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Was Skip Bertman the best thing to ever happen to LSU athletics?

Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:09 am
Posted by sunnydaze
Member since Jan 2010
30103 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:09 am
Resume speaks for itself and he hired the last NC winning coaches for the program
Posted by Watchmaker
Member since Aug 2016
768 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:11 am to
No, he let Saban leave.
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
79359 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:12 am to
mark emmert was
Posted by SaintLSU
Gretna
Member since Apr 2007
3413 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:12 am to
Agree we need Emmert back
Posted by therick711
South
Member since Jan 2008
25348 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:19 am to
Dear Tiger Fans,

Skip Bertman's raison d'être as AD was to usher in tradition fees and make across the board ticket price increases palatable. The powers that be needed a bulletproof messenger for such a drastic new message. Other than giving himself a bullshite deal so he could hire his buddy Smoke, he wasn't really all that hands on with our athletic department.
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
20574 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:21 am to
And hired Les
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
Member since Nov 2004
11332 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:30 am to
We once had Emmert as chancellor, Bertman as athletic director, Dan Radokovich as associate athletic director and Herb Vincent as associate athletic director .... all at one time.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
80391 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:31 am to
quote:

Was Skip Bertman the best thing to ever happen to LSU athletics?


Jim Corbett or Bob Brodhead.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
16040 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:34 am to
Nick Saban is the best thing to happen to LSU. He instilled a winning mentality that was largely absent. LSU should have made him an offer that he couldn't refuse.
Posted by AA77
Member since Jan 2016
3798 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:36 am to
He let the best coach in the history of college football walk...

Yeah he was real great as an AD.
Posted by TheFranchise
The Stick
Member since Feb 2005
6214 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:48 am to
Wait, you know he, in a fit of "how dare you", passed on waiting a day for Jack Del Rio and rushed to hire a boob?

Seems very similar to "how dare you want to hear out Texas", I'm hiring a boob in 15 minutes, set the presser for noon.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59526 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:55 am to
quote:

mark emmert was
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24664 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:56 am to
As great as Skip was none of it happens without Emmert
Posted by timm6971463
oakdale la
Member since Mar 2008
4373 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 12:01 pm to
Thanks goodness Les ,where can we find another one to fight off the negativity in LA.
Posted by Manchac Man
Member since Dec 2014
1508 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 12:07 pm to
quote:

No, he let Saban leave.

More importantly, he didn't let Saban come back. He swallows a little pride and LSU goes down as the best football program of all time.
Posted by victoire sécurisé
Member since Nov 2012
5011 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 12:08 pm to
Billy Cannon. He TRIPLED season ticket sales and created the modern monster that is LSU football.
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9364 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 12:15 pm to
This is why Emmert left, good ole baws wanted to install Skip vs do a real search.

People forget he left under a cloud around his continuing his baseball camp as AD, they made up some bs fund raising position for him to save face.

We have come full circle, political hacks leading LSU, BOS meddling = mediocrity forthcoming.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
14668 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 12:23 pm to
quote:

No, he let Saban leave.


Skip had an ego too....a pretty big one and he got tired of taking butt chewings.

He says we had no shot to keep him here, but I heard differently.
Posted by U571
Member since Sep 2016
128 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:54 pm to
quote:

he hired the last NC winning coaches for the program

Miles = yes, Skip gets the credit
Saban = Nope, Mark Emmert hired Saban

Skip as an AD was a disaster......he ran off Saban, Pokey, Pat Henry (the most successful coach in all of college sports). Skip was jealous of Pat Henry the entire time he was coaching baseball (I'm not saying Skip had a reason to be jealous. Skip was an amazing baseball coach). Pat Henry was getting upgrades to Bernie Moore stadium while Skip was slugging it out (literally) at old Alex Box. Also, Skip disliked "a little" attention being diverted from him toward Pat Henry's success. Sorrry to tell the truth to all of you Skip = Jesus folks....but sometimes the truth hurts.
Posted by NOLApurpleandgold
baton rouge
Member since Jul 2016
1236 posts
Posted on 12/12/16 at 1:58 pm to
Saban was leaving regardless of who was AD at the time. NFL fame and fortune were too much for his ego to resist.
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