Louisiana Governor Forcefully Sidelines Lsu Ad As Tigers Enter Coaching Search

It judge sounds for illustration Louisiana politician Jeff Landry is fed up pinch LSU diversion head Scott Woodward.

On Wednesday, Landry was asked astir nan unfastened caput shot coaching occupation astatine nan assemblage and he beautiful openly blasted Woodward's handling of his past 2 large hires.

Woodward was nan diversion head astatine Texas A&M erstwhile nan schoolhouse hired Jimbo Fisher to a 10-year, $75 cardinal statement that was afloat guaranteed. Woodward near for nan LSU occupation successful 2019, and Fisher was fixed a statement hold earlier nan 2021 season. When he was fired by nan Aggies successful '23, his buyout was $77.5 million, which was nan largest successful assemblage shot history.

After firing Ed Orgeron during nan 2021 season, Woodward hired Brian Kelly distant from Notre Dame connected a afloat guaranteed 10-year, $95 cardinal contract. Kelly didn't past a afloat 4 seasons and was fired past week aft going 34–14 wide and 19–10 successful nan SEC. His contract buyout will cost LSU upwards of $53 cardinal (before offsets from immoderate caller occupation Kelly lands).

So Woodward has hired nan 2 coaches who coiled up being fired pinch nan 2 biggest buyouts successful assemblage shot history. Landry was speedy to constituent that out.

"We are not going down a grounded path, and I want to show you something, this is simply a pattern," Landry said. "The feline that's present now that wrote that statement costs Texas A&M $77 million. Right now, we've sewage a $53 cardinal liability. We're not doing that again... I'm not gonna beryllium picking nan adjacent coach, but I tin committedness you we're gonna prime a coach and we're gonna make judge that coach is successful, and we're gonna make judge that he's compensated properly."

He added, "I tin show you correct now, Scott Woodward is not selecting nan adjacent coach. Hell, I'll fto Donald Trump prime it earlier I fto him."

His afloat comments are below.

That's not an ambiguous answer. It's adjacent to wonderment whether Woodward will beryllium astatine LSU overmuch longer aft this full catastrophe.

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