DOPEman
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Austin, Tejas |
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| Interests: | Dope and beer. Getting sendy with it. |
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| Number of Posts: | 261 |
| Registered on: | 9/12/2018 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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Transparency??
Half of the things he said at his press conference and media hits were wrong :lol:
His own BoS members at the press conference today announced the interim AD as having authority over the coaching search and that taxpayers have not and will not ever be on the hook for buyout money in direct contradiction to what Landry said.
About the only thing he was transparent on was his intention to dictate what the next head coaches contract would look like.
LSU secured the money to buyout an underperforming football coach and the AD that took the big swing on him and was already on the Governor’s shite list got canned because of it. Not a whole lot there to wonder about.
Half of the things he said at his press conference and media hits were wrong :lol:
His own BoS members at the press conference today announced the interim AD as having authority over the coaching search and that taxpayers have not and will not ever be on the hook for buyout money in direct contradiction to what Landry said.
About the only thing he was transparent on was his intention to dictate what the next head coaches contract would look like.
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you’d rather say remain ignorant of the sausage making from selecting arguably the second most high profile position in the state?
LSU secured the money to buyout an underperforming football coach and the AD that took the big swing on him and was already on the Governor’s shite list got canned because of it. Not a whole lot there to wonder about.
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My man, do you honestly believe Woody or any other AD is unilaterally committing their school to a $50M+ buyout with a handshake agreement?
re: Louisiana citizenry dysfunction, not LSU admin / La Pols dysfunction on display this week
Posted by DOPEman on 10/31/25 at 1:44 pm to Meauxjeaux
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LSU Admin/Pols: major problem, stepped in quickly and cut it out decisively, assessed the costs and wrote the checks
All of this could have been accomplished without the public spectacle. Maybe it doesn’t affect the next hire but it’s not very hard to see why people are pissed about the Governor interjecting himself in a way where the only possible outcomes are either neutral or negative for the coaching search.
People care about LSU football and are upset that the situation wasn’t handled as well as it could have been. Simple as.
re: Jeff Landry is not hurting the pool of candidates he’s UPGRADING IT.
Posted by DOPEman on 10/31/25 at 7:44 am to Hahnville07
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Maybe we won’t get Kiffin ( my number one pick)
So not an upgrade even by your own standards.
I think you have your roles in this situation mixed up.
The Governor is the Governor, LSU's president is the president and the Board of Supervisors would be the Board of Directors.
I get LSU is a state school but appointing board members should be where Landry's direct influence stops at least publicly. I want the government involved as little as absolutely necessary in LSU athletics the same way I do with them in the private sector.
He could have axed Woody and gotten LSU to pursue an incentive based contract for the next hire behind the scenes.
Choosing to air all of this out publicly has provided zero benefit. Maybe none of this has any effect and the product really does sell itself but there's also a non-zero possibility this has negative consequences in hiring our next coach. Zero upside and tons of downside.
The Governor is the Governor, LSU's president is the president and the Board of Supervisors would be the Board of Directors.
I get LSU is a state school but appointing board members should be where Landry's direct influence stops at least publicly. I want the government involved as little as absolutely necessary in LSU athletics the same way I do with them in the private sector.
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Would you rather they do nothing? Or let it stew for a few years on the continued downward spiral?
He could have axed Woody and gotten LSU to pursue an incentive based contract for the next hire behind the scenes.
Choosing to air all of this out publicly has provided zero benefit. Maybe none of this has any effect and the product really does sell itself but there's also a non-zero possibility this has negative consequences in hiring our next coach. Zero upside and tons of downside.
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So a VP and Manager got tossed…so what.
So in this analogy the manager gets fired and then the Governor holds a press conference where he says the VP won't be making the new hire and dictating how the new hire's contract will be structured?
I'm sure that would go over great with investors and interested applicants alike.
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If a donor isn’t willing pony up the money, LSU still owes the money. Meaning the state owes the money.
Where does that money come from?
The taxpayers.
No genius. There is no buyout because Kelly doesn't get fired if the money wasn't secured through a private donor.
re: Agree or Disagree, What’s the Benefit in Doing All of This So Publicly?
Posted by DOPEman on 10/30/25 at 9:48 pm to Jameson2954
LSU has always done it this way
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We hired BK 4 years ago. It didn’t work out the way we all hoped but the process definitely didn’t look like this.
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We hired BK 4 years ago. It didn’t work out the way we all hoped but the process definitely didn’t look like this.
re: Agree or Disagree, What’s the Benefit in Doing All of This So Publicly?
Posted by DOPEman on 10/30/25 at 9:28 pm to TooFyeToFly
Even if that’s the play here the rent is gonna come due on this before the next election. LSU is gonna have to get a top coach people are excited about or have immediate success with another candidate for Landry to get any shine off this. Seems like a bad bet to me.
Agree or Disagree, What’s the Benefit in Doing All of This So Publicly?
Posted by DOPEman on 10/30/25 at 9:01 pm
Could Landry not have accomplished the exact same thing without all the additional attention and scrutiny LSU is getting right now?
No one would have questioned Woodward being shown the door and LSU could have quietly gone after getting an incentive based contract for the next head coach. What’s the benefit in showing your cards like this?
At best this just doesn’t have an impact on the coaching search. At worst it costs LSU a chance at a quality candidate. I fail to see a scenario where this is at all beneficial to the process. The next head coach is going to have to be a resounding success for all of this not to be looked back upon in a negative light, it just seems so unnecessary.
No one would have questioned Woodward being shown the door and LSU could have quietly gone after getting an incentive based contract for the next head coach. What’s the benefit in showing your cards like this?
At best this just doesn’t have an impact on the coaching search. At worst it costs LSU a chance at a quality candidate. I fail to see a scenario where this is at all beneficial to the process. The next head coach is going to have to be a resounding success for all of this not to be looked back upon in a negative light, it just seems so unnecessary.
Well it could have been accomplished in a way that avoided all the unnecessary attention and scrutiny that's coming with the Governor getting directly involved with personnel decisions within LSU athletics and talking about how the next football coach's contract is going to be structured.
Even if it doesn't negatively impact the coaching search I fail to see how it's beneficial in any way.
Even if it doesn't negatively impact the coaching search I fail to see how it's beneficial in any way.
re: Landry lies...
Posted by DOPEman on 10/30/25 at 6:51 pm to ellessuuuu
The way I see it: There is no buyout to be paid if Kelly doesn’t get fired. Kelly didn’t get fired until the buyout money was secured through private donors so Landry’s whole point is kinda moot and serves no purpose other than to cast Woodward in a bad light so he can get a new AD installed.
Woodward swung big on BK’s contract and struck out. He’s gotta own that and I’m not advocating that he should keep his job. It’s a fireable offense to botch the football hire but there’s zero reason for the governor to air all this out publicly. If Landry wants Woodward gone he could have easily gotten it done behind closed doors and everyone would have understood why it happened. Going at him during a press conference and then doing media rounds saying what LSU will or will not do regarding the next contract is just needlessly showing your cards. There is zero benefit to doing that for LSU. Best case scenario is that it’s neutral and doesn’t affect the coaching search, worst case it costs LSU the opportunity to hire a quality coach but in no scenario is what Landry is doing positively affecting the search.
Woodward swung big on BK’s contract and struck out. He’s gotta own that and I’m not advocating that he should keep his job. It’s a fireable offense to botch the football hire but there’s zero reason for the governor to air all this out publicly. If Landry wants Woodward gone he could have easily gotten it done behind closed doors and everyone would have understood why it happened. Going at him during a press conference and then doing media rounds saying what LSU will or will not do regarding the next contract is just needlessly showing your cards. There is zero benefit to doing that for LSU. Best case scenario is that it’s neutral and doesn’t affect the coaching search, worst case it costs LSU the opportunity to hire a quality coach but in no scenario is what Landry is doing positively affecting the search.
re: Let the Governor's Office Know Your Opinion Directly
Posted by DOPEman on 10/30/25 at 5:53 pm to ChatGPT of LA
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The contract puts Louisiana on the hook, period. Listen and learn and you'll understand.
What I understand that seems to elude you is that BK would still be employed by LSU if the buyout money hadn’t been secured through private donors.
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frick LSU if necessary
All I need to know
re: Let the Governor's Office Know Your Opinion Directly
Posted by DOPEman on 10/30/25 at 5:36 pm to SirWinston
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We literally just had a governor who mandated COVID vaccinations to children but this is what activates you.
Buddy I’d vote for a nutria rat for governor if I thought it would benefit LSU football in some way. Single issue voter, sorry.
Let the Governor's Office Know Your Opinion Directly
Posted by DOPEman on 10/30/25 at 4:57 pm
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Governor Landry has radicalized me. For the first time in my life I care about an issue so deeply I felt the need to contact a politician about it. :yack:
Doesn't seem like the Governor is getting the message that we would all greatly prefer for him to bow out of further public discussion about the situation so I figured I'd let him know my thoughts directly. Probably won't do shite but it did make me feel a little bit better. :lol:
Governor Landry has radicalized me. For the first time in my life I care about an issue so deeply I felt the need to contact a politician about it. :yack:
Doesn't seem like the Governor is getting the message that we would all greatly prefer for him to bow out of further public discussion about the situation so I figured I'd let him know my thoughts directly. Probably won't do shite but it did make me feel a little bit better. :lol:
If we were to get into an existential conflict with China or Russia?
Yes, absolutely. But short of that, no.
Yes, absolutely. But short of that, no.
re: To my fellow paratroopers, past and present...
Posted by DOPEman on 8/23/22 at 1:54 pm to Wolfhound45
How much are those Ivory Coast foreign wings worth to you? :lol:
re: These 2 German Shepherds had enough!
Posted by DOPEman on 10/4/21 at 5:20 pm to LegendInMyMind
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I like how the OT hates on pitbulls (a hate which I agree with, btw), but has very little to say about German Shepherds. German Shepherds can be just as dangerous as a pit, and there are plenty of news stories to back it up. Hell, I know of two people who have had life-altering injuries from German Shepherds that attacked unprovoked. One of those jumped a fence around the owner's yard and attacked a kid who was running down the sidewalk. Mauled his head, ripped his ear off, and cause him to need multiple surgeries over several years.
GSD's can absolutely be as dangerous as pit bulls. Look at their roles as bite dogs in a working capacity but I think the big difference is that you can 100% attribute unprovoked attacks by GSD's to shitty owners. Whereas it's not uncommon for pitbulls that seem to be completely normal and docile to fly off the handle. If GSD's didn't have a stable temperament you wouldn't see the widespread use of them as working dogs like you do.
It’s certainly possible. Is it just a coincidence though that all those guys were lauded on their work ethic and extra work they put in? Talent and hard work are not mutually exclusive.
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