re: Louisiana AG to review next LSU HC contract

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I wish he'd shut up and stop meddling but a lot of the boosters for LSU are the same ones that helped fund his campaign

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Almost all of the LABI guys funded waguespack originally. They got on the Landry bandwagon after it was clear he was going to win. I think Landry still holds a grudge.

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if TAF paid for Kelly’s

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I thought your argument was they were paying it? So are they not?

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Landry said today if he can get reassurance that it won't under any circumstances fall on the taxpayers, than he doesn't care about the salary

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So he wants “reassurances” that an athletic department which is entirely self-funded - one of only two athletic departments in the entire fricking country to have operated without subsidies for the past 20 years, and the only self-sufficient athletic department in the state of Louisiana today - will remain self-sufficient?

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So he wants “reassurances” that an athletic department which is entirely self-funded - one of only two athletic departments in the entire fricking country to have operated without subsidies for the past 20 years, and the only self-sufficient athletic department in the state of Louisiana today - will remain self-sufficient?

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Convincing a delusional man he is delusional is no easy feat

Dats right baw

Basically. He's grandstanding trying to convince people that how contracts are written at every school in America isn't the correct process and instead endangers citizens

LSU will get whoever the boosters can fund. The AG can't veto a hire, the clause that in emergency situations (I.E. University shutdowns) the money comes from the taxpayers is legally required to be there. The only thing the AG can do is demand that this language become as drastic as the example given, and not just say 'if boosters dry up, it's the state's liability"

The boosters are going have the control of the hire, not Landry

But he needs to shut up

Is Liz also now going to review the contracts for the now next LSU President, LSU Provost, Athletic Director, Medical School Chancellor, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Dean of Graduate School, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Dean of the Law School, and Head Football coach?

LSU has a ton of openings right now and that leads to a lot of instability.

List of all Major Positions at LSU where a permanent replacement has not been named.

President--Interim
Matthew R. Lee
June 1, 2025
Appointed following William Tate's departure; search ongoing with finalists named.


Executive Vice President & Provost--Interim
Troy C. Blanchard
July 1, 2025 (approx.)
Appointed in mid-2025 after serving as Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences; exact date around transition period.


Athletic Director--Interim
Verge Ausberry
October 31, 2025
Effective October 31 following Scott Woodward's departure; announced October 30.


Chancellor, LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport--Interim
Lester Wayne Johnson
May 15, 2025
Also is interim Dean of the School of Medicine for LSU.

Chief Financial Officer--Interim
Thomas M. Smith
June 17, 2025 (approx.)
Appointed following Kimberly Lewis's departure; also is interim Chief Administrative Officer.


Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Success--Interim
Emmett Brown
2025 (exact date unavailable)
Oversees admissions and student services; recent appointment based on current org chart.

Vice President for Data & Strategic Analytics
Vacant
No interim named.

Head Football Coach--Interim
Frank Wilson
October 26, 2025
Appointed following Brian Kelly's firing; serving for remainder of 2025 season.


Vice President for Agriculture & Dean of College of Agriculture--Interim
Michael Salassi
May 21, 2025
Dual role; appointed following Matt Lee's move to interim president.

Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School--Interim
Sibel Bargu-Ates
2025 (exact date unavailable)
Listed as interim in current directories; likely mid-2025 transition.

Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences--Interim
Michael Pasquier
July 2025 (approx.)
Appointed following Troy Blanchard's promotion to provost.


Dean of the College of Science--Interim
Robb Brumfield
July 2025
Promoted from associate dean role.


Dean of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center--Interim
Caprice Roberts
September 22, 2025
Appointed following Alena Allen's departure.

That’s a whole lot of tax payer funded contract work she’s about to dish out!