re: Alleva Legacy: Going cheap and settling on coaches

Alleva is intimidated by anyone with ability.

He would have been intimidated as shite with Herman or Fisher here.

Hence his "heartwarming" hires--giving a chance to someone who will be grateful:

JJ: the longtime assistant-LSU guy, who despite the lackluster showing at UNT would be passionate about "given the chance," according to Alleva.

CEO: no long explanation needed, the "Cajun" that hoodwinked JA with the bullshite story about his "dream job." But Alleva would rather deal with a "lovable clown" than a Tom Herman or, god forbid, Saban.

Torina: was hired with the same paradigm from FIU, but fortunately worked out wonderfully. If she ever leaves, we'll see the same Alleva pattern.