LSU athletic director Joe Alleva and Deputy Director of Athletics Eddie Nunez chat as the LSU Tigers took on the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles in Baton Rouge on Saturday, December 19, 2015. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) (BRETT DUKE)
At his press conference on Friday morning to announce the firing of LSU men's basketball coach Johnny Jones, athletic director Joe Alleva described the relationship between a coach and a school like a marriage.
Sometimes the marriage works and sometimes it doesn't. In the case of LSU and Johnny Jones - a former player and assistant coach for the Tigers - it simply didn't work out.