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Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:39 pm
Posted by Theoldgraycoat
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Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:39 pm
My profession places me in front of what would be referred to as “major” boosters in both a professional and personal setting. I wouldn’t call myself a major booster, and this isn’t a brag thread. Watching the game last night with several boosters and one board member, the disgust and contempt for LSU, specifically Joe Alleva, administrators such as F. Alexander and certain board memebers, was intense. There was some very real division and heated discussion from different camps last year and especially since the MSU game. Dissenting voices were being silenced. Anyone at the end of last season that spoke out against hiring Orgeron were ignored and have continued to be until this point. Now, the pro Ed camp is turning on each other in an attempt to save face and their positions. These people don’t care about LSU outside of the power generated by holding a high ranking position. Some within our university are attempting to use the school itself as leverage for better positions within the school and out. None wants to accept responsibility. The school has become a highly politicized game where one side plays by different rules than the other. Our school is in danger. It’s not just football. Where do you think JBE gained the confidence to speak publicly about closing the school? It’s a game. And LSU is the means to an end for some. LSU is devoid of any real leadership and those that possess it and have the means to implement real change are being silenced. God Bless our Tigers. Troubling times ahead.
Posted by Rougarou13
Brookhaven MS
Member since Feb 2015
6839 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:41 pm to
Great. We're Texas. Without the prestige.
Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
Highland Rd
Member since Sep 2009
14815 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:42 pm to
Ok, how can it be fixed??
Posted by TigerDat
Member since Aug 2010
7630 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:42 pm to
Wait are u telling me there is corruption and corrupt politics in a state run school in Louisiana?

You got to be lying, no way anyone would believe that.
Posted by siliconvalleytiger
Bay Area, CA
Member since Apr 2004
31158 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:42 pm to
The problem is deeply institutional.
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
36311 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:42 pm to
And money.
Posted by jlc05
Member since Nov 2005
32890 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:43 pm to
Where do these pro-Ed snakes lie? BOS? Administration? Legislature?
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
16164 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:43 pm to
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 6:21 pm
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
16164 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:45 pm to
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 6:21 pm
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88775 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:45 pm to
Question, does LSU have that big T. Boone Pickens/Phil Knight type of booster?
Posted by otowntiger
O-Town
Member since Jan 2004
15650 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

Great. We're Texas. Without the prestige.

and way WAY less money. Louisiana continues to be a third world country state.
Posted by otowntiger
O-Town
Member since Jan 2004
15650 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:46 pm to
quote:


Question, does LSU have that big T. Boone Pickens/Phil Knight type of booster?


nope.
Posted by Theoldgraycoat
Antarctica
Member since Sep 2015
1025 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:46 pm to
I don’t know that it can be until 2019.
Posted by rsylve
Terrytown, LA
Member since Feb 2013
3775 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:47 pm to
The problem is we hired the wrong coach. Yeah we should have fired Miles before, but we had a chance to redeem ourselves and our AD failed. There was no search. No plan. Alleva in over his head and coach O as well. Money wasn’t involved. We didn’t even try.
This post was edited on 10/1/17 at 12:48 pm
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
24829 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:47 pm to
If we had our T. Boone Pickens, we'd also have our own version of Mike Gundy.
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
16164 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:47 pm to
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 6:21 pm
Posted by Cincinnati Bowtie
Sparta
Member since May 2008
11951 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:47 pm to
Give us names, we'll handle the rest.
Posted by Goldrush25
San Diego, CA
Member since Oct 2012
33794 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:49 pm to
That sounds like the US Congress.
Posted by Theoldgraycoat
Antarctica
Member since Sep 2015
1025 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:50 pm to
That’s hard to gauge. I would say a disturbingly large number care more for personal agendas than the state or LSU.
Posted by tigerfan in bamaland
Back Home now
Member since Sep 2006
61109 posts
Posted on 10/1/17 at 12:51 pm to
I am sad.
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