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re: Rank our last 5 Athletic Directors

Posted on 7/15/22 at 5:50 pm to
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
Pelicans, Saints, & LSU Fan
Member since May 2009
80201 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 5:50 pm to
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Except TECHNICALLY he hired Saban.


Lol dean never would have interviewed Saban on his own. Then the jerk wanted to low ball Saban and Mark basically told him to kick rocks I got this
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40744 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 5:50 pm to
I didn’t know it was possible to be any worse than Alleva
Posted by Forever
Member since Dec 2019
5751 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 6:04 pm to
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Scott..... too early to tell

Yea maybe if you’re a dumbass who doesn’t know how to identify the simplest signs that someone is competent
Posted by Tiger2tiger97
Member since Jul 2021
664 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 6:42 pm to
Not a AD but Mark Emmert. He alone is responsible for Tiger football resurgence!
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
2459 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 6:58 pm to
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At the time of his retirement, the 27 national championships under Dean's guidance were an SEC record.


Vast majority from Pat Henry, a Broadhead hire.

Broadhead and Woody were/are the only legit ADs we’ve had.

Bertman was atrocious, being handed 2 Ferraris with his baseball and Saban’s football. He was as bad an AD as great he was a coach. When Manieri is your crowning achievement hire, it’s an atrocious legacy.
Posted by DBG
vermont
Member since May 2004
72123 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 7:14 pm to
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Bertman was atrocious, being handed 2 Ferraris with his baseball and Saban’s football. He was as bad an AD as great he was a coach. When Manieri is your crowning achievement hire, it’s an atrocious legacy.


He hired 2 coaches that won titles. He had misses but this is way overboard.
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
2459 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 7:26 pm to
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He hired 2 coaches that won titles. He had misses but this is way overboard


It took a colossal failure in Smoke for Bertman to hire Manieri when Skip could’ve hired anyone to replace him.

Skip evaluating Miles over Jimbo is equally horrible.
Posted by rob62
Member since Sep 2016
5165 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 7:27 pm to
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I didn’t know it was possible to be any worse than Alleva


History is important
Posted by rob62
Member since Sep 2016
5165 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 7:31 pm to
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took a colossal failure in Smoke for Bertman to hire Manieri when Skip could’ve hired anyone to replace him.


And Both have a National Title but Miles played for 2
Posted by DBG
vermont
Member since May 2004
72123 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 7:39 pm to
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It took a colossal failure in Smoke for Bertman to hire Manieri when Skip could’ve hired anyone to replace him.


Smoke sucked. Smoke also won 66% of his games and 60% of SEC games and made Omaha twice. The problem was that it tailed off real fast. The “colossal failure” of Smoke Laval at LSU is largely false revisionist history.

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Skip evaluating Miles over Jimbo is equally horrible.


Oh come the frick on

I’m sure this board would have fully been behind promoting a 39 year old first time HC. Sure pal.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
18104 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:23 pm to
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4. Bob Broadhead


The man’s name was Brodhead.
B-R-O-D-H-E-A-D
Posted by otowntiger
O-Town
Member since Jan 2004
15656 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:32 pm to
I’d put Broadhead above Joe Dean and maybe even pretty close to Bertman. He had the AD humming with some pretty darned good hires, the best of which was Skip.
Posted by Doug thetiger
Shreveport
Member since Oct 2019
58 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:28 pm to
Skip
Scott
Joe D
Joe A
Bob
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
37464 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:36 pm to
I’ve watched this thread and thought it would go different initially.

I fricking hate Alleva, but props to tRant recognizing Joe Dean was a terrible AD. Nothing personal about the man, but he set LSU back a decade or so in athletics.
Posted by LSUFanMizeWay
Picayune MS
Member since Sep 2014
5712 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:01 pm to
Woodward
Brodhead
SKIP
String Music
Alleva.
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
32490 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:15 pm to
derp
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
24459 posts
Posted on 7/15/22 at 11:20 pm to
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Broadhead was much better than generally given credit for. He was a PR nightmare and butted head with the board on a regular basis. He was generally right, but he needed to communicate better with the board so that they understood the vision. The bad relationship caused lots of other problems and made him not as effective as he should have been

And yet he hired the greatest coach in LSU history and a Naismith HOF WBB coach AND A TRACK COACH THAT REBUILt THE PROGRAM and won a Natty in Seemes.
He also paved the way for TAF. fricking kids on here
Broadhead was the best AD in LSU history from program impact.
Posted by LSUDonMCO
Orlando
Member since Dec 2003
6889 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 8:25 am to
Don’t forget Joe Dean got us sued for Title IX and sexual harassment when he said, in front of female athletes “We should add soccer as our next sport because the girls look good in those shorts and there are less lesbians than softball!”
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57344 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 8:26 am to
Who's Bob Broadhead? It's BRODHEAD!!!
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 9:00 am
Posted by CDawson
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2017
16445 posts
Posted on 7/16/22 at 9:17 am to
Woodward has done as much to hurt lsu athletics as any AD I’ve seen.

Huge spender, went all out to make the athletic department a political entity covering to every whack job he could.

Time will tell if he can pull back out of the mess he’s help create.
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