re: Statues that LSU should erect before doing a head football coach

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Name buildings for dead people that actually acomplished something relative to the University don't subsidize public crappy art with tax dollars.

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Don't really disagree with this. Perhaps we should substitute Claire Chennault for Sherman on the original list.

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What really is appropriate for a guy that ran an institution with about 20 students, who got the job due to his political connections and held it for about full year year?

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wts left westpoint, the indian wars and the army to be a lawyer. yes, geo. mason graham(father of lsu) rcvd wts application/letter and his military family knew the guy. wts was the best applicant.
lsu was situated in pineville to be a secular school (not s.la catholic or n.la protestant.) it was to be a military school (like v.m.i.) for the farmers' sons who could not go to school in europe.
it was a big gamble for wts, and his wife and family never moved down to la.

there are books written that describe how much wts wanted louisiana and lsu to avoid the conflict. he knew the power of the us military. he pleaded w/ louisiana not to secede.

this is the most famous of sherman's letters to david f. boyd.


With the secession of South Carolina, in correspondence with David F. Boyd, of Virginia – a strong supporter of secession - Sherman declared,
“You people of the South don’t know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end…” Going on Sherman would presciently state. “…You are rushing into a war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth – right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will stop and think, they must see in the end you will surely fail.” It is amazing, how correct Sherman was – in all accounts. It was as if he had
hindsight as a barometer of the future.

when la joined the csa, he resigned and was fondly given a farewell.

after the war, wts was secy of war.
lsu seminary in pinville burned to the groun in 1870. lsu moved to b.r. and the school for the deaf.
wts offered to help lsu get back on it's feet and DONATED the pentagon barracks/building (near the state capitol) to help rebuild. wts donated huge amounts of military equipment to help lsu. this went on for many years.

he was probably more proud of his lsu than most of the negative ranturds on td.

p.s. read some history. if you can thank a teacher. if you have a right to, thank a soldier.

cpl, usa