PJ Fleck playing cat & mouse with new 7 year deal. How much will LSU have to offer now?

I always thought the Mississippi River started up north and ended down south (just like abortions) but I guess I must be mistaken since apparently 7-year contract extensions that start in Baton Rouge are ending up in Minnesota.

I’m talking of course about the news that Coach PJ Fleck agreed to a seven year deal with Minnesota. When I heard, I was so mad I could spit. I thought “That shifty SOB played us. The L in LSU stands for Leverage. Fleck off! Coach O would never have done something like that.” And Fleck is his own agent like so this wasn’t some Jimmy Sexton move. He did this all by himself.

When I calmed down and sobered up, I realized this is exactly why he is THE GUY. This is the kind of ingenuity, creativity, and smarts we need. Coach O is playing Tic Tac Toe (but thinks he’s playing Connect 4) and Fleck is playing 3D chess. He used us to get 7 years just like Joe Brady used us to get to Carolina.

Just because he signed a new deal, doesn’t mean he’s off the market. My 2nd wife Kristi had was in year 2 of a lifetime deal with a cholo named Jose when we met. You think I let that stop me? Hell no. When you know what you want, what you have to have, you sack up and put your chips on the table and take it. You go throw your whole wad of singles on the stage, max out your credit card taking fancy weekend trips to Myrtle Beach and Branson and hang onto her for dear life.

It wasn’t easy. It wasn’t cheap. But was it worth it? Would I do it again? Yep. Time for LSU and Woodward to go hit the ATM and put some serious cash and years on the table. Champagne room, throw a skirt over the security camera, anything goes type of money.

The question is how much and how long? Curious to hear everyone’s thoughts.

I’d start at 11 years, $66 million with incentive to add 2 years/2 million for every national championship.