Les Miles

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Coach and J. I will add my bit when I am on a larger keyboard.
J. , Les and Jindal are friends.

Edit:
On the outside looking in: Governor Jindal and Coach Miles are good friends. I'm synthesizing here, I have no one source, but from the totality of what's been floating around down here, and R. you can tell me what you've heard, as well.

The university side of things is hurting, literally on the verge of bankruptcy. Here's part of the problem, there will be a special session of the legislature in the new year, and president F. King Alexander will likely go before the legislature to lobby for funding which may or may not be forthcoming.

Jimmy Sexton "Jimmy Sextoned" LSU, it's my understanding that there may well have been a deal in place for Coach Fischer. The money was available from boosters and Tiger Athletic Foundation, now smart people know that this is private money and not the university's money. But buying out Coach Miles for $15m then hiring another Coach at whatever he'd get, that looks terrible for the university.

King Alexander decided that he agreed it would look bad to pay out that money and then go to the legislature asking for money, so he's the one that nixed the deal, with advice from the Governor among others.