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louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said so Louisiana State UniversityPresident suggests athletic director Scott Woodward will play no role in choosing Tigers’ next coach donald trump Instead this should be done.
SEC Giants head coach Brian Kelly was fired Sunday after the college football team’s loss to the Texas A&M Aggies, ending his four-season tenure.
Kelly departed with 34 wins and 14 losses, with a 71 percent win rate, which was deemed unacceptable, and was replaced by Frank Wilson on an interim basis.
“I can tell you right now that Scott Woodward is not selecting our next coach,” Gov. Landry told reporters in Baton Rouge on Wednesday, making it clear that he blames the administrator for the Tigers’ recent accomplishments.
“Maybe we’ll let President Trump pick it. He loves winners. You know, I’m not going to pick the next coach, but I can promise you we’ll pick a coach and we’ll make sure that coach is successful.
“We’re going to make sure he’s compensated fairly, and we’re going to put metrics on it because I’m tired of rewarding failure in this country and then leaving the taxpayers to foot the bill.”
Independent The Governor’s Office, LSU and the White House have been contacted for comment.
The governor acknowledged that he was involved in the decision to fire Kelly, hosting LSU officials at his mansion Sunday night to lay out the details.
He said the LSU Board of Supervisors would now form a selection committee to search for a new coach, but he opposed Woodward’s involvement, criticizing him for negotiating Kelly’s 10-year, $95 million contract, which ultimately led to LSU facing a $54 million buyout to fire him. according to espn,
The governor continued to scold Woodward, saying, “We’re not going down the failed path. And let me tell you something: This is a pattern. The guy that’s here now…he wrote that contract [that] The cost to Texas A&M was $70-some million dollars. Right now, we owe $53 million. We’re not doing that again. And you know what? I believe we will get a great coach.”
Landry was referring to Woodward’s previous role at Texas and the costly departure of its coach Jimbo Fisher in 2023. However, it was actually his successor, Ross Bjork, who agreed to Fischer’s lucrative contract extension before his dismissal.
When asked about his responsibility for the current situation, Landry told the press: “My role is about the financial impact of firing a coach under a terrible contract, OK? I only care about what the impact is going to be on the taxpayers. [for]I also wasn’t happy with the fact that we were raising ticket prices while we were having a losing season. And we were paying a coach $100 million and we weren’t getting results.
“Now, look, I have no animosity toward Brian Kelly. I don’t dislike Brian Kelly. But I think it got to the point, and I think he realized the spirit of the team needed a change.”
Earlier this week, Landry posted a video on X, Putting extra pressure on LSU Posing next to its “Mike the Tiger” monument and calling on the influential institution to respectfully install a statue asked for worker charlie kirkWho was shot and killed by a sniper on the University of Utah campus last month.
Landry spoke at an event organized by the late activist Turning Point USA The organization emerged demanding that LSU honor Kirk with a monument dedicated to protecting free speech on college campuses.