CreoleTigerEsq
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Noneya |
| Biography: | Loyal Tiger Fan |
| Interests: | Noneya |
| Occupation: | Noneya |
| Number of Posts: | 861 |
| Registered on: | 11/18/2007 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Would LSU be more appealing if Baton Rouge cleaned itself up?
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/19/25 at 10:58 am to EscambiaTiger
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Neither Saban with his house on Highland Road or Kelly with his house on the LSU lakes seemed to have a problem with their respective areas. Will Wade lived down Nicholson toward U Club.
Right on all three. My post was in response to a post talking about the music, restaurant, and entertainment options in Baton Rouge.
Pay a coach enough to come to LSU, and all three of those become irrelevant. A coach making $10 million a year can literally use time in the off-season to visit other places.
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re: Would LSU be more appealing if Baton Rouge cleaned itself up?
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/19/25 at 10:49 am to tigerfoot
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what is it needing to do? It has music, restaurants, sports.
Our restaurants here are nothing close to the restaurant scene in New Orleans, if we're being honest.
What music scene does Baton Rouge have, other than Live After 5, the Blues Fest, and whatever country music artist can sell enough tickets to halfway fill Tiger Stadium?
The truth is that Baton Rouge can have all of these things, but it would take a lot to attract creatives to the city. Our politicians are too shitty in the parish to get any of this done.
re: I don't understand why 47 feels the need to fight the Epstein BS
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/14/25 at 10:01 am to sidewalkside
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Why is he giving this more oxygen and playing into the hands of the Dims?
Keep on message and ignore the Epstein PR Circus.
There's that thing about protesting too much. It might apply here.
re: Trump: H1B necessary because Americans lack talent
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/12/25 at 10:21 am to SlowFlowPro
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The way we teach kids involves developing a much stronger abstract reasoning component and problem solving, which is why our university system is unmatched. That rote memorization stuff becomes less important when thinking becomes important and we fly past everybody then.
Yep. Even our standardized testing requires deductive reasoning and using analytical skills to resolve problems.
re: Trump: H1B necessary because Americans lack talent
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/12/25 at 10:10 am to Flats
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All of us take price into consideration, why is it bad when a business does it?
I'm not saying that it is wrong for a business to manage their labor costs.
What I am saying is that it is intellectually dishonest to put out this propaganda that American workers are not talented in the tech and engineering fields, when there are entire news articles that show that this model is not working, and that it is ultimately costing businesses more money in the long run to try to H1B their way to profitability.
re: Trump: H1B necessary because Americans lack talent
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/12/25 at 9:49 am to Flats
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You say that like there's something wrong with it; of course they want to save money where they can.
I guess that you missed the part of my post that stated this:
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I also know of a lot of stories where H1B workers in tech screw up a lot of code that causes companies to then rehire some of the same people they canned to fix their screwups.
So, how is rehiring an American worker after hiring two foreign born tech workers at a cheaper cost to replace them allow them to save money?
It's inefficient, and ultimately, costs the employer more to do it this way.
re: Trump: H1B necessary because Americans lack talent
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/12/25 at 9:39 am to Hou_Lawyer
It's amazing the number of people who are in here who are eating up this propaganda and are willing to sell Americans down the river.
I know an American with a software engineering degree (with work experience and great grades from undergrad from Georgia Tech) that gave up job hunting in the tech field because of the massive number of H1B workers that have been imported by tech companies. He now works as an assistant manager in a hotel.
Also worth noting is that many of these tech companies use H1B visas, import these foreign tech workers, have Americans train them on how to do their jobs, and then dismiss the American workers. I also know of a lot of stories where H1B workers in tech screw up a lot of code that causes companies to then rehire some of the same people they canned to fix their screwups.
The basis for all of this is just wanting to have cheap labor.
I know an American with a software engineering degree (with work experience and great grades from undergrad from Georgia Tech) that gave up job hunting in the tech field because of the massive number of H1B workers that have been imported by tech companies. He now works as an assistant manager in a hotel.
Also worth noting is that many of these tech companies use H1B visas, import these foreign tech workers, have Americans train them on how to do their jobs, and then dismiss the American workers. I also know of a lot of stories where H1B workers in tech screw up a lot of code that causes companies to then rehire some of the same people they canned to fix their screwups.
The basis for all of this is just wanting to have cheap labor.
re: Brian Kelly Files Suit Against LSU
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/11/25 at 1:57 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
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It says he has a right to cure "to the extent curable" on seven days notice. So it may come down to whether the cause was "curable."
If he took a Florida vacation during a bye week when he was expected to work and prepare for the next game and be in Baton Rouge, that is certainly a fireable offense that was not curable. How do you "cure" choosing to take a vacation away from work when you are expected to be at work?
re: Pete Nakos has obtained the lawsuit...
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/11/25 at 1:36 pm to skullhawk
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Who is advising LSU in this matter?
The argument that Woodward and four LSU officials didn't have the authority to fire BK is laughable.
I'm not sure who is advising LSU in this matter, but I do think that a lot of this could have been avoided had Woodward adhered to procedural language in the contract and sought the Board of Supervisors' guidance and scheduled an emergency meeting after the meeting with Woodward and Kelly went to shite.
If LSU did have cause to remove Kelly, then they could have sent notice to Kelly of their intent to terminate him within the parameters of his contract. What the lawsuit says is that at no time did the Board of Supervisors (the actual party to Kelly's contract) provide him notice that he was terminated with cause and that they failed to adhere to their own procedure per the contract to terminate him with cause.
I also believe that having Governor Boo-Shay involved in this made a bad situation even worse.
re: CNN just told a Democrat an uncomfortable truth
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/4/25 at 1:43 pm to SludgeFactory
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I see you left out the rest of my quote where I then answered this question.
Democrats understand their voting base and also know they have a media to assist. Sounds like their talking points are working on you just fine.
I'm literally asking you about what compromises have been included in the 13 requests that have been made to reopen the government. That shouldn't be hard for you to tell me, considering that you stated that compromises have been offered.
re: McNeese Pres Wade Rousse is LSU President, Alabama Provost Jim Dalton will be Chancellor
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/4/25 at 1:41 pm to LSUMANINVA
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Can we get back certain academic requirements for admission to LSU?
Unless you're wanting academic requirements to go down, I think you'd be happy with where LSU is, right now.
For LSU admissions, the average GPA for admitted students is around 3.8, with the middle 50% of students having a GPA between 3.5 and 4.1. The average ACT score is 28, and the middle 50% of applicants scored between 25 and 30.
As it stands now, a first-time freshman is required to have no less than a 3.0 GPA and a 22 on the ACT. So, the middle 50% of students already have GPAs and ACT scores that are higher than the minimum required for admission.
re: CNN just told a Democrat an uncomfortable truth
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/4/25 at 1:33 pm to SludgeFactory
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That's been done. Multiple times.
What compromises have been placed on the table? Because, for the average voter, what it looks like right now is, "Reopen the government, or your kids and your grandma starve."
re: CNN just told a Democrat an uncomfortable truth
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/4/25 at 1:28 pm to SludgeFactory
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So you want Democrats going full nutjob if they are ever in this situation?
No. I want people elected to Congress to govern. Right now, we're being taxed to pay into a government that has not been open for more than 30 days. Whether the policy is good or horrible, Americans have to deal with the consequences of their participation (or lack thereof) in what happens in Washington.
If you want to preserve the filibuster, then compromise with the opposing party to reopen the government and govern. If you don't want to compromise, then nuke the filibuster and govern.
Either way, do the job that you were elected to Congress to do.
re: CNN just told a Democrat an uncomfortable truth
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/4/25 at 1:23 pm to pankReb
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they can. but it sets a bad precedent and will allow Dems to do that in the future when they control the senate.
So, they're worried more about setting a bad precedent than actually governing? They have the numbers. They just want the political cover to say that what's coming out of Congress is bipartisan, when they know that it isn't.
re: CNN just told a Democrat an uncomfortable truth
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/4/25 at 1:04 pm to deeprig9
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The amazing thing in all this, long term, is many SNAP recipients are about to get civics lessons they never learned in public school. In this case, the 60 vote rule pointed out in the CNN clip.
Couldn't Republicans (who control the Senate) just nuke the filibuster and pass the CR anyway?
re: Vote that commie in NYC! Can’t wait to see your total destruction.
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 11/4/25 at 12:50 pm to mauser
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The question is where will the NYC power brokers go. I think Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts.
Most of them already live in Connecticut.
re: Brian Kelly’s Full Contract
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 10/30/25 at 4:58 pm to kew48
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From a practical standpoint you may be right about private donors but from a Legal standpoint it sounds like from your argument, he’s right ?
From a legal standpoint, he's right, because the party that would be sued (in the event that the buyout would not be paid by TAF) would be LSU and the LSU Board of Supervisors (as the governing arm of LSU), because they are parties to the contract.
In practice, private donors through TAF pay the lion's share of the LSU head football coach's salary.
... but we all know that it's never going to get to that point, because boosters always put up the money.
He also lied during that press conference and said that TAF is taxpayer funded, when everyone knows that's a lie.
re: Landry on AFR
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 10/30/25 at 4:41 pm to yaherrdme
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Well, he is also saying that the buyout funds were NOT secured before BK was fired
I think that this is a 100% lie that was told by Landry, and he should really STFU, like yesterday.
No way Woodward would have canned Brian Kelly without having booster approval, because that's who's honestly running the show, the mega boosters that are going to pay the buyout.
re: Landry on AFR
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 10/30/25 at 4:32 pm to LYDIATIGER
The state will always be the guarantor of every contract, because LSU (as a subdivision of the state of Louisiana) will always be a party to the contract. That's a pretty asinine statement for him to make, and he knows it. There's no way that you will ever have LSU as not being a guarantor to the contract, unless you want to absolve LSU of having to pay the $400,000 base salary and make TAF fully obligated for the contract.
Then it'll be the TAF Head Football Coach and not the LSU Football Coach.
He's trying to walk back the fact that he completely shite the bed in that press conference, and he knows that LSU only pays about $400,000 annually of the LSU head football coach's salary. The remainder of that money is paid by TAF, a private non-profit (this has been like this for years).
Then it'll be the TAF Head Football Coach and not the LSU Football Coach.
He's trying to walk back the fact that he completely shite the bed in that press conference, and he knows that LSU only pays about $400,000 annually of the LSU head football coach's salary. The remainder of that money is paid by TAF, a private non-profit (this has been like this for years).
re: Brian Kelly’s Full Contract
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 10/30/25 at 4:16 pm to BayouBandit24
Has an appropriation in the state budget ever been made for anything exceeding the base salary for the LSU head football coach?
That's the question that you should ask Jeff Landry.
That's the question that you should ask Jeff Landry.
re: Brian Kelly’s Full Contract
Posted by CreoleTigerEsq on 10/30/25 at 4:13 pm to kew48
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Does not explicitly say that the State of La. Guarantees LSU obligations ?
LSU is a "component unit"/subdivision of the state of Louisiana within the executive branch. The Board of Supervisors is a constitutionally established board responsible for managing the system's institutions.
Though the contract does not state that the State of Louisiana guarantees LSU's obligations, because LSU is a subdivision of the state of Louisiana, the state would be obligated to pay a contractual buyout in the event that a private donor would not pay the buyout.
How many private donors have not paid buyouts of prior LSU head football coaches that have been terminated with buyout provisions? A grand total of none. Landry knows this, but he's just trying to make himself look like a steward of taxpayer money when honestly, private money paid for the last 3.5 years of Brian Kelly being at LSU, and private money is going to pay the buyout.
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