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re: So is Wade Rousse a shoo-in as the next LSU president?

Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:04 pm to
Posted by Phillytiger9
Philadelphia/Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2022
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:04 pm to
Yes he is
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
5267 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:09 pm to
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bet you’re a Matt Lee apologist.


Probably so. That same Matt Lee who allowed campus gamedays at LSU to turn into debauchery and shooting alley before forced to cancel Unity Field.

No thanks on Lee, he is compromised.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
48636 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:09 pm to
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Matt Lee is a candidate. Think he’s done a nice job as interim & would be a good choice.


Isn’t he mega woke?
Posted by TexTgrTed
Parker County, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
6222 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:10 pm to
Don’t know his politics & am observing from a distance.

If woke, don’t want.
Posted by r0cky1
Member since Oct 2020
4509 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:11 pm to
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Matt Lee is a candidate. Think he’s done a nice job as interim & would be a good choice.


He shouldn’t even be the dean of Ag. You people are so dumb
Posted by TexTgrTed
Parker County, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
6222 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:17 pm to
What makes him unqualified to be Dean of Ag?
Posted by SoloTiger
Member since Aug 2016
10603 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:20 pm to
Rousse is the guy…he has the BOS votes needed.
Posted by nitwit
Member since Oct 2007
13032 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:21 pm to
From Tate to Rousse...
Wow.
Is Landry a great Guv,. or what?
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36243 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:22 pm to
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The former business partner who took part in a successful sale. He has BS, MBA, and PHD. He’s also a current president of a Louisiana college (Mcneese). Helped Raises 40 million and delivering an LNG center? He’s the least qualified?

I bet you’re a Matt Lee apologist. He’s actually incredibly under qualified. No background in Ag at all. Sociology professor? Cmon

Rousse would be fantastic


exactly, not to mention he has been fantastic for McNeese Athletics both in helping hire staffs and fund raising.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36243 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:23 pm to
Tate was awesome....but i think you will be surprised with Rousse. He has been great at McNeese
Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2010
19898 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:28 pm to
I don’t blame Tate one bit for leaving with the shite show Landry has put out.

Posted by Fat Bastard
2024 NFL pick'em champion
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:32 pm to
YES

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Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:33 pm to
Governor Omar would be a great nickname for Landry.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
36243 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 12:36 pm to
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I don’t blame Tate one bit for leaving with the shite show Landry has put out.


he got a better job, to me it had nothing to do with Landry, Rutgers is a better job for a university president. maybe not the HC of a football team but for a university president it is

not Rousse is gonna knock it out the park imo. I do have concerns he brings Heath Schroyer over as AD. I have concerns with that, not on the field concerns but the constant in the spot light BS and the tictoc bs of his GF.

on the field Heath has knocked it out the park, same with fund raising and facilities.
Posted by r0cky1
Member since Oct 2020
4509 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:21 pm to
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What makes him unqualified to be Dean of Ag?


Oh I don’t know maybe the fact he has literally zero background in agriculture?


He went to community college and then some small college and got his degree in sociology. Was mainly in sociology his entire career? How is he qualified to lead our ag department let alone the university
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
41708 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:28 pm to
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His background is pretty impressive if you read it. Not saying the others don’t have similar ones but I think he would do just fine.



Not for a major University president.
Posted by cajuncdm
Acadiana
Member since Aug 2007
1107 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:41 pm to
He is well known to be a supporter of DEI.
Can’t imagine a sitting conservative governor is gonna hire a person diametrically on the oppo side of him politically…

No thank you.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
33677 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:49 pm to
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Wade is not leaving a basketball school because he’s close to the Mcneese administration


Wade is making less (base pay) than McMahon this year. The total value of McMahon's contract ($20.3M) is higher than the total value of Wade's NC State contract ($17.2). The point is, LSU still has more money to spend if need be.

Now, could/would NC State bump that up if Wade performs well this year? One would have to think so. But it's not implausible if there is a friendly school president and strong financial incentive to return to a school/state where he's already familiar with the donors.
This post was edited on 10/28/25 at 2:50 pm
Posted by Sterling Archer
Member since Aug 2012
8181 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:52 pm to
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The former business partner who took part in a successful sale. He has BS, MBA, and PHD. He’s also a current president of a Louisiana college (Mcneese). Helped Raises 40 million and delivering an LNG center? He’s the least qualified?


Adding on!

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In 2004, Rousse continued his education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he earned a second master’s degree in economics in 2006 and a doctorate in economics three years later


quote:

Rousse was on staff at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Initially, he was an economic outreach specialist and then moved into the financial markets group as a policy research specialist. Rousse was the principal of a registered investment advisory firm and was a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.


Sounds like a homerun hire to me!
Posted by cajuntiger1010
Member since Jan 2015
13495 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 2:55 pm to
People will hate Rousee because it will be under Landry.

Just how it is.
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