Coach Napier's EXit

One thing that to me isn’t debatable. LSU is both the best and worst job available to reach a title game. Obviously the SEC West is almost always the toughest division in football. LSU has done it before though.

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Originally Posted by CajunT

I'm certain Coach Napier's agent has spoken to a number of programs with recent openings, if he didn't he wouldn't be doing his job.

Now, I will go back to I have stated from the beginning and that is the new president wants a minority Coach and continues to push for Mel Tucker behind the scenes. That doesn't mean Coach Napier is not on their short list, but to me if he is, it's because other big names that have been floated around from the beginning have decided not to interview for the job.

It's one thing to read what fans on boards want and another to know that the big money wants a name. Woodard wants to make a big splash hire, Billy Napier doesn't fit that narrative.

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What you say makes sense. But coaching hires are like soap operas,. They make good entertainment. Charles Hannigriff said in Rickman this morning LSU not wanting to pay buyout. They are going to pay Ogeron 16 - 17 million not to coach then who knows how many million for a buy out for a coach not to coach. You will be paying well over 20 million for a coach not to coach before you pay your coach to coach. The numbers game is going to catch them.

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

What you say makes sense. But coaching hires are like soap operas,. They make good entertainment. Charles Hannigriff said in Rickman this morning LSU not wanting to pay buyout. They are going to pay Ogeron 16 - 17 million not to coach then who knows how many million for a buy out for a coach not to coach. You will be paying well over 20 million for a coach not to coach before you pay your coach to coach. The numbers game is going to catch them.

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They have the money to do it.

Napier ain’t going to Baton Rouge

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

What you say makes sense. But coaching hires are like soap operas,. They make good entertainment. Charles Hannigriff said in Rickman this morning LSU not wanting to pay buyout. They are going to pay Ogeron 16 - 17 million not to coach then who knows how many million for a buy out for a coach not to coach. You will be paying well over 20 million for a coach not to coach before you pay your coach to coach. The numbers game is going to catch them.

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Napier's buyout is $4M, Tucker's is less from what I've learned.
In any case, that would eliminate Fisher who is not walking away from $75M guaranteed and Cristobal for certain.

Well, this thread got sidetracked quickly.

And no, I don’t think Billy goes to LSU. He’s not a big enough name for what they want.

Napier is not going to lsua&m.

Nobody wants our Coach to go, however the biggest splash he makes when he goes, the best it is for Louisiana when seeking a replacement.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

Nobody wants our Coach to go, however the biggest splash he makes when he goes, the best it is for Louisiana when seeking a replacement.

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With ONE exception.... Sorry....

Dan Mullen needs to get his stuff together. Was happy to see UNC win Saturday.

Napier may just be here one more year if I was a betting man.

Well, Coach Napier has better things to do than read our drivel here.

But I sincerely hope he doesn't take the job at State, and not just because he wins. He seems to be a genuine guy: he's a family man, and establishing a home for his wife & kids is very important to him.

Lafayette and Baton Rouge are only an hour apart, but they could not be more different. I could not encourage anyone to move his/her family to Baton Rouge...