LSU athletic director Scott Woodward ought to in all probability be frightened about his job standing if Wednesday’s feedback from the state’s governor are any indication.
Governor Jeff Landry spoke to the media Wednesday about LSU’s head teaching rent after the college fired Brian Kelly on Sunday. Landry stated LSU’s Board of Supervisors would make the decision on the following head coach, not Woodward.
Jeff Landry had harsh feedback for AD Scott Woodward
Landry then went even additional by primarily accusing Woodward of losing hundreds of thousands of {dollars} on failed coaches.
“We’re not happening a failed path. This can be a sample,” Landry instructed reporters on Wednesday. “The man that’s right here now that wrote that contract price Texas A&M $70-something million. Proper now we’ve bought a $53 million legal responsibility. We’re not doing that once more.
“We’re going to choose a coach, and we’re going to guarantee that coach is profitable. And we’re going to guarantee that he’s compensated correctly, and we’re going to place metrics on him. I’m uninterested in rewarding failure on this nation after which leaving the taxpayers to foot the invoice. I can inform you proper now, Scott Woodward is just not deciding on the following coach. I’d let Donald Trump choose it earlier than I’d let him do it.”
