Jeff Landry

[CAJUNSby90]

That's not the whole picture even. The total buyout for all of the coaching staff is right around 100 million not counting the buyouts of the whole Orgeron group. Everyone thought that just because some boosters stepped up & helped buy out Orgeron to keep things from completely disintegrating during the last coaching search that some magical booster with infinitely deep pockets could step up to buy out Kelly & company? Well, guess what UL fan & Mcneese fan & La tech fan & Tulane fan & Southern Fan & Southeastern fan. You're the BIG DADDY DEEP POCKETS for this LSU _ _ _ _ up. Congrats! Now do you think Landry has no business sticking his nose into this $h!+ stick?

If Landry cared about the "taxpayers" he shouldve forced LSU into keeping Kelly through the life of his contract.

[UL_Cajuns]

How much additional money are they receiving through Capital Outlay and other public funding sources? Whether they admit it or not, that’s indirect taxpayer subsidization. And now we’re watching “private” donors quietly raise over $100 million just to cover salaries for two new coaches and an AD?

Meanwhile, they’ve struggled to keep up with NIL deals compared to other major programs. They are about to end up doing what our local PeeWee teams do—putting logos and sponsor patches on their jerseys just to keep up.

If the 100 million is truly coming from taxpayer money:
Would be nice to have that 100 million to offset the rest of our universities in this state deficits, but no it goes to fired coaches from LSU.

[CajunSID]

That's not the whole picture even. The total buyout for all of the coaching staff is right around 100 million not counting the buyouts of the whole Orgeron group. Everyone thought that just because some boosters stepped up & helped buy out Orgeron to keep things from completely disintegrating during the last coaching search that some magical booster with infinitely deep pockets could step up to buy out Kelly & company? Well, guess what UL fan & Mcneese fan & La tech fan & Tulane fan & Southern Fan & Southeastern fan. You're the BIG DADDY DEEP POCKETS for this LSU _ _ _ _ up. Congrats! Now do you think Landry has no business sticking his nose into this $h!+ stick?

What’s interesting to me is the eventual fallout. Clearly the governor wanted to make a political show of financial irresponsibility.

Well, if that’s the case, why not just say he’s fired because the AD signed Kelly to a ridiculously long contract no other school would do? Could easily support that.

Instead he threw a lot of misinformation (exaggerated claims of Fisher’s buyout being on Woodward and incorrectly identifying agents), and said a likely uninformed committee will handle the search. Without a highly respected president and AD, it will be hard for LSU to hire the best coach.

Now the school (and state) is on the hook for Woodward’s contract while spending a few million on the next AD. And I would imagine it will be very hard to get the same boosters paying Kelly’s buyout to do the same for an administrator most probably liked.

If Louisiana taxpayers weren’t gonna feel some hurt from this, I’d be all about it because “F LSU.” But unfortunately this is quite possibly wasted expense on the taxpayer tab.

[CajunSID]

So what it boils down to is the governor had an axe to grind and now big-time coaches are going to be really careful if not uninterested in what should be one of the best coaching jobs in the game.

[RaginScotsman]

So what it boils down to is the governor had an axe to grind and now big-time coaches are going to be really careful if not uninterested in what should be one of the best coaching jobs in the game.

I think all this grandstanding and attention will make it a less desirable job. I heard on one of the ESPN shows that a commentator said any coach would be crazy to get involved in this "dysfunction."

[RedBug58]

If Jeff Landry is really the next Huey Long, maybe he can get us a stadium that identifies as a dormitory! Just like big brother🤔

[MarlinMan3]

I think all this grandstanding and attention will make it a less desirable job. I heard on one of the ESPN shows that a commentator said any coach would be crazy to get involved in this "dysfunction."

It already was, he is bringing it to light, how is that bad

[cjr3888]

If Jeff Landry is really the next Huey Long, maybe he can get us a stadium that identifies as a dormitory! Just like big brother🤔

Already in the process. East side will identify as classrooms.

[cajun4life]

Already in the process. East side will identify as classrooms.

Bingo

[Cajunrunner]

Already in the process. East side will identify as classrooms.

Student must attend at least 75% of home games to pass the semester?