re: Why is the rant melting?

Most people on the rant play checkers, not chess.

TOO much criticism of Alleva going on here. Yes, he may not be the greatest AD of all time, but appears to me he is actually handling this well....so far.

The biggest tell here is that Alleva, LSU, other boosters and Miles all have not come out and emphatically squashed the conversation. This is enough proof to know that Les is leaving. No "have a great day" speeches and no support being shared from administration. So folks, yes, he's gone. If he had a job, they would all be defending it.

So, since Miles is leaving, Alleva actually is keeping hush because obviously negotiations are happening on the replacement. All legitimate replacements are still coaching teams, people! Some may have big games ahead! Many can't just hop on the next plane and show up here. Alleva has to take this into consideration. Keeping hush over the last week is giving him time to negotiate without any official announcement of Les leaving, and keeping any candidates out of unified glare for as long as he possibly can. Media, hype, growing fanbase backlash, rival boosters, and time exposed--all could harm a deal.

Alleva, in a defacto sense, is also buying time for Miles to make his own plans. This could actually be seen as a courtesy.

The timing of everything, whether Miles will coach a bowl game, or it all ends tomorrow really depends more on the new candidate.

One thing is for sure, all the people on here stomping their feet, expecting everything to all fall into place in one lump action, without missing a beat, just the way they feel it should are the EXACT people that deserve to be the LAST to know what is actually going on.