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re: Here's our new reality
Posted on 12/12/16 at 5:17 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 12/12/16 at 5:17 pm to lsufball19
Herman’s agent, Trace Armstrong, works at the same firm that Sexton does.
Armstrong said that LSU could sign Herman for $6 million a year, much less than LSU discussed paying Fisher.
Alleva, who already offered 5+ mm, got mad and "cowardly withdrew his offer in the middle of the night" and hired O.
Herman signed with Texas for $5 million per year. The scout Alleva paid to recommend a coach said Herman was THE MUST-GET. Herman said that the LSU job was a better one than Texas. All we needed was an Emmert or Bertman to step in and say “pay the man”.
They’re both with CAA Sports, who also represents Nick Saban and Urban Meyer, among lots of others.
So the failed ~7 mm offer to Fisher plus huge housing allowance detailed in a headline NOLA story and the Media was already known by Herman when Alleva came calling with "you are our 1st choice".
Bottom line: It is Alleva's sole job to hire the best offensive-minded Coach he could.
He bungled a Legacy Hire, a surefire Dynasty, just like LSU did by not paying Saban 4 million.
He lied straight up to Herman saying he was the #1 choice and gave him an ultimatum and a discounted offer. Very Impressive - Piss down his back and tell him it is raining.
Herman said "oh really, I was #1 " (and that 6.8 mm offer to Fisher was just NOLA headline misprint).
Negotiation 101 - A) Don't lie,
B) Don't give ultimatums to the person you are trying to convince that LSU is the best place for him and his family, professionally and personally: SELL LSU over Tejas
C) Pretend you are Emmert or Bertman
D) You are playing with house money, so stay in the game until the end
Armstrong said that LSU could sign Herman for $6 million a year, much less than LSU discussed paying Fisher.
Alleva, who already offered 5+ mm, got mad and "cowardly withdrew his offer in the middle of the night" and hired O.
Herman signed with Texas for $5 million per year. The scout Alleva paid to recommend a coach said Herman was THE MUST-GET. Herman said that the LSU job was a better one than Texas. All we needed was an Emmert or Bertman to step in and say “pay the man”.
They’re both with CAA Sports, who also represents Nick Saban and Urban Meyer, among lots of others.
So the failed ~7 mm offer to Fisher plus huge housing allowance detailed in a headline NOLA story and the Media was already known by Herman when Alleva came calling with "you are our 1st choice".
Bottom line: It is Alleva's sole job to hire the best offensive-minded Coach he could.
He bungled a Legacy Hire, a surefire Dynasty, just like LSU did by not paying Saban 4 million.
He lied straight up to Herman saying he was the #1 choice and gave him an ultimatum and a discounted offer. Very Impressive - Piss down his back and tell him it is raining.
Herman said "oh really, I was #1 " (and that 6.8 mm offer to Fisher was just NOLA headline misprint).
Negotiation 101 - A) Don't lie,
B) Don't give ultimatums to the person you are trying to convince that LSU is the best place for him and his family, professionally and personally: SELL LSU over Tejas
C) Pretend you are Emmert or Bertman
D) You are playing with house money, so stay in the game until the end
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 5:31 pm
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Posted on 12/12/16 at 5:57 pm to Quid Pro Quo
Herman was Not coming to LSU this year.
Texas is Herman's dream job. He was determined to get there sooner or later. This was his chance. No matter what LSU had offered, Texas has the money to bid more. The only thing LSU would have accomplished by staying in the game is to cost Texas more money. LSU could have never won the bid war.
That is a sobering fact.
To make you Hermanites even sadder, last year wasn't really much of a possibility either. Everybody in college football knew Charlie Strong was on his last legs at Texas. It was just a matter of time. Herman had a nice deal at Houston with the possibility (slim) for getting UH into the Big 12. That alone was worth hanging around in Houston for another year. It was win/win for Herman. Stay put and wait for Strong to die on the vine and then swoop in or hold pat and bring Houston into the Big 12. That was the landscape in November of last year.
There was no way that Herman was coming to Baton Rouge not last year, not this year. Sorry
Texas is Herman's dream job. He was determined to get there sooner or later. This was his chance. No matter what LSU had offered, Texas has the money to bid more. The only thing LSU would have accomplished by staying in the game is to cost Texas more money. LSU could have never won the bid war.
That is a sobering fact.
To make you Hermanites even sadder, last year wasn't really much of a possibility either. Everybody in college football knew Charlie Strong was on his last legs at Texas. It was just a matter of time. Herman had a nice deal at Houston with the possibility (slim) for getting UH into the Big 12. That alone was worth hanging around in Houston for another year. It was win/win for Herman. Stay put and wait for Strong to die on the vine and then swoop in or hold pat and bring Houston into the Big 12. That was the landscape in November of last year.
There was no way that Herman was coming to Baton Rouge not last year, not this year. Sorry
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