re: My opinion on the search

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I would hope by now, if we are waiting this long for corbin, we already have an idea of his answer one way or another

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Or at least feel confident enough your "second choice" will say yes to put him on the backburner.

O'Sullivan was the #1 target from the beginning. That fell through at a level above Woodward's head. However, I was told over a month ago that Corbin had quietly reached out. Most likely it was just to use the LSU opening as negotiating leverage against Vanderbilt. But there are now only 6 HC's left coaching and LSU still hasn't hired a coach. Every day they don't name one it becomes more and more logical they are targeting someone who is still playing in the CWS.

My educated guess has long been that Woodward is trying to replicate a Jimbo to A&M hire. Or to a lesser extent, Mulkey to LSU. That is, target with a HUGE contract a championship winning HC at what appears to be a good job in a power conf, but one that may, for whatever reason, not be completely happy at his current job.

I still think the odds of getting Corbin are very, very low. But LSU HAS to know many HCs will use them for leverage and the fact that they still MAY be waiting for Cobin COULD suggest there is more real interest there than one might think. That said, I'm still betting Corbin doesn't work out and LSU falls back to Godwin.