re: How nervous would you be with Alleva running the baseball search right now?

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Alleva was lazy and cheap, low energy. Just look at Trent Johnson and Johnny Jones

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Joe had some major flaws, but there is a lot of rewritten history when it comes to his hires. Trent Johnson wasn't a lazy hire. The national perception was that it was a strong hire. We now know that Trent's downfall was his unwillingness to get in the gutter to recruit, but he had a good reputation at Stanford.

Joe also had Patrick Murphy from Alabama hired, until Murphy pulled a Rich Rod. He then hired Torina from FIU, who was thought to be a coach on the rise.

He did want Jimbo, but wasn't supported by the political forces in LA. The Johnny Jones hire was his worst hire, when he gave in to "the crowd".

SW comes from the LA political world, and as a result is significantly better at dealing with all of the influences that have historically gotten in the way at LSU.