re: The sky is falling because O said he would be more involved in the defense.

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And you again are assuming the insider knowledge is any better

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Better than yours??? 100000000%! Especially when they're all saying the exact same thing.

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No, just like you don't have anything that explicitly says he would welcome a more involved approach to head coaching

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I never said that though. See that's the issue. You got caught making an incorrect/speculative statement that we missed on Freeman and Nielsen because O wanted to be more involved in the defense, and then made a snide remark about how people downvoted you but they couldn't come up with a reason why. I called you out. Now you're trying make it about something it's not. I even told you in another post I am sure most elite coordinators would not want that. However that's not relevant to your initial comment and my reply to it.

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The bottom line is LSU had much more issues filling this role than just about anyone expected. O's comments offer some explanation regardless of you choosing to hear it.

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I'm sure it did play a role in certain interviewees decisions. I'm not denying that. Literally all I said was that's just a guess on your part and with Nielsen it wasn't a factor considering he would be hire now if not for the contract stuff. Why is it so hard for you to just admit you misspoke initially and move on?

If you meant it generally impacted the search to a certain extent. Ok. I agree that it likely did. If you want to stand by your original statement that is the reason we didn't land Nielsen then you can continue to be wrong. Good luck to you!