You folks had better be glad Lombardi is running this show

and not Skip.

Skip is a wimp and always in it for himself.

He sold out the baseball team when he picked Smoke. It was all about taking care of him and his buddies. Wells and Bianco would not come because Skip wanted them to keep some of his coaches and make a deal on the camp money. He was not the AD but he was allowed to hire his successor. Smoke was the only one who would agree to his conditions.

He doesn't look for the best coach. He said he looked for the best fit. Guess what? Winning without getting in trouble is ALWAYS a good fit.

He does not negotiate well. He negotiated a low buyout from Miles. Of course Miles agreed to it. Any job that was better than this one could easily pay this buyout clause.

He negotiates low buyout clauses for games. How many scheduling problems have been caused by teams backing out of games because it was easy for them to pay a small amount of money in exchange for a bigger payday?

Hell, he only got 100 grand from his baseball camp. That was actually considered to be a low amount. He got blindsided, if you believe him, about Pelini interviewing with Nebraska.

Remember, Lombardi hired Spurrier and Donovan. With him here, the chances of a screw job for LSU are a lot less than if Skip was running the show this time.