New Orleans area coaches considering boycott against LSU

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NEW ORLEANS Is LSU close to losing one of its most fertile recruiting grounds within the state?

That might be what ultimately occurs on Thursday evening when several of the New Orleans Metro area high school football coaches gather to discuss a potential boycott of the LSU Tigers football program.

Several of the areas black head football coaches are meeting to discuss how coach Ed Orgeron handled the demotion of running backs coach and New Orleans area recruiter Jabbar Juluke in the aftermath of National Signing Day.

Juluke, who was responsible for landing 3-star wide receiver Racey McMath and securing the commitments of 4-star quarterback Lowell Narcisse, 3-star tailback Clyde Edwards-Helaire and 3-star athlete Jontre Kirklin, was reassigned within the football program on Feb. 2, the day after signing day.

Jabbar Juluke was dismissed as LSUs running backs coach and reassigned within the football program following National Signing Day. (Sam Spiegelman/SEC Country)

Area high school football coaches are unhappy with the way Orgeron handled the process, indicating that LSUs first-year head coach took advantage of Juluke through the final weeks of the recruiting cycle to sign the prospects to letters of intent, then dismiss him, sources told SEC Country.

Juluke is the former head coach at Edna Karr (La.) High School, where he coached the team to an undefeated state championship in 2012, the second in the programs history. He continued to recruit New Orleans after accepting a position on Louisiana Techs coaching staff and then for LSU over the past year.

Julukes questionable departure remains one of severalmarquee issues that the coaches plan to discuss at the meeting.

Orgeron has become aware of the closed-door meeting later this week and has been in contact several of the head coaches that are expected to be in attendance, a source said. Orgeron has tried to stop the meeting and told some coaches he will devise a plan to try and correct the situation.

The meeting remains scheduled, and it is expected that the head coaches will move to boycott LSU moving forward.

Some of the schools expected to be in attendance include McDonogh 35, Edna Karr, Landry-Walker, Warren Easton and St. Augustine. These are some of the primary public schools in the city that have produced several LSU signees in recent years, including Leonard Fournette, Tyrann Mathieu, Jamal Pettigrew, Donnie Alexander, Isaiah Washington, Andre Anthony, Tyron Johnson, Sci Martin and, most recently, McMath.

New Orleans is regularly LSUs most fertile recruiting grounds and has produced several of the programs top players in recent years. The source intimated that other SEC programs have gotten wind of the meeting and could capitalize on the boycott, most notably Alabama. St. Augustine alum Burton Burns recruits the New Orleans region for Nick Saban andthe Crimson Tide.

Even with the meeting scheduled to go on as planned, Orgeron is attempting to repair the relationships.

LSUs head coach is in the process of hiring a new area recruiter. He had been in touch with St. Augustine alum David Johnson, Memphis wide receivers coach, who turned down the job because of the growing rift between the area head coaches and LSU, the source said.

Mickey Joseph is believed to be the frontrunner for the position, according to multiple sources.

If and when the boycott begins, Orgeron will attempt to host another meeting with the high school coaches to get everyone on the same page in the aftermath of Julukes dismissal.

Update (3:51 p.m. CT):A source in the Landry-Walker (La.) High School program told SEC Country they will not be a part of Thursdays meeting.

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