re: Guys, LSU will not make a change at the coaching position anytime soon

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LSU will not be firing Les next week nor in the next 3 years.

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Agree

I appreciate the link and finally some proof to the buyout numbers. $6.4 is still a lot of money, but looking at what Les has done to this fine program, it is low enough to run him off. I hope he isn't given any cushy position with the university as he has been compensated far more than he ever deserved.

Alleva's biggest mistake with Les was not calling his agent's Arkansas bluff.

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even if they keep half of them I don't think the cubbard will be empty

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Oh it's empty. It can only be empty.

So basically the only way a top notch coach will come in here is if LSU is a clear cut top 3 team coming into the season?

Nick Saban came here at the end of Dinardo.Are you telling that LSU'S talent level won't be better than that if Miles is gone at the end of this year?

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So basically the only way a top notch coach will come in here is if LSU is a clear cut top 3 team coming into the season?

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Not at all. I said it won't be as enticing a job. Guys like Herman may have a shot at an NC at Houston and you think he'll jump to LSU?

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Nick Saban came here at the end of Dinardo.Are you telling that LSU'S talent level won't be better than that if Miles is gone at the end of this year?

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Nick Saban is an amazing coach, but most people had no idea who he was when he was hired although he was a very good coach. He came from a team on probation and proved himself truly while at LSU. That is not happening again without overpaying, which they did given the market at the time for head coaches. To be equivalent, LSU would have to double Les' salary to $9 million to show much more they paid Saban to bring him down here compared to their previous coach.

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Check out this NOLA.com article for proof. This is also not the only source that stated this, so you need to check your facts.

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They said its up to interpretation, but whatever.

From the article:

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It may depend on how one reads the contract. But that is how many read it, including LSU’s attorneys. Miles’ agent George Bass does not read it that way if he actually read it. He was saying $15 million last year as were other media accounts, but they were wrong.

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Regardless, whatever they owe him will be paid in installments double the time left on the contract, so the sooner they fire him the less burden it would be monthly, and that's not counting him getting another job in coaching they could be off the hook for a significant amount. So there's that as well.

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I saw your link, and it is from a reliable source, but it is also a 3 year old link, and the math doesn't make sense. Les is making $4.3 a year. $4.3 for 3 years is $12.9. So that old Nola.com link is essentially saying that there is no negotiated buyout and he that his contract is 100% guaranteed unless he is fired with cause.

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The advantage in the buyout was LSU had flexibility early on. Les got more money guaranteed later. It's a weird structure, but it didn't go down the first couple of years.

In the end, it will depend on how the extension was structured. Was it a straight shift of the years? i.e. year three in the previous version is shifted to year one? That would be my guess, because it wouldn't make sense for Les to not gain guaranteed money with it.

If you think about it this way, LSU got a little flexibility in years 3-4 as LSU saves money if they fire him after after year 4 (2016), it costs the same as after year 5 (2017). So while it makes sense to fire him now if you plan to do so in the next two seasons, it still costs $12.9 million.

Again, the only interpretation I could see is LSU claiming that the extension in 2013 didn't reset the buyout to restart since two years had passed. I just can't see any judge buying that a guy would sign an extension that is meaningless and yields him no more guaranteed money.