2016-17 Coaching Carousel - The Tom Herman Sweeptstakes

[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by zacification1

Les Miles is out of the U, Ed Orgeron to serve as interim head coach. Whallllllll....?!!?!?!?!??

He's had a damn strong football team for a while, but hasn't been able to put up the points/big wins necessary to withstand the expectations.



Hard to believe this was almost a decade ago...

[TripleCrown9]

The Les Miles Era was fun at times.

Excited/Nervous/Scared to see who gets the job.

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

The Les Miles Era was fun at times. Excited/Nervous/Scared to see who gets the job.

Get your own damn coach.

[Tovarich]

Doesn't seem like so long ago, but I was at Les Miles first game with LSU when they moved the game to Arizona State the week of because of Katrina.

[Watson]

School has confirmed.

Les out. Cameron out.
Interim HC is Orgeron.

[TripleCrown9]

I suppose Orgeron as the interim isn't a bad call.

[Watson]

Of Note: LSU has the first ever General Manger in college football

[Watson]

Ok so here is the shortlist. In my dreams, Bob Stitt is the new head coach of LSU and O is hired to assist and to croot, but that's a dream.

1a-Tom Herman-Obviously this is everybody's man, and LSU is no different. This isn't called the Tom Herman Sweepstakes for nothing. There are things that would keep him at Houston, like their inevitable Big 12 invite, but LSU has far more resources and a much higher ceiling than Houston does and there is no argument against that. I'd understand if he wants to stay put but him making the jump also makes a ton of sense. He loves Houston and he loves recruiting there, but as of right now LSU has a monopoly on Houston and Houston just steals the occasional recruit. In addition to basically fencing off Houston, he also inherits the entire state of Louisiana, which doesn't produce hundreds of blue chippers like Florida or Texas but produces insane talent that wants to play for LSU by the time they're in middle school.

1b-Ed Orgeron-He's the one with the audition at his dream job. Hiring O is a no-brainer is Herman doesn't fall through. He's probably one of the motivating people in college football and of the greatest recruiters it has ever seen, and he's doing so in his homestate that again, has the highest volume of talent per capita. The only caveat is that O is a defensive guy so LSU will need to make a solid hire at OC.

Bottom line, if O wins 8-9 games this year, he has the job locked up.

2-Jimbo Fisher- This was all but announced last year and nothing has changed since. Former playcaller and recruiter here, there is a familiarity bond. Plus it's no secret that he's over Tallahassee and competing with Florida and Miami (lol) in-state. Contract is the main issue with getting this done.

3-Pat Narduzzi- I ****ing love Duz. He's gone from one of the best DC's in the sport at Michigan State to quietly building Pitt (PITT!) into a solid program with a lot of excitement around it. Same caveat with O applies though, he's going to need a good OC to be successful. Also, I'm worried that he won't be familiar with the recruiting of the area, but with Raymond and O still on staff that may not matter.

4-Jeff Brohm-Western Kentucky can easily win six games in the SEC East and has probably the best offense in the nation and it's all Brohm's working. The only thing keeping from being higher on the list is that ideally you want some experience at a bigger program. Recruiting isn't a problem for me here because look at what he was able to do at Western Kentucky.

5-David Shaw- He's 1) at his alma mater and 2) winning there. I don't see him leaving, but backing up the dump truck of money is worth a shot.

Also have some interest in PJ Fleck and Justin Fuente, but experience works against the both of them