Some LSU fans already souring on Lane (undeservingly)

Check the below from Dandy Scott Long. Who’s he to get on his high and mighty horse about how Lane constructs his roster? Why’s he mad at LSU from abstaining from voting yesterday when it’s clear we were targeted while others weren’t? Loser mentality that I’m glad our HC and AD don’t share. The type that would rather go 8-4 the “right way” then win it all the “wrong way”



“That said, the most interesting part of yesterday’s development may be the vote itself. The initial vote to prohibit professional athletes from returning passed unanimously, 16-0. Yesterday’s vote establishing the penalties passed 15-0, with LSU abstaining. I’ll be frank: That doesn’t sit well with me. At a time when every other school in the conference was willing to put its name behind enforcing the rule, LSU chose not to. Whatever the reasoning behind that decision may be, I think it’s a bad look for my beloved Tigers.
Here’s another part of this that doesn’t sit well with me. As you know from Tuesday’s post, I have a good deal of sympathy for the Class of 2022 players who decided to go pro at a time when they had no reason to believe another year of college eligibility would ever be available to them. I still believe the NCAA’s ill-timed implementation of the 5-for-5 rule is the root of this mess we’re dealing with today.

That’s also why I could understand Lane Kiffin’s explanation after some of those players went to court and were granted temporary relief. Kiffin essentially said that if the players were eligible and were going to play somewhere, he felt it was his responsibility to recruit them if they could make LSU better. I may not have loved where all of this was headed, but I could understand the logic.

But if recent reports from CBS Sports, FootballScoop and others are accurate — which is a very big “if” — the situation looks different. Those reports suggest that Kiffin and LSU reached out to multiple players on NFL rosters, or their representatives, in an effort to get them to challenge the NCAA in court and return to college. If so, that’s a bit different from simply reacting to a court ruling over which LSU had no control.”