tigerinthawoods

It’s hard to keep up with all the new threads. Not enough time to read everything.

Or even someone like Will Wade. Someone who fits that type of bill.

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None of that matters. If you don't have $60 million to buy out Kelly and his current staff, and then another $70 million to hire a new head coach and staff... It not going to happen. So quit asking.

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Please explain why one of the premiere college institutions in the country doesn’t have that money… I really want to hear a good explanation why we don’t have that.

The coach is ultimately owed the amount in due time.

So please explain. In fact, I want you and everyone else here on this site that is so confident the money isn’t there to explain in full detail. Please.

And just because we would immediately owe our current coach 60 mil doesn’t mean they have to go all out and pay the next guy a crazy amount.

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If he goes 7-5, I seriously doubt he survives. This assumption that LSU can’t afford the buyout is crazy to me. If the boosters get enough of his shite, they will get the funds and according to several proven insiders on the pay sites, they do have the funds. Some of you need to realize the money implications if you don’t fire him and everyone loses interest in the program. Boosters stop giving money, fans stop renewing season tickets, less people at the games to spend money, and a multitude of other things that will end up costing then more money than buying him out. Once the boosters have had enough and say we’re not spending another penny until this guy is gone, and here is the plan to buy out the contract, that dude is fired. They can afford it, what they can’t afford is not doing it.

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Well said and what I’ve also been saying. Every single person claiming the talk needs to stop because we won’t be firing him until at least 2027, regardless of what happens blah blah blah, has been blowing up this buyout barrier way more than it is and is greatly underestimating the money the university has. Think of the financial resources they have. Considering the preseason expectations of this team, Kelly’s “judge me year 4” comments, and the clear fan (and maybe even player?) disgust with him as our coach, if things continue going south quickly, AKA we lose out this season, things will escalate dramatically. The pressure at that point to make a major change would be more than extreme, and as big of a name and institution we are, the powers at be would figure out a way to end things.

Think about this - Michigan is now paying one player alone 10 million. And LSU was ready to be somewhere short of that before saying no to the higher bid.

NFL salary caps are now like $250 Million. Where does that money come from each year? Last I checked, saints tickets were selling at half or even a third of what the average LSU ticket has been selling for this year. And I would also argue the LSU fan base is larger than the Saints’.

So just think about that.

The money is out there. Yeah $50 million is an enormous amount for most people, but for institutions, it’s almost a flash in the pan. If shite hits the fan soon enough, there will be no choice but for that money to come together to make the needed changes and get this program back on track to winning.

All that still want to see us win this Saturday, I’m assuming that you think it will spark new life and energy and lead us to winning out? And possibly making the playoffs? Based off what we’ve seen this year and even if win this Saturday, do you really think that’s possible? I know that probably around half of people are optimistic and want to see the success of our program, but the writing is clear as day at this point that we need to step a few more steps backwards before we move forward again. Kelly is not the answer. A win Saturday and that will basically guarantee he makes it to next year. And then the same old same old will happen once more. Why do you want that? Stop investing your time into a product that is only going to infuriate you and let you down. This is a bad period we’re in. Take it for what it’s worth and go invest your time elsewhere for the time being until we can get the right guy leading this team and all get behind him. Go spend more time with your family and don’t make LSU football the priority that it’s been. Because honestly, it does not deserve that priority until some changes warrant it.

You do realize that if we win, it only delays the inevitable (Kelly’s departure) that much longer? Go find something else to do this Saturday evening. Spend time with the family or find something else to do with your time that you will look back on and cherish. You’re only setting yourself up for a let down with this piss poor coached team.

Exactly. The people claiming we can’t afford his buyout… come on. The costs of riding with him and this dumpster fire another few years will be far greater. The administration has to find a way to buy him out, talk him into retirement, or meet somewhere in the middle. Because the writing is plain as day on the wall. Yeah it would be a massive financial setback, but at least you starting from a clean slate and you can only hope the administration can learn from this disaster of a experience and not ever let this happen again. Get a young up and comer who has fire in him on a cheap 1-2 year prove it deal and see where it goes. We all know we will be in rebuild next year, so that’s where you start clean.

We all want him gone? Hope that we lose out. Things we will start escalating dramatically after each loss. 6-6 with this roster and you’re looking at a train wreck. Then it’s called ripping the band aid off instead of watching a slow death.

Simply put, I think at the end of the day this case falls on Lacy. Even though the lady was clearly distracted driving, the video showing Lacy driving that fast and reckless, that close to the accident, is going to be what decides this case. The gold truck saw Lacy coming head on, slammed his brakes and veered slightly to the right to avoid potentially hitting Lacy, and then the lady in the last milliseconds realizes she’s in a bad situation, instincts kick in and she swerves to the left to avoid the truck. That is very likely what happened and Lacy just so happened be in bad place at a bad time when illegally passing, much less legally passing. Lacy caused the gold truck to hit the breaks, causing the reaction of the funyon lady, therefore causing the accident. But I am still of the opinion the funyon lady should hold some liability in this accident based off the data.