Winnebagoman21

The press release announcing Scott's firing literally says, "Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry will serve as Interim Director of Athletics, effective immediately, and will lead all facets of the athletic department, including the search for the next head football coach."

The BOS just said at the presser that there is no timetable for hiring an AD and they are focused on hiring a HC

It's crazy that this man just became the interim AD, let alone the fact that he still has a job and leads the search for the next Head Football Coach. He must have dirt the size of Mt. Everest on people at LSU. The guy should have been fired in 2021 when the Husch Blackwell report came out saying that he wasn't credible when they interviewed him about his knowledge of a student athlete assaulting his gf, a fellow student athlete, and not reporting it. The government literally changed the law one month AFTER Verge was punished to make it an automatic firing if any other employee did the same thing going forward. Look at how he even became a deputy AD with that back room deal when they fired Alleva, hired Woodward, and doubled Verge's salary. This stuff is better than any reality TV I've ever seen.

Woodward Hired/Verge Promoted

Husch Blackwell

Let's recap.

He didn't hire Coach O so he can't take credit for that 2019 team/staff, which was in place before he arrived. He did give O that extension after the 2019 season only to fire him less than one season later. He also gave large raises to the football staff during covid, which only raised the buyouts for the rest of the staff when he fired O months later

He gave BK that massive deal, which fell apart in less than 4 seasons. No cfp appearances. No sec titles. The only constant is how SW threw money at the problem with staffing. Frank Wilson makes over $1m/year. He let go of Blake Baker just to bring him back and give him the highest salary for an assistant coach in cfb. Austin Thomas makes over $800k/year. He's been back and forth at lsu too. They didn't retain Corey Raymond just to bring him back. Now they have to buy out not only BK, but his overpaid staff just to go and hire another expensive head coach with an expensive staff.

You get this AD job at LSU to win on the football field. Jay Johnson was a great hire, but that doesn't make up for this massive whiff. He's now responsible for hiring the coaches with the two largest buyouts in cfb history. He left A&M and Washington in bad financial positions. How has he earned the trust to go spend another huge number on a fb coach and staff?