LSU Fires Athletic Director

[Toddrn]

Sources: LSU firing athletic director Scott Woodward days after Brian Kelly's termination

Scott Woodward’s firing means that LSU is now looking for a president and an athletic director along with a football coach.

www.yahoo.com

Looked to see if this was posted in the BK thread first. Mods please merge if you want to, I just didn't want it to get buried.

 

[Padreruf]

So LSU is looking for a President, Athletic Director, and Head Football Coach. They are down to 3 finalists on the President...

 

[DrollTide]

Seems a legit place to recruit to.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Woodward has cost ATM and LSU a combined $100 million in buyouts from the contracts he gave HCs.

This is what being a colossal failure at your job looks like.

 

[Windsortide]

Not surprised, I don’t know if that place is worth the haste. Hmmm

 

[BamaNation]

you hate to see it.

Anybody got any corndogs?

 

[BearFoot]

I believe we’re looking at an institution that’s about to go “ALL-IN” on the new landscape of college football…in relation to the focus during the hiring of a president, athletic director, and head coach. All the “proper academic language” will be used during public discussions relating to the search and hiring process of the prez and AD…but behind closed doors it will sound very different.

 

[bamamc1]

Currently, they have no head coach, players looking to jump in the portal, assistant coaches trying to find their next job, no AD, no president, and national signing day on the horizon. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I believe we’re looking at an institution that’s about to go “ALL-IN” on the new landscape of college football…in relation to the focus during the hiring of a president, athletic director, and head coach. All the “proper academic language” will be used during public discussions relating to the search and hiring process of the prez and AD…but behind closed doors it will sound very different.

I think you're right. The Guvnah is now saying that the Louisiana taxpayers will pay Kelly's buyout. I'm not at all sure he can unilaterally do that. While I don't pretend to know the law in Louisiana, it's usually the legislature's job to distribute taxpayer money.

I also fear where you might be going with your concerns, BearFoot....Are we about to see taxpayer money appropriated by whatever means -- legislative action or executive fiat -- to fund collegiate pay-for-play?

We don't normally allow politics onto the Football board. But we're dealing with Louisiana state politics and LSU athletics being so tightly intertwined that it's hard to separate the two.

Let's keep the discussion confined to LSU / Louisiana / Kelly / Woodward / Landry. If it expands beyond that, we'll move to NSPR.

 

[Cruloc]

When the governor announced the AD wouldn't be involved in the coaching search.....he might as well have said....we're firing the AD.

 

[davefrat]

The governor pretty much said that he's going to lead the search instead of the AD anyways...plus he's stacking the entire board of visitors/regents or whatever they're called with loyalists.

Maybe he'll just do away with the entire university administration and run LSU from the governor's mansion?

Maybe he'll name himself president of the school after his current term ends?

 

[arthurdawg]

100% this

They may as well fire the Governor while they're at it.

That is an awesome idea... Making Governor a fireable position...

Can we do that with the entire Federal Guv? Maybe some incentive based contracts???

 

[arthurdawg]

Currently, they have no head coach, players looking to jump in the portal, assistant coaches trying to find their next job, no AD, no president, and national signing day on the horizon. What could possibly go wrong?

Their pets heads could fall off at any moment!

 

[Cruloc]

Had to look up where the Louisiana governor graduated from.....I assumed it was LSU with him being so involved in this quagmire. Nope, he graduated from Lafayette when it was still SE Louisiana.

I guess since this is their premier state program he's trying to make sure it goes how he wants it. I'm not sure how in the world they are going to hire a good coach though....who is going to want to get in that mess. There are a ton of politics involved in this.

When has having a search committee turned out with an overall successful hire? And this is going into finding a president, an AD, and a coach. What an absolute mess.

 

[stlimprov]

May the natural consequences of this clown show manifest themselves fully upon their football team for years to come.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

One thing this might do is cause Nick Saban to run away screaming.

If he turned down UTw largely because of their boosters' refusal to stop meddling, how would he feel about spending ages 75 - 78 dealing with a maroon like Landry?

This guy makes a freight train carrying a Tomahawk missile look subtle.

 

[Methylred]

One thing this might do is cause Nick Saban to run away screaming.

If he turned down UTw largely because of their boosters' refusal to stop meddling, how would he feel about spending ages 75 - 78 dealing with a maroon like Landry?

This guy makes a freight train carrying a Tomahawk missile look subtle.

I would be flabbergasted if CNS did something that stupid.

 

[uaintn]

The idea that they could lure CNS back with a high salary is a little delusional.

I'm not saying he might not consider another coaching job because I have no way of knowing, but the idea that he would come back to a place where so many people turned on him for $15MM a year or something seriously underestimates the coach's current net worth. And lifestyle. And no dealing with entitled 19-year-old brats and their greedy agents/families. Etc.

Good luck, Governor. It looks like you have a mess on your hands.

 

[bamamc1]

May the natural consequences of this clown show manifest themselves fully upon their football team for years to come.

Amen

 

[Bamabuzzard]

LSU is a freaking mess right now with no active president, no athletic director and the Governor and his group seemingly running the show. My guess is the agents of the big fish are saying "Let's wait and see on this". UF may be sitting in a great position because of LSU's instability.