Success of the program is not just about hiring a great coach at LSU.

Here's the main concern that LSU fans should be concerned about with the search for a new coach. Tim Brando went completely off the deep end the other day, but he wasn't wrong about one thing. Joe Alleva is a puppet and it's not even close. The BOS/TAF/politics have always run things here. It wasn't until Saban came in and demanded complete control when the program was down that things changed. Amazing how that works. He demanded the same thing at Alabama and their situation is similar to ours. Skip even said that after 5 years, he really wanted Saban to stay, but he had worn on the Board/TAF. They're not used to not having all the say so. Miles came in and didn't demand what Saban did, but he also didn't care what any of them thought. This drove them crazy the entire time. There's been a 17 year period where they haven't fully run everything the way they used to and it's BY FAR been the best run in school history. It's now a given that they have their puppet in place "searching" for a new coach. If Alleva had any sense (or balls), he'd only consider a coach who demanded the same thing when it comes into meddling into the affairs of the team. We'll see from the hire "he" makes whether or not we continue the successes of the prior 2 coaches, or if we regress back into the "politics" of old and take 10 steps back. We'll see if any of them have learned to swallow their pride and realize any lessons learned from the way they helped keep the program down rather than help it over the history of the program. At this point, one can only cross their fingers.


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