🏈 What's your thought(s) on this hypothetical: Saban pressures AL schools to cancel summer camps.

[50+yeartidefan]

No, that's not the case.

LSU focuses on Houston's Tom Herman after Jimbo Fisher balks at $6.8M per year offer

LSU focuses on Houston's Tom Herman after Jimbo Fisher balks at $6.8M per year offer

LSU's coaching search to replace Les Miles is in full swing and likely will be wrapped up by the end of the weekend.

School administrators had been in contract negotiations with Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher for the majority of the week, according to multiple sources with knowledge of LSU's coaching search. But LSU shifted its focus to Houston's Tom Herman midday Wednesday after reaching an impasse with Fisher and his representatives.

It's a credit to Orgeron, who was 5-2 in his seven games as interim and the Tigers, who finished the regular season 7-4 overall and 5-3 in the SEC's West Division, that LSU had a season-high in points and 624 yards under such dire circumstances.

Three sources with knowledge of the negotiations said LSU was prepared to pay $6 million a year for Fisher and upped the ante to $6.8 million annually for the former Tigers assistant. But even that number was not enough to sway Fisher's camp, led by agent Jimmy Sexton. Fisher is making $5.25 million this season.

LSU's administrators, most notably athletic director Joe Alleva, wanted a deal with Fisher done by Wednesday. When it did not happen, Alleva turned his focus to Herman. LSU has been in contact with Herman's representatives for well over a month, but the talks "really heated up early Wednesday afternoon," according to a source close to Herman, when Fisher fell through.

Multiple media outlets reported LSU zeroing in on Herman, who makes $3 million annually, during the Tigers' game with Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night, much to the chagrin of Alleva. The dynamics behind the leak are as intriguing as the coaching search itself.

Sounds like a "we got turned down and want credibility" story...i had read and never bought it all...
but ...who knows ...might be all true...

 

[alagator]

We've had a family come through Tuscaloosa where the father, mother, and their sons played for UA in different sports. They are from Memphis and live next door to Jimmy Sexton, Fisher's agent.

Father played for Wimp?

 

[TerryP]

Father played for Wimp?