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LSU Hot Board per Blake Ruffino (AYS Sports)
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:32 pm
Most of you know who Ruffino is. Hes got some pretty decent connections and was on the SEC Unfiltered podcast yesterday with some info. (this is before Landry's presser and TV appearance)
This info comes from some money folks (boosters) who have influence in the athletic department. TIFWIW
Hot Board is:
Lane Train
Dan Lanning - understands there is a supposed massive buyout. let Oregon prove it exists
Marcus Freeman
Jon Sumrall - caveat is this is likely very unpalatable for Landry. bad optics to remove HC of Tulane and install at LSU when you want to win re-election and get votes out of New Orleans.
Timeline:
Nothing happens before Dec 20th
Money will not be a factor in who LSU hires. Boosters didn't pony up $50m buyout to cheap out on next coach.
Money people way more power than Woody.
Woody status unknown, may very well be out of job. Might just be reduced authority.
Will know more after new President selected on Nov 4.
Thinks Austin Thomas will have larger role
Also thinks ability to pull big name coach comes down to coach believing in alignment between Coach / AD / University. Landry popping off absolutely could have negative effect if, for example, Coach is democrat and thinks Landry would meddle in some way. Doesnt matter if that is true or not - perception is reality.
This info comes from some money folks (boosters) who have influence in the athletic department. TIFWIW
Hot Board is:
Lane Train
Dan Lanning - understands there is a supposed massive buyout. let Oregon prove it exists
Marcus Freeman
Jon Sumrall - caveat is this is likely very unpalatable for Landry. bad optics to remove HC of Tulane and install at LSU when you want to win re-election and get votes out of New Orleans.
Timeline:
Nothing happens before Dec 20th
Money will not be a factor in who LSU hires. Boosters didn't pony up $50m buyout to cheap out on next coach.
Money people way more power than Woody.
Woody status unknown, may very well be out of job. Might just be reduced authority.
Will know more after new President selected on Nov 4.
Thinks Austin Thomas will have larger role
Also thinks ability to pull big name coach comes down to coach believing in alignment between Coach / AD / University. Landry popping off absolutely could have negative effect if, for example, Coach is democrat and thinks Landry would meddle in some way. Doesnt matter if that is true or not - perception is reality.
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Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:33 pm to jcole4lsu
quote:
Jon Sumrall - caveat is this is likely very unpalatable for Landry. bad optics to remove HC of Tulane and install at LSU when you want to win re-election and get votes out of New Orleans.
This is the dumbest thing I may have ever read
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to jcole4lsu
So basically Sumrall and kiffin are the top 2 choices lol freeman and lanning aren’t leaving their jobs
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:
This is the dumbest thing I may have ever read
I've heard it from multiple people now. Tulane grads - lots of whom are lawyers - would be very unhappy if their HC would be poached to LSU.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to jcole4lsu
quote:
Dan Lanning - understands there is a supposed massive buyout. let Oregon prove it exists
I guess hot board equates to 'never gonna happen board."
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to Cd104
Sounds to me like its Lane with sumrall as the fallback
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:36 pm to jcole4lsu
Ruffino is a drama queen and doesn’t know shite.
His full time job is covering LSU sports and is farming for engagement.
His full time job is covering LSU sports and is farming for engagement.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:37 pm to Fun Bunch
A republican would never win New Orleans anyway .
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:37 pm to Cd104
quote:
So basically Sumrall and kiffin are the top 2 choices lol freeman and lanning aren’t leaving their jobs
I think its Lane Train and then nobody else. Sounds like they are really going to make him say no 50 times.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:38 pm to jcole4lsu
Tell the Tulane grads their coach is going to Aub or Kentucky then. Why do they care ?
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:39 pm to jcole4lsu
quote:
I think its Lane Train and then nobody else. Sounds like they are really going to make him say no 50 times.
Hope kenny Dillingham gets serious look. He’s young, hungry and has a personality that’d fit Baton Rouge like a glove. If they want a football equivalent to Jay Johnson he’s your guy
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:40 pm to jcole4lsu
So out of four choices two of them are an automatic no chance in hell in Freeman and Lanning.
Kiffin would require an outrageous contract which every indication is we don’t want to pay. And Sumrall, the only realistic one of the bunch, is apparently a complete non starter for our primary decision maker.
Either Ruffino has no clue what he’s talking about or our hiring process has already descended into idiocy.
Kiffin would require an outrageous contract which every indication is we don’t want to pay. And Sumrall, the only realistic one of the bunch, is apparently a complete non starter for our primary decision maker.
Either Ruffino has no clue what he’s talking about or our hiring process has already descended into idiocy.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:41 pm to jcole4lsu
Sumrall being at Tulane is not an obstacle or hindrance. If they want him they will get him.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:41 pm to jcole4lsu
quote:no, none of these people care enough about TulAne football… And they realize that Tulane is a stepping stone to bigger jobs… Always has been… I think this point is vastly exaggerated
I've heard it from multiple people now. Tulane grads - lots of whom are lawyers - would be very unhappy if their HC would be poached to LSU.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:42 pm to tigerfan88
quote:
o out of four choices two of them are an automatic no chance in hell in Freeman and Lanning. Kiffin would require an outrageous contract which every indication is we don’t want to pay. And Sumrall, the only realistic one of the bunch, is apparently a complete non starter for our primary decision maker. Either Ruffino has no clue what he’s talking about or our hiring process has already descended into idiocy.
Yea I can’t lie that big board sounds utterly ridiculous. Dan lanning is flat out a delusional target he already shut down any talk he’s leaving and will have an outrageos buyout he’s not leaving Oregon and freeman isn’t leaving notre dame. Why would our top 4 big board be two guys who are an automatic no ? Makes zero sense
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:43 pm to Fun Bunch
I remember in 1980, after Bo Rein had died and right after Tulane throttled LSU in the dome ....like 24-13? The story that was rolling around BR at the time that the powers that be were going to offer Larry Smith a lot of money to shift AZ and come to BR
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:43 pm to Chicken
i think it's more likely LSU decision makers turn their nose up at hiring tulane's coach, similar to ull.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:43 pm to tigerfan88
quote:
every indication is we don’t want to pay
Not true. Our governor doesn't control the boosters. He's looking for political gain by turning the state against big contracts
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:45 pm to ELTIGRE55
quote:
A republican would never win New Orleans anyway .
This dumbass right here is a prima facie example of how a dumbass like Landry gets elected to governor.
Hey Schrodinger, the Governors race is a statewide race. A vote anywhere in the state for a candidate has the same value as anywhere else. If the R's in suburban NOLA don't turn out for Landry then he is a cooked goose in the election.....a gone pecan.
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:46 pm to tigerfan88
quote:
Kiffin would require an outrageous contract which every indication is we don’t want to pay
Landry dont want to pay.
Landry also ordered the board to fire Woody, and Woody is not fired.
Landry doesnt have as much power as he thinks he does. Once the president is selected, Landry is shut out and the big money boosters have the power in the athletic department.
He can't remove the board and new President immediately just because he doesnt like what they are doing with the coaching search. Even he knows he doesnt have that reach.
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