re: Cliff Notes of Segment on Chris Landry's Podcast Discussing "the Meeting"

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That's a link to the other thread. It has the link.

I didn't post it in the hopes this thread would avoid getting anchored.

Landry has strong ties to LSU and he has confirmation of this info. THIS IS NOT BASED ON OPINION.

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So much for that, right?

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Admins doing work I guess. How dare I post a summary of the podcast of a well connected LSU coaching alumnus.

This is the type of program he wanted in his own image

This just reeks of completely outside (administration) meddling, possibly from BoS, possibly from the AD. I would think it's above the AD, as I understand Alleva was once a college QB, and he'd know from personal experience that real-life doesn't work that way.

Concept, in a vacuum, sounds like it may work. O is purely responsible for acquiring talent, basically a GM.
Canada and Aranda have total control, answer only to administration, not to O. What could go wrong ?

I remember a few years back someone in the Boston Red Sox organization said they could win 120+ games a year, if you changed the pitching format. Have pitchers go all-out for 3 innings, use 3 a game. Pull them on schedule, maybe have 1-2 guys available for relief if one scheduled guy just bombs.
The idea was that good pitchers would be able to cruise through the lineup once, they wouldn't tire out, and conceptually the vast majority of the time, you wouldn't give up more than 2 runs.

The problem with that is reality involves egos, and it won't work with real people. In baseball, the winning pitcher is the guy with the lead after what, 4-5 innings, so a starter that always goes 3 innings never gets a W. Nobody would want that role. Players get perks for stats, nobody wants to come out with a no-hitter or if they're rolling.

Same issue applies to the bizarre coaching setup at LSU. If O is just the recruiter and press guy, he's still going to want some say and command as "head coach". If he does nothing else but recruit, and the coordinators win but have to juggle the lineup (say they end up starting a 3 star over a 5 star), they will say they are the reason the team wins, and the recruiter was wrong in eval, and they should get more money than him. If the recruiter can't/won't bring in the right type of player, they will say he's sabotaging their schemes. If the schemes are being handled by the opponent, the recruiter will say he got the players, the coordinators aren't doing their job, and he will try to butt in outside his defined role.
In other words, total disaster awaits, unless everything goes perfectly at all times.

Who stands to gain by this detail of a private meeting being released:

O - Makes him look like his hands are tied and AD sabotaging program

Alleve - Maybe thinks it makes him look like he's in charge and putting the smart people in a position to succeed

Aranda / Canada - absolves them of responsibility this year (cluster frick shite show of a program) and also positions them to bail after the season with very little dirt on them

The fact this got released, to Landry is fascinating. Looking at all the angles, I bet it was one of the coordinators through a proxy. Intrigue.

Alleva needs to go. I would not be shocked if he was part of the reason why Jimbo did not come here.

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