The rift between BOS/Boosters/AD/Coaching

Let me preface this post a bit. Yes, I bash the shite out of coach O. Yes, I occasionally troll dumbass posts. Yes, I’ve insulted a mutitude of you on this board, occasionally feeling bad about it. No, I do not have any first hand sauces. Only hearsay from the other members of TAF that I know. You know, the whole “my brother’s freind’s first cousin’s sisters’s husband knows a guy” types.

I will say that everything I heard through those guys turned out to be accurate with regards to the OC search and another poster last night confirmed what I had heard (TenthTiger did it HERE). I’m simply going to share the other things that I’ve heard over the past few weeks. I would caution you to take it with a grain of salt.

What I’ve also heard , that I now believe to be true, is that there is a massive division among different factions involved in the program. The BOS is practically clueless. They are, however, concerned about the image of the university, hence the hard no go on Freeze or the elder Briles. Other than that, they are unconcerned with matters of football and have faith in Alleva for one reason, he makes money.

The major boosters, on the other hand, are furious. They were not happy with the O hire to begin with but were willing to go along with the experiment for a year or two. They were not, however, aware of the ridiculous buyout until after the ink was dry on the contact. Most recognize that the schedule was extremely weak this season and the team grossly under preformed with O at the helm. A handful were willing to fork out the buyout at the end of the season, but Alleva managed to hitch his wagon even tighter to O’s by requesting another year to see if O could turn things around.

O was furious after the Freeze saga. He tried reaching out to other candidates but was shot down at every attempt (by the candidates that is). In a last ditch effort, he tried throwing a shite ton of money at Kiffin, who turned him down yet again. As far as O’s relationship with the staff, it’s pretty split 50/50. A lot of the other coaches took issue with how he handled Canada wanting to run his offense the way he designed it. I’ve asked if anyone heard anything about the fight, none of them have been able to confirm it actually happened. Only that there was a disagreement.

What this all comes back to is that there is a major rift between all areas associated with the program. It started under Miles and has gotten worse under O. There does seem to be one thing that all factions agree upon. That Aranda is a significant piece to the future of the program. The only reason he didn’t bolt to join Jimbo is due to the HCIW tag he was given. Jimbo actually offered more than the $2.5 he agreed to with LSU.

That feels like enough for now. Again, take it all with a grain of salt. Just wanted to share the things I’ve heard through the grape vine.