The Whole "Nielsen Drama" is 1 of 2 Things-1 is Good, 1 is Bad

Its been said on this board that "O's boy" Nielsen was always his #1 choice, maybe 1a/1b with Freeman. Nielsen & O have a close relationship, I find it hard to believe that, outside of formal interviews, which were not allowed as long as the Saints were still in season, SURELY one has to believe that O had contacted Nielsen before Sunday after the Saints loss. I understand there was some push to conduct a more "active" approach to this hire than O has taken in the past by just hiring people without even meeting them face to face or conducting an interview, Canada/Pelini. So Freeman was interviewed & offered & then Arnett was interviewed & told to go kick rocks; opening the door for O to make the move to Nielsen. Which means one of two things, LSU/Woodward/O did not do their due diligence by turning over every stone, ie. going over his current contract & preparing for what it would take to get him to LSU, before going all in OR all of this drama is nothing more than the media & fanbase stirring up a story all the while, LSU has known about this "clause" & the only issue before it can be made official is how LSU will compensate the Saints to get Nielsen &/or contract verbiage that affects Nielsen's future NFL opportunities.
I sure hope it is the latter because if Woodward & O didn't do their homework before going this public & deep into this, then that is a huge warning sign, along with O's other hiring fiascos, that this administration can't be trusted to make/close on the big time hires that a program needs if it is expected to compete with the big boys.