bountyhunter

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$500-$800k for any decent neighborhood. Who pays that shite to live in f’ing Louisiana?

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Most houses in areas with decent public schools in Louisiana start at $250k. Covington and especially Mandeville are exceptionally wealthy suburbs of the most commuter-heavy cities in the State, you shouldn't be surprised.

But if you think that's bad, you should check out the prices of the houses out here.

Ole Miss does not have the war chest that LSU has. Only the most deluded fans and pundits believe they could have "matched" LSU in any way.

Coaches in football are and will always be the most equalizing or polarizing force in the sport. Great coaches can flip a below average program into a winner; sustained success, if they stay, can build a franchise and a winning program. That's what Nick Saban started to rebuild here. Great coaches at great programs can galvanize them into much more; that's exactly why Saban did and continued to do for so long at Bama.

Most of the conversations I had in the booster community this year was about watching this football school fall further into irrelevance. Going to be an interesting few years to see what the fruits of the investment will be, but I'm optimistic so far.

He is about to let his team know shortly.

But his decision will not be. Relax people.

Ole Miss gave him an opportunity when no one else in the SEC did. I think he wanted to stay, but LSU is a brand he can build a legacy around. Like most players, coaches don't choose Ole Miss over LSU. This is the first step in establishing a dynasty at LSU, and the football program regaining its prestige.

Don't overthink it because he's winning a football game and he's emotional about it. It's hard leaving a program you built. Plus if he lost this game you all would be having reservations about who LSU hired.

Your pharmacist seems plugged in, I'd also talk to your barber too, better get the other half of that big picture.

The pushoff should have been a flag, it was a catch though.

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Is Lane Kiffin currently under contract with LSU?

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There's gray area with what agents can do on behalf of who they are representing, I'll leave it at that.

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They are lost in the woods and can’t find their way out.

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This, 100%. This is why we as LSU fans should be proud. The money people really stepped up and found a way to get Kiffin, we lost out on Riley because the boosters were not convinced he could win in the SEC.

The fear was the irrevocable damage being done to the brand by BK. In their minds we couldn't afford to let him finish his contract. You made the wrong hire because of money, they determined to not let money be the deciding factor this time around.

It would be a 4D chess move, but where this negotiation is at, Sexton would lose so much leverage as an agent doing this. He would be viewed as a bad faith negotiator, you don't clean that mark off.

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Contract numbers, staff, interesting tidbits about the hiring process that wouldnt break until after the contract is signed.

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The contract numbers have moved a bit since Saturday, but they are still close enough to the announced numbers to not warrant another number drop. LSU did not like that happening last week, it makes the program look bad.

The staff is the biggest question mark for me, and that has been the focus of the SEC's involvement so far.

Lane leaves to go to LSU tomorrow, for example, Ole Miss can't be viewed as a ghost ship floating into the playoffs. Playoff Committee would frick them over like they did Florida State.

This is why I think LSU retains Blake Baker another year, plus it helps out with the cost of cutting him early. Just my $.02 on that one.

There is no number 2 option. LSU basically backed a Brinks truck up to Lane and said, "Take what you want!"

Then they said, for good measure, "Here's a magic lamp with three wishes, we'll see you in Baton Rouge."
Literally an offer you can't refuse situation.

The flipside to this is you better hope they are right about the choice because, for better or worse, LSU is going to be married to this decision for a long time.

When they fired Bum Kelly, I wanted KD from the start. But the more I think about it, if Lane continues on the trajectory he's established at Ole Miss, you'd be foolish to let him stay at/go to a conference rival.