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Untrue take on Scott Woodward

Posted on 10/27/25 at 3:20 pm
Posted by LongTime Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
2670 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 3:20 pm
You might not care and may think Woodward has been horrible. But he did a great job hiring Kim Mulkey and especially Jay Johnson. Gotta give credit if you are going to criticize.
Yes, the BK hire turned out poorly. But at the time, most who were objective and didn't immediately condemn him to hell for being a yankee, thought that it was a great improvement over a very disinterested at that time, Ed Orgeron.
But Stephen A Smith's take, as well as many fans, on Scott's failure(??) at aTm as well as the BK hire, have the story wrong.
Scott signed Jimbo to a 10 year $75M contract in December 2017. After the 2021 season and in response to the rumor that LSU was going to bring Jimbo home to be LSU's head coach, the new aTm AD increased and extended Jimbo's contract to a full 10 years again for $100M.
Scott Woodward had left aTm and become LSU's AD in 2019 and had fired Ed O in 2021.
Jimbo was never considered or vetted by Scott's office for the LSU job in 2021 but the rumor that LSU was going to offer him the job was leaked from LSU AD office and started by Scott.
So he leveraged the open job to get aTm to spend more and commit longer to Jimbo while he was pointed at hiring Brian Kelley.
Call him out if you want but he broke it off in aTm in 2021 & they paid for it dearly.
So, Stephen A., get the story right please! BTW, if LSU doesn't settle with BK for a lump sum, the $54M payout will be mitigated substantially by BK's new job, which his ego and recent failure will REQUIRE him to take next year.
Posted by white beans
Member since Sep 2009
6512 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 3:21 pm to
Stephen A Smith posts here?
Posted by Deuces
The bottom
Member since Nov 2011
16312 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 3:21 pm to
LSU hates every AD within 3 years
Posted by twk
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jul 2011
2767 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

Scott signed Jimbo to a 10 year $75M contract in December 2017. After the 2021 season and in response to the rumor that LSU was going to bring Jimbo home to be LSU's head coach, the new aTm AD increased and extended Jimbo's contract to a full 10 years again for $100M.
Scott Woodward had left aTm and become LSU's AD in 2019 and had fired Ed O in 2021.
The liquidated damages clause, which required A&M to pay the full compensation due to Jimbo, with no duty to mitigate, if A&M fired him without cause was not changed by the extension. So, while the amount of the buyout would have been lower had there been no extension, it was Woodward's terrible contract negotiation on a buyout which really made a mess of the deal.
Posted by Chalkywhite84
New orleans
Member since Dec 2016
33507 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 3:30 pm to
But I thought Scott Woodward then tried to hire jumbo fisher at lsu.

Is that not true?

Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
42275 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 3:45 pm to
quote:

Is that not true?




That was a fabrication by a certain agent we all know and love.
Posted by rutiger
purgatory
Member since Jun 2007
21744 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 4:06 pm to
Canning will wade was a HUGE failure by woodward and hiring McMahon was an even BIGGER failure in the only other money making sport besides football.
Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
29290 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 4:27 pm to
Doesn't matter. 10 years guaranteed for a coach not named Saban is stupid, regardless of the amount.
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
30378 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 4:29 pm to
We get it Scott, this is like the 10th time it has been posted since yesterday.

However, you did give him an absurd contract to begin with, which became even more absurd when they raised the baseline after you left.
Posted by HarryHoudini
Member since Oct 2025
216 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 4:31 pm to
I’m hearing JJ was his assistants find, not his.

Writing has always been on the wall about BK. Got fooled by his inflated resume.
This post was edited on 10/27/25 at 4:33 pm
Posted by Flightnclouds
Member since Sep 2018
1379 posts
Posted on 10/27/25 at 4:37 pm to
Nice post Ms. Woodward. Cheese fry Woody has to go.
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