I could be wrong, but "asking permission" to talk to a coach is etiquette. And there is no set rule saying whether you officially can or can't talk to someone. If that is indeed true, then F-USC. We don't owe them anything. We have just as much right to call as he does the right to say "call me back at the end of the season." And it's also worth noting that no one at LSU has confirmed the meeting or the contact has happened.
Yes indeed. Good point. I'd posed the same two questions on the rivals' board (Must say I'm getting MUCH better and also wittier responses here :grin: ). There was one response that was interesting though:
kinda weird since skip said he wouldnt talk to a candidate til the end of the season. are there some tricky clintonesque semantics being used or is skip going back on his word?
I, personally, think it's a bad report. That's just me. All the people I talk to tell me Pierre will be the coach next season. Several clues to indicate that: 1. Skip said when he fired Brady he would hire a search firm to find a new coach. After the Florida win, he said a firm wasn't needed (meaning he knew who his guy was and that he knew his guy would accept his offer). The only person that would 100%, hands down take the job, without question is Pierre 2. Attendance has gone up. That was a big deal to Skip, and it has risen from an average of 8,000 under Brady to 9,000 under Pierre 3. Skip wants Randolph back next season (obvious reasons), and keeping Butch is the only way that happens 4. Skip wants to keep the recruiting class in tact, and keeping Butch is the only way that happens.
Screw that. We better go for a coach to do well in the future and not for one season or a player. I can sacrifice a season and a player for success down the road and building up a program.
This just in...Kirk Herbstreet reporting Tim Floyd to Michigan to coach the Wolverine football team. Rich Rodriguez to resign tomorrow morning citing disagreement between himself and the concession stand vendors at Michigan who do not carry Corn Dogs or Jumbo Hot Nuts and would not agree to add them to their menus. Rodriguez is reportedly headed to Arkansas to be the offensive coordinator for Bobby Petrino's Razorback team. Arkansas officials state that their concession stands carry Corn Dogs, Jumbo Hot Nuts and actual Pig Dick.
LSU needs to look long and hard at Butch, but i wouldn't call off the search committee, i think that would be shortsighted.
