(02-19-2017 12:03 AM)JHS55 Wrote: Louisiana, good old boy network alive and well... as usual, just ask the governor or Amous moses
Good Ole Boy Networks in Louisiana get complicated up north. The LSU gravitational pull, while still pretty strong, is weaker in Shreveport/Bossier, which is a good 250 miles from Baton Rouge, and is partially separated by culture as well (southern Louisiana= cajun/creole/catholic, northern = traditional southern baptist bible belt). Bossier is really a long way from anywhere in the SEC, it's actually closer to Texas A&M (about 175) miles than any place else, but the cultural distance between them is pretty far.
While definitely having a strong "Louisiana" identity, Most Bossier/Shreveport folks nevertheless identify much more with Dallas, which is "only" 190 miles away than with New Orleans, which is more than 300 miles away, and they typically get Cowboys, not Saints, games as their "home" NFL network games.
That's a reason why Alabama has had good success out-dueling LSU for top recruits up there, that and well the fact that Alabama has had so much recent success that their calling card is welcome just about everywhere these days.
Bottom line is I would take what happened at face value: The coach's comments were indiscreet, and could cost their kids opportunities with the SEC's and nation's top program, which could hurt the school's "recruiting" of talent itself. He could have kept the 'ban' in place and his job, but he should have kept his mouth shut about it.