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re: The Truth About Scott Woodward
Posted on 10/31/25 at 6:47 am to Theodore Links Watch
Posted on 10/31/25 at 6:47 am to Theodore Links Watch
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LSU was successful before Scott Woodward, and LSU will be successful after Scott Woodward.
No. There were times when it was a joke. You’re just too going.
Landry wants to take us back to a laughing stock when wierd things happened because of governors letting their egos get wrapped up in things.
Woodward is one of the best AD’s in the country and certainly best for LSU in that he was all in. He was all in unlike anyone else will be on that level.
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Posted on 10/31/25 at 6:49 am to dru5
Odd that you left out real truths
Woodward was not responsible for Jimbo’s ultimate payout. That happened after Woodward left.
He lured Jimbo who everyone wanted including LSU! He got what he everyone wanted.
He didn’t hire Jimbo alone either. All approved.
Kelly-He found Kelly after another big name didn’t workout. Kelly was highly sought after and needed to be paid market price. He wasn’t going to work for some neophyte incentive laden contract.
The contract was approved by all.
Why’d you leave those truths out?
The mainstream sports media is laughing at us
Trace Armstrong and jimmy sexton are laughing too.
They control contracts for most good coaches and some AD’s
This post was edited on 10/31/25 at 6:56 am
Posted on 10/31/25 at 6:50 am to Theodore Links Watch
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Theodore Links Watch
Thank you. Level headed posts are like diamonds in the rough around here.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 6:54 am to geauxjuice
quote:It’s literally his job to know those things.
how was he to know kelly wouldnt even try
He went way out on a limb and now suffers the consequences.
My question: was it his call to pull the trigger on Kelly when they did?
Posted on 10/31/25 at 7:02 am to LSUnKaty
quote:quote:It’s literally his job to know those things.
how was he to know kelly wouldnt even try
So, is he supposed to be clairvoyant, telepathic, or both? What a silly take.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 7:05 am to Theodore Links Watch
He should be fired just for Aramark getting concessions.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 7:06 am to geauxjuice
Simply looking at BK’s age and past coaching history was an easy way to know he wasn’t right for the LSU job.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 7:12 am to SlidellCajun
You’re not helping your argument.
Hiring Jimbo was a bad move. Yet you’re stating it’s a plus for Woody. It was not a good coaching hire. Just like hiring BK wasn’t a good coaching hire.
Let’s do math.
If aTm doesn’t sign Jimbo to an extension, he was guaranteed about $45 million from his initial contract given to him by Woody. Now add the $53 million owed to BK from the contract given to him by Woody.
That’s almost $100 million to give to the last 2 football coaches hired by Woody.
Hiring Jimbo was a bad move. Yet you’re stating it’s a plus for Woody. It was not a good coaching hire. Just like hiring BK wasn’t a good coaching hire.
Let’s do math.
If aTm doesn’t sign Jimbo to an extension, he was guaranteed about $45 million from his initial contract given to him by Woody. Now add the $53 million owed to BK from the contract given to him by Woody.
That’s almost $100 million to give to the last 2 football coaches hired by Woody.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 7:29 am to crash1211
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You are naive if you think politics isn't involved in the Athletic Dept or anything else to do with the high end areas of the states flag ship university.
No, little one, if a smart politician gets involved they keep it quiet, if a dumbass, loudmouth, idiot, halfwit politician wants to get involved he holds press conferences with ESPN, gets interviewed bragging that the AD won't have any part in choosing the new coach. There is a huge difference between influencing a decision and playing the fool.
Landry set us back to the dark ages.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 7:58 am to hedgehog
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Hiring Jimbo was a bad move. Yet you’re stating it’s a plus for Woody. It was not a good coaching hire. Just like hiring BK wasn’t a good coaching hire.
I am absolutely helping my argument
Where were when Jimbo got hired at Tamu in 2017?
Are you old enough to even remember the scene? We, LSU wanted Jimbo bad! He was the top guy.
And Jimbo got talent some of which was from Louisiana.
And he didn’t fail there because he’s a bad coach. It was a clash in culture and control. Jimbo will take control and he kept being blocked by certain people in Tamu. It got chaotic and worse when Woodward left. It would have succeeded of Woodward stayed.
And Woodward didn’t negotiate the larger dollar amounts of Jimbo’s extension.
Woodward is a big game Hunter. He gets big names and there’s a reason for doing that. You like small game cosches, Landry is your guy. That’s what gonna get.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:32 am to Havoc
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s long as jay johnson sticks around i can live with it but i think woodward got a raw deal. how was he to know kelly wouldnt even try
This. And who else should he have hired? Which no one will answer.
Agreed. BK on paper was a home run. Most people thought he would kill here. After 2022 nobody had doubts. Woodward couldn’t have known.
So BK’s contract was too big? Well that’s the cost of doing big business. Luring a coach from Notre dame isn’t the same as pulling a coach from USL. It takes a lot of money. Kiffen will take just as much.
An AD hires the best coach he can find and it’s expensive. It worked out in baseball and WBB. Didn’t work out in football. Most football hires don’t work out. That’s life.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:34 am to dru5
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I’m less concerned about Woodward being gone. I’m more concerned about the circus act surrounding his departure and what that portends for the future of LSU.
This....it appears by all watching outside to be a clown show.
LSU is currently without a sitting President, AD, and Head Football Coach.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:37 am to TopWaterTiger
I'm not critical of the moves. It's the way our governor has publicly handled it all, running his mouth and making LSU look bad.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:39 am to Theodore Links Watch
Scott's two mistakes that led to his departure: (1) he hired Kelly without the BOS even knowing about it until it was announced and contract approval was sought - this has been in their craw ever since (2) the firing and the timing of the firing of Will Wade
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:46 am to Theodore Links Watch
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the BOS rejected his pursuit of O'Sullivan for off field issues.
That was such a classic uninspired stale “big name” Woodward move. Thank God Fat Scott is gone.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:46 am to Theodore Links Watch
I’m not sure, on the balance, he should have been fired. At the same time, I’m not terribly upset over it either. Line you said, he had wins and losses.
What is absurd is that the governor, on multiple occasions over multiple days, publicly trashed, sometimes with incorrect information, a person that is a university administrator that does not report to him.
This isn’t Landry criticizing another politician.
Who in their right mind, who has options, would choose to work in that situation? Unless they are being overpaid…
What is absurd is that the governor, on multiple occasions over multiple days, publicly trashed, sometimes with incorrect information, a person that is a university administrator that does not report to him.
This isn’t Landry criticizing another politician.
Who in their right mind, who has options, would choose to work in that situation? Unless they are being overpaid…
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:48 am to Hale Lipari
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Scott's two mistakes that led to his departure:
Now list the national championships our Athletic Dept has brought home under his tenure... and I will add the most of those (not all) were due to coaches he hired...
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:53 am to klrstix
You must be responding to someone else because your post has nothing to do with what I said - I am not saying that his departure was justified - i am simply saying that these two issues are what led to his departure -
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:04 am to geauxjuice
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how was he to know kelly wouldnt even try
Maybe BK didn't try because Woodward gave him a guaranteed contract
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:05 am to Theodore Links Watch
Drew Brees for AD
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