re: List of Joe Alleva failures at LSU

The way he handled the Chavis contract negotiations was the first time I realized what an amateur he is. He was either trying to low-ball Chavis or he was trying to force Chavis out. I don't think he should have been meddling so deeply with the staff in the first place. In any case he seemed completely unprepared when Chavis bolted because we were in a mad scramble to find a last minute replacement.

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Umm no. Dude has single handedly fricked up so many things.

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I am not advocatingfor alleva and would not mind him gone after the Will Wade situation bsased on what is known at this time. Just hope the don't amke some politically correct choice over an experienced person at a major player who might stay for 15 to 20 years. ( hint, hint).

However, he is not to blame for much of this:

1. The Tiger Stadium concessions - agree to the extent it was his choice
2. The Les Miles situation - Pres Alexander caused this
3. The Jimbo Fisher deal - King did not want to pay his demand
4. Ponamsky’s Notebook - who knows
5. The parking for football games - may not be his decisions
6. Tailgating - Does not affect me so no posiiton one way or another
7. Keeps letting Mainieri hire former players that weren’t that great when they played - Greatness as a player is not a criteria for hiring coaches
8. Trent Johnson hire - Solid choice at the time
9. Johnny Jones hire - Depends on who else was interested, not the disaster many claim but was not as successful as hoped
10. Nikki Caldwell(Fargas) hire - any school in the country would have made this hire if there was an opening including Tennessee
11. The Patrick Murphy debacle - thats on Murphy, but we sure cannot cry over the second choice
12. The whole Will Wade suspension situation -AGREED!!!
13. Horrendous PR over and over - Overstated
14. Allowing Ed O to campaign for John Bel Edwards.....on campus - was he consulted beforehand?
15. The Florida hurricane game shitshow - More SAnkey's doing, LSU was going to be he heavy no matter what unless they showed compassion for the hurricane ravaged state
of Florida

Shortly after the Florida hurricane game fiasco, I saw Joe outside the gates at an LSU baseball game. I called out "Hey, Joe!" To my delight, he turned and waved with a huge smile on his face. He probably thought, "See! I DO have fans!" I walked up, shook his hand while looking him in the eyes and said, "Go frick yourself." He was crushed.

One can only assume that after numerous leaks and the public catching on, that Alleva was carried off the floor by fellow administration, prompting the board to keep Alleva on. Better luck next year.

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However, he is not to blame for much of this: 2. The Les Miles situation - Pres Alexander caused this 5. The parking for football games - may not be his decisions 6. Tailgating - Does not affect me so no posiiton one way or another 8. Trent Johnson hire - Solid choice at the time 9. Johnny Jones hire - Depends on who else was interested, not the disaster many claim but was not as successful as hoped 13. Horrendous PR over and over - Overstated

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2. Proves he is a coward and caved to pressure from media.
5. As AD it is his decision.
6. As stated, his decision to turn tailgating into corporate fest.
8. But it wasn’t a good hire. So an at the time statement is irrelevant.
9. Spend money and make someone interested, hiring a coach who barely sat above .500 was clearly never going to work out.
13. Understated. Guy made 2 coaching changed, claimed He WAS the search committee only to hire a guy on staff, then completely changes his tune for basketball. Legitimately every thing he said for football hiring he said the opposite for basketball. This further proves he is clueless.

I don't care if he goes, but the list has some inaccuracies.

15 should be included as part of 10. He handled the overall situation fine, it was a massive PR flub that led to us being the bad guys in the situation.

Regarding 7, most of those "hires" have been unpaid assistants.

Johnson and Fargas were decent hires at the time they were made that turned out bad. I'll give you the Fargas extension as a bad move.

How do you fault Alleva for the Murphy situation?