re: DALSU and LSU Random Hero and Others

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This whole thing...if it was true at all...fell apart because the people involved in it couldn't keep their traps shut.

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No. That's just not true. How did you come to that conclusion?

It fell apart because these things typically fall apart when you are trying to hire a NC winning coach away from a very good program.

It was the lack of recognition of the difficulty of that hire combined with a general incompetence/lack of commitment to making a change that resulted in what happened.

A good AD would have listened to the boosters and made sure that all money for the buyout was secured and not dependent on a specific hire. That's just not a feasible plan. Without that's trying of a commitment, you just can't move forward. If you get that commitment, then you start the entire hiring process. And when Jimbo falls through your #2 and #3 are already vetted and ready to go.

What happened was basically the worst case scenario. Alleva cut the legs out of the current head coach...and then failed to replace him.