Yeah. If they hire someone, the coach will wonder, who do I report to around here?
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Wild that that's actually a real accent that exists.
Were you watching before to have a stake in the playoffs or national championship?
These takes always make me laugh as ISU has legit never been better than in the NIL era.
Maybe, the crazy part is that PSU almost always had an elite QB (at least according to recruiting) they just never developed under Franklin. The only real position he never hit on.
If PSU doesn’t lose to UCLA and smashes them the way they normally would Franklin last likely still has a job.
Or imagine any governor saying that the CEO of your athletic department is very corrupt and cost the university $50 million and then in the same breath, let him keep his job?
The three coaches before Kelly won a National Championship at the school and only one of them was named Saban. LSU is one of the plum jobs in the nation, great recruits everywhere around the state and they all want to play for LSU. They were behind on their NIL, which costs them some instate recruits, but they are now pumping money into program.
The question is do they go after the name coach or really search and get a really great coach, even if he has not been at a major program. They also pointed out that Saban had no connection to LSU before he got there.
Ross Dellenger reported this is inaccurate. The governor also said this was costing Louisiana tax payers, which was also inaccurate.
But once you insert politicians into this process you’re going to get wild, flamboyant statements.
I think LSU thinks it's the best job in America and as such I think they'll go after a Dan Lanning type, highly successful, relatively young and proven from another bluebloodish program. Similar to poaching Kelly from ND. I could see them going after Freeman too.
Lanning was one of the names that was mentioned, but does he have an easier path to the playoff in the B10 than the SEC? They were also going to make Saban a sweetheart deal, those are two of their three targets.
I enjoyed it more when the bowl games didn't sit second fiddle to a playoff. I enjoyed it more when recruiting didn't feel like contract negotiations. I enjoyed it more when talking college football didn't mean talking business. Now, maybe I'm just naive on that last one.
ISU has never been better because of Matt Campbell. Time will tell how schools like Iowa State navigate the NIL era. It's early days.
Its OK for fans to not like the chaos, greed and shift toward professionalism of today's college athletics. Sure those aspects have always existed, but today they are on steroids.
And a big reason Cyclone fans appreciate Matt Campbell (besides winning), is he creates a culture that focuses on developing his players as young men and students.
Is it a matter of time before those are archaic principles for a college FB coach?
Traditional College Sports and Santa Claus have a lot in common. People understand the fallacy, but they cling to the fairy tale.
This is a great post...but the comment "besides winning" is the most important part! I mean...Coach Campbell could instill the best culture in college athletics but if his winning percentage was .25...he wouldn't be around long!
I look forward to future political campaigns that focus on what the candidate will do for the football team. That'll solve all our problems.......
I have zero doubt that this governor will be asking for kickbacks to this next coach. Agent gets 10%, governor gets 10%. He’ll make sure the contract is overpriced enough that the coach won’t complain one bit. Corruption is the name of the game these days.
Channing Tatum as Gambit as Louisiana's governor
