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re: Can someone explain the Good things Alleva has done for LSU as AD?
Posted on 11/3/13 at 12:27 pm to tigerbait2010
Posted on 11/3/13 at 12:27 pm to tigerbait2010
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it's not the matter of having to pay for parking, but the entire totally screwed up traffic situation to get to campus...even if you are willing to pay the $40- you have to get to campus at least 4 hours before kickoff to be allowed in
for a night game, this isn't a problem...but for a 2:30 kickoff, all you're asking for is chaos
They just hired a firm to assess the situation and are looking to fix the problem by next season. Gainesville and Oxford have far worse traffic, for the record.
It's insane people blame Alleva for Baton Rouge's atrocious infrastructure
we have at least one more day game in Baton Rouge and possibly two....
there are a couple of quick things that can be done to help make things better:
bring back contraflow-going and coming
keep highland road open so people can get to the paid areas if they want to pay
if you have at least 4 people in your car, you get into the pay areas for free!!!!
This post was edited on 11/3/13 at 12:29 pm
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Posted on 11/3/13 at 12:31 pm to vl100butch
He's gonna raise ticket prices like Skip did 
Posted on 11/3/13 at 12:32 pm to Smoke Dinardo
Before you make your knee jerk judgements about Joe Alleva, just remember that he runs ALL sports at LSU. Not just just football. But I'm sure you didn't think of that but that's ok. Not everyone is meant to think critically about things.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 12:38 pm to ColaTiger
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Before you make your knee jerk judgements about Joe Alleva, just remember that he runs ALL sports at LSU. Not just just football. But I'm sure you didn't think of that but that's ok. Not everyone is meant to think critically about things.
he may be doing a superb job with everything else, but football is the goose that lays the golden eggs....and the LSU football fanbase is getting pissed off...
Posted on 11/3/13 at 12:57 pm to Smoke Dinardo
He caved In to Les Miles on a head fake move to Arky which would have never happened anyway and now we owe Miles and are stuck with him for years.
Aleva the master negotiator.
Aleva the master negotiator.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:05 pm to J Murdah
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what the frick do you want him to do? Re route roads and relocate campus to a better location? Jesus yall are some whiney bitches.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:07 pm to tiger4178
quote:Just wondering. Didn't we hear last week that LSU athletics is currently looking at a $2 million deficit? Or has that been resolved? Seeing that shocked me.
Last I checked, LSU was running a huge surplus from its athletics. Top 5 in the country.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:09 pm to Smoke Dinardo
Zip, zero, nada...
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:13 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
quote:. That is a couple, the man already admitted there were a
Florida and Texas can, to name a few.
quote:
few
LSU is one if the top sports programs in the country, turns a huge profit, every major sport is at the top or improving, facilities are improving.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:20 pm to TG
I have serious problems with him in that:
1. He's raising ticket prices. I don't care what other teams charge their fan bases - it doesn't fit ours.
2. Paid parking. Again, don't care about other schools. The paid parking has negatively impacted our atmosphere and exasperated the overall traffic and parking issues.
3. His initial answer to parking? Higher priced covered parking.... hey Joe, FU!
4. He's a spineless wimp when facing other ADs. No SEC night game in Tiger Stadium? Fine by him... LSU fans hate playing on Thanksgiving or day after but other schools / TV want it? Fine by him.
5. His letters to fans. Yes, the chants in the student section suck and need to go but what else sucks? His letters about it.
You would think LSU would have learned after our last AD named Joe.
1. He's raising ticket prices. I don't care what other teams charge their fan bases - it doesn't fit ours.
2. Paid parking. Again, don't care about other schools. The paid parking has negatively impacted our atmosphere and exasperated the overall traffic and parking issues.
3. His initial answer to parking? Higher priced covered parking.... hey Joe, FU!
4. He's a spineless wimp when facing other ADs. No SEC night game in Tiger Stadium? Fine by him... LSU fans hate playing on Thanksgiving or day after but other schools / TV want it? Fine by him.
5. His letters to fans. Yes, the chants in the student section suck and need to go but what else sucks? His letters about it.
You would think LSU would have learned after our last AD named Joe.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:27 pm to RoaringTiger33
quote:this is networks, not ADs
He's a spineless wimp when facing other ADs. No SEC night game in Tiger Stadium? Fine by him...
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:28 pm to Cap Crunch
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[quote] And Trent Johnson, amirite?
]which was a fantastic hire at the time. Didn't work out so he resolved the problem[
This post was edited on 11/3/13 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:34 pm to J Murdah
quote:
Jesus yall are some whiney bitches.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:35 pm to RoaringTiger33
quote:
1. He's raising ticket prices. I don't care what other teams charge their fan bases - it doesn't fit ours.
so stupidPosted on 11/3/13 at 1:46 pm to Smoke Dinardo
I am in no way an Alleva fan. But he did hire Beth Torina as Softball head coach. She took the Lady Tigers to the Women's College World Series in her first year as head coach. They hadn't been there since '04.
I know, " Don't care, It's softball."
I know, " Don't care, It's softball."
Posted on 11/3/13 at 1:53 pm to RummelTiger
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That was a great hire on paper at the time...
That's just not true. He had one good season at his previous two jobs. At stanford he turned a top 10 program into a mediocre one. We just happened to get him right after his good year at stanford.
The parking situation has been a major fail.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 2:12 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
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Florida and Texas can, to name a few.
Okay, two states with much larger populations and bigger alumni bases.
Skip Bertman accepted mediocrity in just about every mid-major sport and let LSU's most successful coach in Pat Henry walk out the door. He hired his BBQ buddy in Smoke Laval run our proud baseball program into the ground. And even though I'm happy with Les, it's not like there was no way we couldn't have hired a better replacement at the time, so Bertman to a certain extent even fricked that up.
Yet, Skip Bertman remains a God on this board for his fantastic tenure as our AD and Joe Alleva is Satan himself. just about every major football program charges gameday parking. frick, even Ole Miss charges for gameday parking. And the best part to all of this: there's still a respectable amount of free parking with the Hayfield lot. Why not decide to not be a complete fricking lard arse and walk a mile or two if $40 is that detrimental to your family's budget.
This board never ceases to amaze me with the complaints I read on here. Incredible, really.
This post was edited on 11/3/13 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 11/3/13 at 2:59 pm to tigerbait2010
I thought much of Bertman's admiration is because of his baseball coaching success.
But Alleva has at least tried to upgrade women's basketball and softball by hiring Caldwell and Torina.
Other moves mentioned by posters above left a lot to be desired, including the parking situation.
I would desribe his AD performance as mediocre.
But Alleva has at least tried to upgrade women's basketball and softball by hiring Caldwell and Torina.
Other moves mentioned by posters above left a lot to be desired, including the parking situation.
I would desribe his AD performance as mediocre.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 3:03 pm to tigerbait2010
quote:best false statement about lsu sports for years
He hired his BBQ buddy in Smoke Laval run our proud baseball program into the ground
Nevermind that bertman was not AD for that hire
College sports is a business. Track loses tons of money. We now pay lady's hoops team lots of cash for a money draining program.
Posted on 11/3/13 at 3:08 pm to Smoke Dinardo
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Smoke Dinardo
Your handle is excellent.
Other than facilities improvements, not much. Johnny Jones may well be a brilliant hire. He is a great coach and should be very successful.
We will never know how much he played in hiring Chaves and Cameron.
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