Assuming Fisher falls through, why would Herman choose LSU over UT?

The ability to compete for a national championship day 1. Coaching in the best conference in college football. The challenge of going against Saban.

Unchallenged recruiting primacy in the state of Louisiana; much less dysfunctional AD and boosters; greater control over the program; no chance of being left out of the playoffs if he wins the conference.

Not saying he is coming here, but those would be advantages.

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The ability to compete for a national championship day 1. Coaching in the best conference in college football. The challenge of going against Saban.

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This. People act like it's a negative but most coaches are very competitive by nature and see it as a challenge. They want to be the next hot name and what better way to do that than to play in the best conference against the best coach. He has the tools here to get the job done and that's the main thing.

If u think LSU has a dysfunctional administration saddled by layers of red tape.... Go check out UT.

No job opening in Texas.

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Unchallenged recruiting primacy in the state of Louisiana;

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. This is not exactly true. Saban has been able to cherry pick who he wants in many cases in LA. aTm has had success too.

At LSU Herman will not have a meddling frick like "Red" McCombs up his arse constantly. All Herman needs to do is place 1 phone call to "former" coach Strong to get a good idea of what would be instore for him as the next HC of Texass.

The Texas job requires so much of the HC, mostly his time off the field. The Longhorn Network has several coaches shows/week. Plus a lot of boosters to keep happy, so the HC is constantly flying all over the state to play in golf tournaments, speaking at luncheons, etc.

Plus an interim AD, fights between BOR and politicians, and other political land mines a coach has to navigate.

Mack Brown was a master at keeping everybody happy.