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Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:57 am to Rex
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Our University president came down on the side of keeping academics safe.
because he painted himself into a corner with his scare tactic "bankruptcy" comments to the legislature months ago. So the football program must suffer to save face for his idiotic fear mongering and posturing.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:57 am to Ford Frenzy
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agreed, unfortunately state legislatures' perception is more important than the facts about where the money comes from when making funding decisions regarding LSU
And we are poised for a special session this Jan/Feb to discuss a more permanent funding structure for LSU/higher-Ed.
Would have been a disaster to make this move just a month or two before he spends weeks lobbying the legislature for the entire University.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:57 am to New Boy
so this is no vote of confidence for Miles at all, really. it was a "people will be mean to us if we do it" kind of decision.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:57 am to LSU Wayne
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So what was his justification for allowing all of the media to attack the LSU brand for two weeks if this was known all along? Why not nip this in the bud right away?
This is the real question that needs to be answered. Where is the communication between Alleva and Alexander? How did it ever get to this point?
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:58 am to LSUGoose
guys, they couldn't handle the political pressure. he's right - politicians would've gone nuts grandstanding about the waste of money, no matter that none of it came from public coffers. American people, including louisianaians, are that stupid these days.
they didn't have the stomach for it.
remember this, too - they would not be at liberty, out of privacy and consideration, to go into negotiating details. it is quite likely that this played a factor, and they pulled the plug to avoid the headache since they were not guaranteed a sure thing.
time to just let it go. I have.
they didn't have the stomach for it.
remember this, too - they would not be at liberty, out of privacy and consideration, to go into negotiating details. it is quite likely that this played a factor, and they pulled the plug to avoid the headache since they were not guaranteed a sure thing.
time to just let it go. I have.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:58 am to CRAZY 4 LSU
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How can you blame alleva here? He was trying to save the program and got undercut by a short sighted a-hole.
MOTHER frickING THIS!!!
Alleva is responsible for the leak that ultimately damaged the brand LSU and Miles going forward.
The leak happened on his watch.
M'Fer THIS
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:59 am to LSUGoose
What makes me the maddest is why start down the path
you should know from the very start yeah that is going to look bad lets not look into it or yeah that is private money lets can this grass eater.
This absolutely worst case scenario in my opinion.
you should know from the very start yeah that is going to look bad lets not look into it or yeah that is private money lets can this grass eater.
This absolutely worst case scenario in my opinion.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:59 am to LSUGoose
That was really infuriating to read, I honestly wish I hadn't.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:59 am to The Egg
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so this is no vote of confidence for Miles at all, really. it was a "people will be mean to us if we do it" kind of decision.
pretty much. Way to hand over some great negative recruiting ammo to our competitors, "they wanted to fire the guy, the president just didn't want to spend the money. You're going to go play for him?"
Posted on 12/3/15 at 10:59 am to LSUGoose
i don't care for Alexander. i think all his crap this past spring about the budget was just scare tactics.
but atleast we got to keep Miles....so there's always a silver lining
but atleast we got to keep Miles....so there's always a silver lining
This post was edited on 12/3/15 at 11:01 am
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:00 am to craigbiggio
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“The public at large really doesn’t differentiate where the money comes from,” he says. “No matter how you explain it, it’s still a $15 million to $25 million decision that needs to be factored into the overall equation.”
Wow. fire this asshat
He's probably correct, but most knowledgeable football fans do know. He's pretty damn arrogant.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:00 am to MoreOrLes
I don't believe the leak came from alleva's end
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:00 am to The Egg
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so this is no vote of confidence for Miles at all, really. it was a "people will be mean to us if we do it" kind of decision.
yep making situation worse
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:00 am to Golfer
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And we are poised for a special session this Jan/Feb to discuss a more permanent funding structure for LSU/higher-Ed.
Would have been a disaster to make this move just a month or two before he spends weeks lobbying the legislature for the entire University.
This line of thinking is why LSU is NOW a mediocre program at best.
This post was edited on 12/3/15 at 11:01 am
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:00 am to PhiTiger1764
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This is the real question that needs to be answered.
That's not hard to figure out. It is clear that Alexander was willing to play as long as Jimbo was available. Once that target went beyond what he was initially willing to pay he called the whole thing off. He was not willing to fork over that kind of cash for a lesser name.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:01 am to LSUGoose
Was it this sonofabitch's money?
If not, then STFU.
If a bunch of private donors want to throw their money in a trash can, it's none of this motherfricker's business.
If not, then STFU.
If a bunch of private donors want to throw their money in a trash can, it's none of this motherfricker's business.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:01 am to LSUGoose
Alexander probably should have kept his mouth shut on this one. Or at least blamed the media for blowing the Miles thing out of proportion because he "was always staying" or something.
This post was edited on 12/3/15 at 11:03 am
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:02 am to PhiTiger1764
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This is the real question that needs to be answered. Where is the communication between Alleva and Alexander? How did it ever get to this point?
This is a huge question. I would find it difficult to believe that Alexander had these thoughts come to him at the 11th hour, so how did he let it go so far?
Regardless on how you feel about Miles being here or not, I think everyone can agree that Alexander fricked up royally and needs to go.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:02 am to LSUGoose
Smart decision. People will blast him, but it's still real money people. Our academics are struggling to stay afloat yet we were fine with ponying up 20+mil to make a football coaching change? I mean people have to have some kind of perspective here.
Although I do think this is ridiculous
Like really, you guys all got together after halftime or something?
Although I do think this is ridiculous
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final decision on Miles’ future did not come until after a halftime meeting during the Nov. 29 game
Like really, you guys all got together after halftime or something?
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