re: Here's our new reality

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Gray Tiger: Herman was Not coming to LSU this year.

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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which to rest your head. I know for a fact that this is total ignorant, pessimistic, defeatist drivel. Your opinion proves no one is exempt from speaking nonsense, and you have done that 28390 times.

After Alleva made Fisher turn him down at 6.9 million, plus a 7 figure housing allowance, as his "first choice" he set the price for what he was willing to pay for "the coach he really wanted". Offering Herman anything less is insulting, especially when you lie and tell a surprised Herman he was your 1st choice all along.



Alleva wasted a year on Fisher and was forced to keep Miles after he leaked the whole thing to press just like he did again this year. Fisher, who Herman beat straight up with a team full of 2 star athletes in last year's Peach Bowl.

7-3 Fisher whose Achilles's Heel is up-Tempo spread offenses: CLEM, ORE (59-20), Louisville 63-20 w/Petrino pulling the starters after the 3rd qtr.

Herman 22-4 in 2 yrs was the only Coach with 2 top 5 wins this year: Oklahoma and Louisville 33-10.

There was never any handshake that was reneged on. That alone is reason to fire Alleva. He lied to Herman and then called Herman a liar. Joe Cool must have been up past his bedtime or sloshed.

The recruiting agent he paid to recommend a coach said Herman was a must-get, and Alleva wouldn’t even wait to make his case to Herman that the LSU job was a better one than Texas – after Herman had voiced those sentiments to him.

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LSU athletic director Joe Alleva, livid that Tom Herman backtracked on an oral agreement to be the next LSU coach, pulled his offer to the Houston coach late Friday night, a high-ranking source close to the search confirmed.

The source said a perturbed Alleva told Herman’s agent, Trace Armstrong, via phone Friday night, “Don’t worry. I have a guy who wants the job.”

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Herman assured the LSU brass “he wanted to compete in the best conference in the country,” the source said. The source said Herman also was turned off by the “politics” at Texas. He has beaten Saban and knows he is soon to retire.

Herman wanted to join up with Aranda and he knew his offensive coordinator, Major Applewhite, a Baton Rouge QB from Catholic High, would not likely be able to return to Austin. So Applewhite and Aranda were definitely leverage for LSU.

As first reported by HornsDigest.com, Herman and LSU had an agreement in place for him to become LSU’s coach. The source would not divulge exact terms but did concede the annual compensation was “north of five (million per year).” Papers were to be signed Saturday morning in Houston.

That changed when Armstrong called Alleva on Friday night to inform him that Herman wanted to hear out Texas.

If Alleva had done his homework, listened to paid agent, he would have known that Herman was not only the better Coach but that Fisher was not leaving.

Alleva wanted Fisher or O and not only lied to Herman but never wooed him, his wife, or made him the TOP priority.

Just like the Sticky Post with the "Welcome Back Kotter" theme song TD was in the tank for Fisher and then Alleva turned to polling players to see if they like their Coach - Classic stupidity - The Prisoner's Dilemma. Like asking a soldier if he likes his commanding officer.





I like Herman, his beautiful wife and family, his coaching style, how he builds and recruits, and know that energy could be here. All we needed was an Emmert or Bertman to step in and say “pay the man”.