylon Bee-like article.

It was not.
Posted by Thunderfist
Member since Oct 2025
357 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:11 pm to
The melt when they name some coordinator or obscure coach is going to be spectacular.
Posted by Gunny Hartman
Member since Jan 2021
855 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:14 pm to
Who is running things at LSU? The governor now calls the shots at the LSU athletic department?
Posted by DoctorWorm
Member since Jul 2021
1576 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:16 pm to
laying the blueprint for when Tuberville is AL gov he can sabotage the next bama coaching search
Posted by kajunman
Member since Dec 2015
8456 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:17 pm to
Not even you believes that.
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 6:18 pm
Posted by TouchdownAlabama
Sweet Home Alabama
Member since Nov 2015
2242 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:24 pm to
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Damn Louisiana. He may be right, but I couldn’t understand a word. He sounded like Ed O’s cousin. You people actually invoke Coach Saban’s name? Right now after hearing that, I think Ed O is the leading candidate. Good luck.


LMAO, reminds me of the time as a kid I was visiting a friend and her neighbor was this insane Cajun girl that randomly came outside and started hurling insults at us for walking down the street, but I could not even understand wtf she was saying. My friend had to translate, it was hilarious.
Posted by Gator5220
Member since Aug 2010
4838 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:28 pm to
Not only did the Guvnah say taxpayers are footing the bill, but he also confirmed the buyout was not reduced.

A cool $53 million.
Posted by leoj
Member since Nov 2010
3107 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:29 pm to
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How does Woodward even have a job after a disaster like this


Based on that press conference I would say he doesn’t
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
31768 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:31 pm to
Joe Alleva is laughing his arse off at these antics.
Posted by threeputt23
Hammond la
Member since Dec 2021
249 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:39 pm to
I don’t have a problem with Governor Landry getting involved in the coaching search because LSU’s success is so vital in the state. But he should’ve done his homework about the details of Kelly’s agent and Woodward’s agent.
Posted by aspiclark
Member since Jul 2014
3773 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:40 pm to
yeah i’m sure he’d get right on that if he could read.
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
67966 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:40 pm to
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Not only did the Guvnah say taxpayers are footing the bill, but he also confirmed the buyout was not reduced.

A cool $53 million.


I'm not sure on the final amount, believe that's still up in the air.

Taxpayers are not paying it though, I'm 110% sure of that.
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 6:41 pm
Posted by That LSU Guy
Ponte Vedra Beach
Member since Jul 2008
15582 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:42 pm to
It's Louisiana government, what did you expect?

LOL
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
22582 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:42 pm to
That video is amazing. I kept expecting him to say “I do declare!” like he was Foghorn Leghorn.

Can’t imagine a top shelf coach wants a part of that.
Posted by Lt. Columbo
Member since Nov 2012
1789 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:42 pm to
Ouch!
Posted by wadewilson
Member since Sep 2009
40913 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:50 pm to
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The LSU contingent can chime in, but doesn’t the governor of Louisiana have an inordinate amount of power when it comes to LSU’s operations, all of LSU’s operations, if he chooses to execute it, sort of a holdover from when Kingfish Long reigned supreme? So while some might view this as meddling, if I’m not mistaken he has every right to do this and can’t nobody stop him.


No, the only reason the governor is even involved in this process at all is because LSU currently does not have a president.

If a few rich guys decide that they want a coach and Landry tries to stop it, those rich guys will rip the rug right out from under Landry's feet and give it to a new governor.
Posted by TDFreak
Coast to Coast - L.A. to Chicago
Member since Dec 2009
9054 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 6:55 pm to
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Whoa. This job just got a lot less attractive.

THANKS GOVERNOR LANDRY!
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
51229 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:01 pm to
A few things:

1) Governor Landry sounds like he is straight out of Swamp People.

2) I know LSU is a state university and that the head football coach is a state employee, but it still can’t be too comforting knowing that the Governor is meddling in the search process and that the athletic director apparently won’t be leading the search. Seems like a recipe for division in the athletic department.

3) Governor Landry is blasting the agent who represents most of the big name coaches in college football. Those coaches hire Jimmy Sexton for a reason. If the Governor didn’t want Sexton around, then how is LSU supposed to hire any of Sexton’s clients (such as Lane Kiffin)?
This post was edited on 10/29/25 at 7:05 pm
Posted by bamaoldtimer
Member since Dec 2009
1751 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:05 pm to
I’m ignorant of the hiring and contractual arrangements of big time coaches. So, by the Governor saying the state is buying out the contract, then the original contract must been approved by the state?

I thought boosters ponied up money for coaches salaries etc.

Can someone please explain to me and those who are ignorant of how coach contracts are structured explain if you can.
Posted by John Milner
Member since Jan 2015
7991 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:06 pm to
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lsu is running such backwoods po dunk operation down there. they’d feel pretty embarrassed by this if they had any sense, but they don’t. oof. very unattractive to any coach with options.


So The Waterboy isn’t actually a comedy. It’s a documentary.
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