A Tale of Two Programs

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I'm going to make my best effort to keep all of my anger and frustration laser-focused on Joe Alleva.

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I upvoted, however, O deserves plenty of his share as well.

O came to LSU with the specific knowledge that Alleva and Miles were at odds after the 2014 Chavis situation, and he had his aim set directly on the HC position.

He spent the entire 2014 season sitting on his arse in South Lafourche drinking with his buddies in sports radio and the idea was planted that with the right buttons pushed, O could find himself as Johnny on the spot with his previous interim experience.

Once he had the interim tag, his radio army took up the flag and a bumbling PR disaster like Alleva never saw the ambush coming.


Ponamsky got on the LSU payroll at six figures and his talk show buddies got all the access they could ever want.



So yeah, Alleva’s dumb arse was the key, but O deserves every bit of criticism he gets. He earned it.

He didn’t fall into this as some aw shucks hometown boy makes good when offered the job he just couldn’t say no.

O was always out for a HC job. He pouted and quit when he didn’t get it at USC. He publicly and shamelessly begged for the Syracuse job, even though they were smart enough not to even give him an interview, and he went behind Miles’ back at every opportunity to bad mouth him to Alleva, who just happened to be dumb enough to buy it.

I think some of you guys are forgetting one major item. Georgia sits in the East and doesn't go through Bama every single year. LSU sits in the hardest division of the hardest conference.