Looks like Woodward didn’t save football after all

Wade didn't escape sanctions. LSU was hit with sanctions. While neither were particularly harsh (relatively speaking), it's not like they didn't get hit with anything. That leaves two questions than can't be answered, but only speculated:

1. Would LSU's/Wade's sanctions been worse had Wade remained LSU HC?

2. Would LSU with Wade and those sanctions have been worse over the last three seasons than they have without Wade.

IMO, the answer to No. 1 is "yes", the sanctions for (at least LSU) would have been harsher. However, as to No. 2, I think the answer is "no". McMahon has been the biggest "miss" on a major coaching hire since Hallman. Even other guys who eventually struggled and were fired had some degree of success (Smoke, Trent Johnson, Jones, Orgeron). McMahon, like Hallman has had none.

He wasnt "one of them" if he had been one of them libs, he would still be the coach.

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By firing Wade to appease the NCAA

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I'm on the train that he fired Wade because Collis Temple was all up in his ear.

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Both can be true, and I suspect the NCAA was giving them advice via back channels. The inclusion of football in the NOA casts a different light on this than those places that only had MBB as the focus, IMO.

So now our football and basketball seasons suck. yay!!

He planned on firing Wade from the moment he became AD.

He just hated Wade. It was personal.

Woodward never thought about how that would impact the players on that roster.