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re: Wilson Alexander Report: Austin Thomas is Returning to LSU

Posted on 1/26/24 at 5:09 pm to
Posted by epbart
new york city
Member since Mar 2005
2939 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 5:09 pm to
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Never understood his role or why he was so heralded


Yeah, I chalk it up to the fact that some tidbits of info on here echo randomly and become amplified more than others... depending on who hears it and starts parroting it.

Nothing against Thomas. Just seems like he came to the foreground due to involvement with a couple of recruiting wins, like JaCoby Stephens. One person says he was important in this case, someone repeats it, the next person has now heard he was important twice, then it becomes he was always important, another repeats it, etc. In his case, his drama with job changes gave more mystique to his rep on here.

But it happens in good and bad ways on here all the time... The Rant at times reminds me of the scene in Fight Club, when the first goon thinks, in death, members of Project Mayhem get a name, and his name was Robert Paulson. Then another guy repeats it till it takes on its own life...
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Yeah, this is how the Rant seems sometimes with the way some narratives grow legs.

Anyway, I'm sure Thomas is qualified for whatever role he gets. And I hope he's a success at it. But I'm with you... there was a silliness to it, like the silliness around the Binder / tBinder.
Posted by BayouCowboy
Member since Dec 2012
14564 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 5:30 pm to
If he was integral in the Grove Collective and can replicate that here then that's a major win for us.
Posted by Lester Earl
Member since Nov 2003
279527 posts
Posted on 1/27/24 at 12:36 pm to
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But I'm with you... there was a silliness to it,



just because you don't understand it doesn't make it silly.


honestly, looking back, the move Les Miles made in 2016 to make Austin Thomas the program's General Manager has proven to be pioneering and innovative.


Personnel titles before this had been more administrative & involved with public relations (think Justin Vincent/Sam Nader).


The move in 2016 shifted focus to a more football related duties associated with roster construction, recruiting, and (even more prominent now with the transfer portal) scouting.


This only made sense, based on the NFL model.


It would be silly to say this one single moved changed college football. But have you pulled up a roster of LSU Football staffers recently? Or any big college football program? When i counted last year, LSU had nearly 20 staffers dedicated to scouting/recruiting/personnel.


All that to say; why is it silly? Thomas was an outlier in 2016, but now every big program has gigantic resources being poured into positions like this.
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