For those of you wanting to divert blame from Alleva

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Regardless of F King whoever the frick

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Scares me that our fans won't understand the gravity of this... LSU pre-2000 couldn't get over the hump for two reasons: 1. Politicizing of the athletic department. 2. The lack of financial infrastructure as a result of the politicizing

THIS is how you go back to the 90s.

Season expectations weren't high from an offense with 1 senior and maybe 2 juniors on it.

Alleva and Alexander didn't talk.

These two handsomely-paid administrators did not talk, compare notes, brainstorm, strategize. Alleva didn't "get the memo."

Alleva thought he had more authority than he did. If he and his boss (Alexander) had spoken, presumably it would have been realized that the money being discussed (the buyout; the contract for Fisher; the assistants' buyouts) was not politically feasible.

I am not criticizing the sentiment that it was politically unfeasible to shell out this much money on the football program, when the university suffers from funding issues. (yes, two different pots of money, but we're talking perception.) That is a debatable issue.

What I'm saying though is that if Alleva and Alexander had simply spoken, and Alexander set out some parameters for Alleva as to what he could do, and not do, then very likely we wouldn't have experienced the past two weeks, all the negative publicity generated, and the potential adverse effect on recruiting.

Alleva and Alexander deserve to be raked over the coals for allowing this situation to occur.

Horrible.

People who don't think miles is done will get what they deserve, those who do already know what's coming