re: Small, but interesting nugget this AM

Shocking a guy with morning radio experience wasn’t equipped to handle that. In his defense through, NIL wasn’t a thing then so it wasn’t in his book Derek plagiarized

Right, and I can understand having him around to schedule media appearances and things of that nature. But you’re telling me this guy is vetting coaching candidates, coordinating NIL, involved in recruiting and personnel meetings? Come on man.

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rather than spending all day posting on Tiger Rant.

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Speaking of, where has Derek Todd Ree been lately?

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I disagree if it has such a great effect on his locker room a coach needs to have a handle on it that admin executes.

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Do you just mean he needs to recognize it and send them to a separate entity? Because that's about all the responsiblity the HC should have.
It's one thing to recognize locker room divide, and delegate to another department.

It's another thing to pick up the phone between game planning and call Brandon Landry so he can give a 3rd string player a Walk on's commercial.

yeah its really bad when you think of everything O's dumbass entrusted him with

Derek really thought they could copy Pete's book and internet crowdsourcing to coast

LSU needs to have a person, or team of people, that coordinates with players and helps them navigate and make decisions on Potential NIL deals IMO.

Not a coach, but an NIL support staff within the AD

NIL shouldn’t be the head football coach’s responsibility. The AD should be running the show when it comes to comprehensive NIL plan, etc.

Matt and Jordy have both explicitly said that Derek was in charge of roster management.

Even Les’ right hand guy was that Dingman dude who played at Michigan and had degrees in sports management and shite

Amazing

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How long before a top recruit makes demands that he will go to the team that guarantees him the most through NIL
Heck, it’s probably already happened

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I mean ... the top QB recruit in the next class skipped his senior season so he could go to Ohio State early because of a $1million NIL deal that was waiting on him. So yep, it's happening.

Honestly, the NIL stuff should be a team of legal and financial consultants available to all athletes that would both help sponsors find the right targets and help the students understand the agreements they're being offered and how to take care of their money. It would be super easy to provide opportunity for existing faculty to be involved as well as bringing in a few people from outside to assist. You don't want an agent per se, but a role similar to an agent would be useful. You definitely do want to provide education around finances and contracts to the students, though.

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have to have a comprehensive plan in place to deal with NIL and its future implications. Stephanie Rempe is pushing hard for a coach who understands NIL and is forward thinking.

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So Jimmy Sexton is going to be LSU's next coach?