Let’s start with what Gov. Jeff Landry got right.

He's correct that Scott Woodward has been responsible for two of the biggest coaching contracts in college football history: Jimbo Fisher’s 10-year, $75 million deal at Texas A&M in 2017 and Brian Kelly’s 10-year, $95 million pact at LSU. Neither coach lived up to high expectations and both were eventually fired, triggering large buyouts. So the governor's criticism of LSU's now-terminated athletics director for richly rewarding football coaches who ultimately didn’t deliver is legitimate.

Also props to Landry for noting that massive buyout provisions are good for only one of a contract's parties: the coach. They leave the universities holding the bag.

Taken on their face, neither of these critiques is out of bounds. But everything els

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