weathergeakal 283 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Scott Woodward is gonna become the new LSU AD. Wow please put article and link when posting info like this. http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/26546434/sources-woodward-replacing-alleva-lsu-ad Sources: Woodward replacing Alleva as LSU AD Scott Woodward is leaving Texas A&M to become the new athletic director of the LSU Tigers, sources confirmed to ESPN, after Joe Alleva announced earlier Wednesday that he's stepping down and will transition into a new role. Alleva, who has been LSU's athletic director since July 2008, will become the special assistant to the president for donor relations, the school announced Wednesday. The university said Alleva would continue to serve as AD until a replacement is named. That might not take too long, however. Sources told ESPN that Woodward, who has been the AD for the Aggies since 2016, has agreed to replace Alleva. "We are grateful to Joe for his years of service and dedication to LSU," LSU president F. King Alexander said in a statement. "Under his leadership, LSU athletics has become even more nationally competitive and our student-athletes have reached new levels of academic achievement." Woodward is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and graduated from LSU. He served as the university's external affairs director from 2000 to 2004, before heading to the University of Washington, where he was promoted to AD in 2008 and served until 2015. At Texas A&M, Woodward made splashy hires with Jimbo Fisher as football coach in 2017 and then Buzz Williams as basketball coach just this month. TexAgs.com was the first to report Woodward has agreed to a deal with LSU. The Tigers' basketball program has been a part of the FBI's ongoing investigation into corruption in the sport. Coach Will Wade was reinstated Sunday after being suspended toward the end of this season following reports that he was caught on a wiretap discussing a "strong-ass offer" for a recruit. Many fans were upset with Alleva and the LSU administration for suspending Wade in the first place. Sources told ESPN's Mark Schlabach that Wade's representatives were notified that the coach would be subpoenaed to testify in the basketball corruption trial later this month in New York City. Wade has denied any wrongdoing. Alleva was also criticized for the way he handled Les Miles' ouster as head football coach in 2016 as well as his search for Miles' replacement, which led to Ed Orgeron's promotion to full-time head coach after he served most of the 2016 season as interim head coach. During Alleva's tenure, LSU won 18 Southeastern Conference titles. "The eleven years Annie and I have been here in Baton Rouge have been some of the best in our lives," Alleva said Wednesday in a statement. "We have made lifelong friends and memories in Louisiana. This is truly a special place. It's been an honor to serve LSU, and I am proud to continue to do that in a new role." His contract, which paid him $725,000 per year, was set to expire on June 30, 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,096 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 19 minutes ago, weathergeakal said: Scott Woodward is gonna become the new LSU AD. Wow Is it official? If so that was fast. I know LSU wanted Scott but damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathergeakal 283 Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 1 minute ago, augolf1716 said: Is it official? If so that was fast. I know LSU wanted Scott but damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,096 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, weathergeakal said: Just damn something had to be set up before all this went down..............imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 15 hours ago, augolf1716 said: Just damn something had to be set up before all this went down..............imo Most definitely, LSU has some BIG $$ boosters and Board members that were highly pissed about the Wade suspension. This has been in the works for weeks and rumor has it FKing Alexander will be next. IMO, the LSU Admin ALL over reacted. Yahoo and Pete Thamel/Pat Forde are hacks, nothing more. LSU Admin over reached because of the Yahoo article hitting the public as a hot time & Dick Vitale spewing crap about LSU & Wade while completely kissing Louisville and Rick Pitino's ass & praising Zion/Duke to the heavens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Woodward has an old and very close relationship with Mark Emmert as well, which should bode well when the ncaa has to deal with the Will Wade "strong ass offer" case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 hours ago, keesler said: Most definitely, LSU has some BIG $$ boosters and Board members that were highly pissed about the Wade suspension. This has been in the works for weeks and rumor has it FKing Alexander will be next. IMO, the LSU Admin ALL over reacted. Yahoo and Pete Thamel/Pat Forde are hacks, nothing more. LSU Admin over reached because of the Yahoo article hitting the public as a hot time & Dick Vitale spewing crap about LSU & Wade while completely kissing Louisville and Rick Pitino's ass & praising Zion/Duke to the heavens. I think Aleva's problems go further back.....when folks wanted Les fired and Aleva just about fired him and then changed his mind at the last minute and then fired him after the AU loss the next year. Sounds like the Wade thing was just the final straw. Amazing the incestuous relationships among so many SEC folks and Emmert. Just thinking that ADs from other conferences are probably p***** about the favorable treatment that SEC schools seem to get over compliance issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,818 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 2:00 PM, keesler said: Woodward has an old and very close relationship with Mark Emmert as well, which should bode well when the ncaa has to deal with the Will Wade "strong ass offer" case. They want the Saban/Emmert shield of protection. SMH I hope NCAA hammers LSU/Wade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Tiger said: They want the Saban/Emmert shield of protection. SMH I hope NCAA hammers LSU/Wade. They got a massive shield of protection as Scott Woodward/Mark Emmert are in-laws, their kids are married so they FAMILY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbelle 5,299 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Emmert left plenty of skeletons in the closets at LSU. Nobody wants to open those doors. Time has passed and sanctions wouldn't happen but ugly stuff would become public. There's no way he'll ever drop the hammer on LSU or bammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 LSU & Bama were BOTH on NCAA probation when they both played in the 2011 NC game, Emmert and the NCAA didn't care one bit. And the damn SEC never blinked an eye while they raked in the $$ from having 2 SEC programs play in the NCG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger88 934 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 4:11 PM, Tigerbelle said: Emmert left plenty of skeletons in the closets at LSU. Nobody wants to open those doors. Time has passed and sanctions wouldn't happen but ugly stuff would become public. There's no way he'll ever drop the hammer on LSU or bammer. So many violations, I am sure. I remember chad lavalais. Football super stud in hs that never signed anywhere because he was such a horrible student, and anyone would have taken him, if they could. So, he became a firefighter. When tricky nick and emmert teamed up, he suddenly was a born again genius and passed his ACT with flying colors???? Well, someone passed his ACT, lol!. One of their more harmless violations, I am sure.The extorting of professors to change fb grades only received a fraction of the punishment it should, because most afraid, until well after the case was resolved. I know you know all this and more, just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbelle 5,299 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 11 hours ago, tiger88 said: So many violations, I am sure. I remember chad lavalais. Football super stud in hs that never signed anywhere because he was such a horrible student, and anyone would have taken him, if they could. So, he became a firefighter. When tricky nick and emmert teamed up, he suddenly was a born again genius and passed his ACT with flying colors???? Well, someone passed his ACT, lol!. One of their more harmless violations, I am sure.The extorting of professors to change fb grades only received a fraction of the punishment it should, because most afraid, until well after the case was resolved. I know you know all this and more, just saying. There were other scandals down there too. besides the grades....you are correct. But when football and politics are entwined.....things get buried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Isn't this a step down? I always thought of TAMU being on a level higher than Lsu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,402 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 hours ago, doc4aday said: Isn't this a step down? I always thought of TAMU being on a level higher than Lsu. I would think so too as far as prestige but I think LSU athletics has a richer history. Now in case you meant in terms of actual elevation then definitely since Baton Rouge is barely above sea level. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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