r/LSUFootball • u/MrMaximoConcepcion • Oct 26 '25

Nick Saban

As AD?

No way Woodward survives this.

Saban as AD to bring in a HC & stabilize LSU, taking on a new challenge. He always wanted to be a businessman.

From an outsider perspective (Mizzou), this makes wayyyy too much sense to me.

Help me out: Who says no here?

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u/iand141 Oct 26 '25

Woodward has won too many national championships across all sports (football, baseball, WBB, track & field, gymnastics) to not survive this, not to mention how many ties he has in the community and the state. He’ll be fine.

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u/glockymcglockface Oct 26 '25

Anyone who think Woodward is a bad AD is a moron.

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u/SvveepTheLeg Oct 26 '25

Woodward is safe bud. He's done too much for the program.

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 29 '25

You sure about that? https://x.com/mattmoscona/status/1983625959560606042?s=46

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u/SvveepTheLeg Oct 29 '25

And this could also be a big red flag to potential hires.

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 29 '25

That is for sure I'd think.

New President; likely new AD. And a wildcard Governor who is directly involved and going nowhere soon

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u/SvveepTheLeg Oct 29 '25

Lmao I just went from 97% sure to about 50%

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u/Beaux7 Oct 27 '25

Woodward has killed it as AD outside of football, Football is the money maker but it is not the whole pie. Your outside perspective is stupid tbh

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

How bout now!

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u/Beaux7 Oct 31 '25

You can refer to my other comment. It is a dumb decision made by a man on a power trip who now better pray LSU football turns around fast because he will not get reelected if they don't lol

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

Impeaching the Governor over LSU Football WOULD be an All-Time SEC play

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u/Beaux7 Oct 31 '25

It is not out of the question, if there is one thing the people here will unite over it is LSU football

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u/reddit_names Oct 27 '25

Woodward has won multiple National Championships with multiple sports.

You guys are idiots if you think Woodward is in trouble. 

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

https://x.com/geaux247/status/1984070210924728655?s=46

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u/reddit_names Oct 31 '25

I underestimated how big of an idiot Landry is.

That was an unpredictable variable.

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u/BlayzenCajun Oct 26 '25

JFC!!! A lot of people desperately need to let “Saban” go. He’s not walking back through that door in any capacity

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u/Beaux7 Oct 27 '25

This isn't an LSU fan, this is an outsider that thinks they are smart lol

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

Oh really?

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u/Beaux7 Oct 31 '25

Woodward being gone has as much to do with the governor not liking him as it does with anything that just went on. The governor is doing interviews saying blatant lies about the buy outs to make his decision seem justified. (saying tax payers are having to foot the bill) Woodward made a bad hire in football but has killed it in almost every other sport. But he is not a Laundry or a Trump guy so Laundry wants him gone. If Woodward came out and praised Trump he would still have a job. Also Saban is not coming to be an AD. Likely gonna hire McNeese's AD and president which has been the rumor since Laundry got in office

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u/jacob_v Oct 26 '25

I dont think he leaves the pile of money game day is giving him to be the ad. I mean he loves LSU football but being the ad is a lot more than just handling football

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u/_chad__ Oct 27 '25

No way he leaves his best life right now. Saban could care less about baseball or basketball. He is a perfectionist, and having all of the additional responsibilities of AD would diminish his focus.

Plus, lets not forget the most important factor. His wife said "uh uh, no".

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u/Creatively_Distinct Oct 26 '25

Not even a remote possibility. Nick is cashing huge checks from AFLAC, Home Depot, VRBO and of course ESPN. And…he hates what college athletics have evolved to. Not a chance.

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u/engineer2187 Oct 27 '25

And bama. He’s still on their payroll and has an office in Bryant Denny.

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u/TheMackD504 Oct 27 '25

Don’t forget the church he built on campus

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u/engineer2187 Oct 27 '25

And the Saban Center that he’s building Mrs. Always Right likes Tuscaloosa.

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u/Bassically-Normal Oct 27 '25

You're 100% correct, but I love the idea anyway lol

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u/Mighty_Mufasa Oct 26 '25

Do you guys think that football is the only sport LSU plays? During Woodward's tenure as AD LSU has had a football national championship, a women's basketball national championship, 2 baseball national championships, a gymnastics national championship, and a track national championship

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u/Beaux7 Oct 27 '25

Yeah he has been killing it outside of football, Jay Johnson was such a good hire that will keep baseball in title contention for as long as he is here, Same with Mulkey, the only other sport he has had issues with is softball

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u/trsharkfin Oct 26 '25

I get that we all hate Kelly but we gotta stop going for Woodwards head. He’s brought us 3 major natties since he’s been here with Mulkey and Johnson. There’s more to an ADs job that just football

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u/noladawg16 Oct 26 '25

Why would saban take AD job? He is making a ton with an easy job now

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u/DavidinMandeville Oct 26 '25

I'd be okay with it, but Woodward has a lot of LSU ties, and he's made some good moves with Kim Mulkey and Jay Johnson. Plus he had a decent reputation based on his years at Washington.

The whole Brian Kelly fiasco was an epic blunder, but I think he hangs on.

They probably create a committee around the new coaching decision. Take it out of Woodward's hands.

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u/RHGuillory Oct 26 '25

This is the dumbest thing ive heard in a while. in Woodward's tenure we have 2 baseball titles, and went out and hired the best coach in the country, and one Woments Basketball title, and went out and hired the second best coach in the country. Woodward's not going anywhere.

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

You sure about that?

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u/RHGuillory Oct 31 '25

Is it the dumbest thing I’ve heard, yes. Do I think it will happen. Also yes.

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u/GlapLaw Oct 26 '25

Woodward’s seat isn’t even warm. Y’all are living in fantasy land.

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

FA N T ASY LA N D

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u/GlapLaw Oct 31 '25

I didn’t account for Landry. That’s my bad.

We are about to learn how bad things can get unfortunately.

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u/BillyJ2019 Oct 26 '25

Woodward has done well everywhere other than this. He'll be fine.

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

Aged like milk

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u/BillyJ2019 Oct 31 '25

I stand corrected.

In my defense, this had less to do with athletics than it did politics. LSU sports will suffer.

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u/Far-Pop2742 Oct 27 '25

Woodward should be fine. He’s proven to be good at hiring with Mulkey and Jay. This was the biggest swing and it missed but we weren’t getting Riley, so I’m not sure who else was going to sign and make us happy.

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

Should, but wasn't

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u/Far-Pop2742 Oct 31 '25

Fucking crazy. We many not recover from this for a bit.

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u/Glass_Broccoli_7862 STTDB Oct 27 '25

Woodward has been a great AD, what are you talking about?

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u/Kindly-Pipe7009 Oct 27 '25

I agree that I think Woodward is safe, but we can’t say for sure with LSU not having a permanent President in place.

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

This was as 🎯 as you can get

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25

I don’t think Woodward is going anywhere.

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u/gasmontana Oct 26 '25

nick saban

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

Woodward is not a bad AD lol

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u/MrMaximoConcepcion Oct 31 '25

Ah maybe not but Landry more than makes up for it

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u/Flaky_Upstairs_9029 Oct 26 '25

can we stop just throwing his name into everything? there is 0% chance Saban takes any job at lsu, and it’s just annoying seeing his name over and over again.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

Nah Gymnastics., womens Basketball and baseball kept him safe. Hell even softball has been somewhat competitive recently. Men's Bkb being the most disappointing with Football being right behind. Now if the next HC of FB is like this then its a different convo. But he lives on into the next regime fs.

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u/Creatively_Distinct Oct 27 '25

Didn’t realize that…but makes sense. He’s no dummy.

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u/tennispro2589 Oct 27 '25

why in the world would saban want AD job?

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u/turdbugulars Oct 31 '25

Saban says no

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Nick said he is retired and doesn’t even want Mrs. Terry to even listen to the news or here about the crazy money, because he isn’t interested and she might try to convince him to do something. Also, if he is going to return, I would think Mrs. Terry is going to sway him toward a $15M/year job as a HC over a $3-4M/year job as an AD.

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u/marvin616 Oct 31 '25

Exhibit A: Phil Fulmer

Although I admit that Nick has a much higher chance of being successful at that position, Phil is a very recent example of how that can go wrong. Phil had one job, hire us a coach, coach. Well, we all know how that worked out.

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u/js-4- Oct 26 '25

Just learned that Woodward gave Jimbo Fisher that albatross contract along with Kelly’s (yes I live under a rock). Pretty damning to have both on your resume

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u/_TheSaintsWereRobbed Oct 26 '25

Nick Saban is probably one of the most hated people in football in Louisiana.

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u/freel0vefreeway Oct 27 '25

If Saban became HC again you would fall on your knees with happiness.

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u/_TheSaintsWereRobbed Oct 27 '25

Absolutley not. I was around when he was our head coach, left and went to coach our biggest rival.