re: DALSU is online. Come on in this thread and have a plate of crow

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they are wrong. All of them

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that's the point of the responses to the op. prove that the people who were saying a similar story were absolutely, irrefutably wrong. it can't be done because the doubters weren't in on EVERY CONVERSATION between the major players.

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You are asking me to believe that Jimbo was in Florida coaching his last game expecting to become LSU's coach...and Alexander nixed the deal.

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it appears that this is at least partially what happened and it's not hard to believe for reasonable people

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the Jimbo deal had fallen through 24-48 hours earlier

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the timeline is in question, yes.

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ignore that the local media started walking back the story the day of the game

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different people were getting different stories from different people, yes. not unheard of.

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Alexander, whose position is largely political, decided to buck the money boosters

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no, apparently, the booster were not in agreement on the matter so, he didn't "buck" the money

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he felt the optics of the situation weren't right.

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he's done something similar in the recent past. what's so hard to believe about this?

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he could have done so for at least 2 weeks.

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again, the timeline is in question

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Use your common sense. Jimbo was the target. The deal fell through. And, LSU had no other plan. The options were to keep Miles...or fire him and take on that huge buyout with a totally open coaching search.

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when did i say something different? this is almost precisely what everyone, except shortbus lunchbox has been saying. the "deal fell through" part is the mystery.