re: Misconception on the buyout

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The seats are already paid for..............damn. How much money do you think LSU makes from tickets sales

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This is naive. First, this year's season tickets are paid for (as I know all too well), but next year's aren't. The cost of actions taken (or not taken) today extends well beyond December, 2017. And the present value of those costs is simply a matter of discounting the future income. Second, not having people in the stadium, and on campus, goes far beyond the ticket sales. Concessions, local economy, parking fees (I know--another sore spot, but beside the point) to name a few. Third, it would be foolish to assume that a severe dropoff in attendance won't be accompanied by a severe dropoff in fundraising.Fourth, putting a crappy product on the field will result in fewer opportunities to get exposure on television, which has financial implications that ripple through the whole system.
If there were reason to believe that the problem is due to a cause that's limited to this year only, it might be appropriate to say, "Eat the losses--it's short-term." But there's not much evidence that this is the case.

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I mean what head coach would be stupid enough to entrust recruiting to a recruiting coordinator?

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WTF is the point of having the position of recruiting coordinator in the first place then by your logic? Yes, the HC has final say-so...but a coordinator is going to have SIGNIFICANT influence over whatever he's the coordinator of.

Regardless of who the HC or recruiting coordinator has been, we've had top 10 recruiting classes every year for the past decade. There's absolutely no excuse for our past 3 games. The Miss State blowout looked bad at the time, and since their next 2 games were 28 and 39 point losses to Georgia and Auburn. And there's no excuse for a program that's been putting more players in the NFL than anyone besides maybe Bama to have consecutive home games where we were in a nail biter against a perennial Big East/ACC bottom feeder then lose to a fricking Sun Belt team for homecoming.

At least with Les Miles, going into the Bama game in November, we were always still in contention for big bowl games, SEC title game, and/or national title. Under CEO, we'll be going into the Bama game with 4 losses and staring at a very realistic prospect of not even being bowl eligible. So keep apologizing for a shitty AD hiring a losing coach after a sorry excuse for a coaching search thanks to a weasel radio host and a fricking binder.