re: Official Tigerbaitlawyer Thread

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Woodward is positioning himself to be the Lsu system president and wants to be viewed as The guy who cleaned up the athletic department.

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I’m not disputing whether this is the perception from the athletic department point-of-view, but this will not happen.

To be a Chancellor, university president, university system president, the candidate is expected to be a tenured faculty member, which also requires holding a terminal degree (PhD, JD, or MD, though the latter two are much less common outside of law schools and med schools). People may not remember, but there was damn near a campus mutiny when Sean O’Keefe became the chancellor because, although he had a PhD and was the goddamn administrator of NASA, he was not previously tenured.

I’m not anti-Woodward or anything, but I think this is nothing more than a foolish pipe dream, if true. If it’s not and it actually comes to pass, LSU would become a lightning rod for criticism (both inside and outside LSU/Louisiana), a laughing stock amongst all colleges and universities (including community colleges), and it would wholly devalue every LSU degree, past and future, no matter how good a job he does.

Woodward has literally reached the ceiling of the collegiate athletic administration field. There is no higher position he can hold at LSU unless he completes a PhD and receives a tenured faculty position.

I’m editing to add that he undoubtedly knows this and, if so, that to me says he is a raging egomaniac, which gravely concerns me.

I approve of this bump...GDT's

First there was Ruths Chris, then there was Ruffinos, now its tenures?

What in the world actually happened

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What in the world actually happened

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I just want to know the story...

Did he say yes to LSU, then ND come in with a +$3MM offer?

I think if you’re a young DC and a top SEC program wants to interview you, you take that interview.

But when you’re on the cusp of becoming a HC as well, other factors come in to play such as family and other personal reasons. I read a couple days ago that staying in the Midwest was something important to him, so going to ND to pad his resume ahead of next year’s hiring carousel makes more sense than moving his family to BR for potentially 1 season in the SEC pressure cooker

I have been extremely busy with my private practice. I have not had an opportunity to post. Also, COVID has killed my normal social scene.

I do not have the administration building bugged for information. I will pass on info when it is creditable.

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I do not have the administration building bugged for information.

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I has disappoint.