Hot Carl

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Not paying Lance Heard costed many people jobs and the athletic department millions.

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Did he issue those in a vacuum, himself? Or were they scrutinized and approved by the President and BOS?

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Exactly. The President, BOS, and the boosters footing the bill could have vetoed Brian Kelly the human being, Brain Kelly the football coach, or his contract at any point of the process. The AD doesn’t have the authority to actually do the hiring. They can only find and present a candidate and then negotiate the terms that it would take to hire them. It has to be green lit by multiple people with more actual power than the AD.

I’m sure the AD does more of the vetting on the front end and there is a trust factor there, but you don’t fire Orgeron less than 2 years from fielding the best team in the history of the sport, agree to his buyout, then hire Brian Kelly to a 10 year 95 million dollar contract with his buyout without SEVERAL powerful brokers giving their approval at multiple points along the way.

Pretty sure we broke an offensive record that night, maybe most yards in a game? I remember being at an event for my 20th high school reunion. The game was on every tv, but there was no sound, so I don’t remember the exact record because I didn’t hear it live.

Also think LF7 broke the single game rushing record that Alley Broussard set—both against Ole Miss. Pretty sure Guice later broke it again Thanksgiving night against A&M.

Regardless, I think it was more than just playing worse teams. There was definitely a boost in morale after Les left. And Ensminger and Danny Etling were better than they are remembered. Slinger doesn’t get nearly enough credit for the ‘19 offense. And Etling is probably a top 10 QB in LSU history. (In fairness, it’s a pretty atrocious history, certainly pre-Joe.)

To leverage more money out of Ole Miss :dunno:

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Swung at ball 4 too

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You absolutely give him the green light there 3-0. Dude hung one and Vlad juuuuust missed it, hitting it off the end of the bat. 2-3 inches toward the barrel and they’re popping champagne right now.

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That’s what I was thinking. I guess he was shallow to keep the run from 2nd scoring on a base hit.

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Well, obviously. But a single only ties it. Hell, with 1 out, he may have been held up at 3rd right there. But a line drive over his head and it’s tied and the series winning run is standing on 3rd.

Why was he playing so shallow when it was just the tying run on 2nd? It’s not like a single loses you the series. But anything over his head would have both tied the game and put the series winning run on 3rd with 1 out with a triple.

Eric Gagne and AJ talk about that AB. Apparently Bonds and Gagne agreed before the game that he would only throw him 1 off speed pitch if they faced each other.

Zac Gallen on Bonds: “He got one pitch a night, and he never missed.”

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That right there negates every dang thing that cheater did. He didn't come by his number honestly.

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Well, if that’s your standard, you’re negating just about every baseball great of the past 35 years. Pssssst. All your heroes juiced.

But I’m not really trying to argue anything. I mean, the balls literally went over the fence. I watched them.