No Way Woodward Showed His Cards

Hi there. First time poster as I have read a lot on the site over the years. The melt down over the Lincoln Riley rejection finally got to me enough to want to say something.

I think that LSU fans need to take deep breaths and trust that the best AD in the country is doing his job the right way. What is the right way you might ask? Behind the scenes with no leaks. That means that no one like Ross Dellenger gets the scoop before the deal goes down.

Having worked in corporate America for a long time, big deals always get NDA's signed up front with the key players that are involved. If there are any leaks, I suspect that are intended for misdirection only. Last night, as people were talking about "verbal agreements" I knew that it was dead in the water. Also, with LSU coach Will Wade and LSU players and recruits picking up Riley as followers on Twitter, there is no way (and I mean NO WAY) that Woodward allows that with real information under his watch. Will Wade knows no more about the football coaching search than you or I. You can liken that to leaking information critical to the SEC before a merger and acquisition goes public. You just don't do it, and I don't suspect that was real. So, who is our guy? I don't know, but I bet we will be happy with them. Also, I do believe he has been wrapped up for a while. I don't think there is any scrambling going on. It's just not the way Woodward has worked in the past. Should be interesting so hang on and hang in there. Good times are coming.

Lastly, take a hard look at Lincoln Riley and tell me that is what we want. I have failed to be impressed with him as anything other than a good offensive coach that produces good quarterbacks, but one that seems to have trouble getting his teams over the top. His defenses are well below average IMO. Last night, OU was awful at times in all three phases of the game. Same goes for $95 mil Fisher.