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Probably BS, but if true I'd guess meeting with Aranda

It wasn't Herman, Joe hired someone to hold up and converse with a life-size cardboard cutout of Tom Herman to make smoke225 think Herman was there when he wasn't so he'd come here and tell us all about it. Or Herman was here to see that Zachary QB play, he's pretty legit.

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still think Tom Herman is the next head coach of LSU.

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And you've got some pretty compelling arguments and thoughts about it, which I have enjoyed reading.

After all of my thoughts and attempts to make sense of the very complex and confusing situation, I feel comfortable in saying that I disagree with you, but nonetheless your comments have been pretty well thought out and certainly possible, if not the most logical outcome based on what we've seen and where we're at now. Personally I've just had a sense of something "not smelling right" throughout the last few days, and that includes the entire Herman storyline. (As well as mentions of Holgorsen and Fisher-LSU negotiations ending also being things that didn't pass the smell test to me)

This has definitely been a fun situation to apply critical thinking to with all of the interested parties, motivations, players, and possible outcomes.

Let's just hope that we get one of our guys, and I am very very confident we will. And if for some reason we don't then life and LSU football certainly goes on and we might very well be back here again in 3-5 years doing this all over again.

I don't doubt you, how u know and/or where'd you see him?

We've been in enough threads together for u to know who I think it is..., BUT, if it's not that one, I totally agree that Orgeron would be a huge disappointment and embarrassment. All Herman/Fisher talk aside, I truly believe Orgeron has never been a "true" feasible candidate for this job...it was all about sticking to the promise of Giving him a fair shot in the process and I think it also provided a nice degree of leverage as well for LSU in dealing with any coach vying for this job. It also gave the fans and team a new-found energy and motivation which helped the season from going completely south and becoming a dumpster fire.

As for Gundy, he's at the top for me, right behind Jimbo and Herman. He is an excellent coach and a winner. He's won big at OSU, which is a very difficult place to do well at. Give him the resources of an LSU or Bama or Texas and he'd be Top5 coach IMO.

Fedora never resonated well with me, neither did Holgorsen. Seems like too big a change when also taking into account their inevitable "learning curve" and personalities that aren't going to jive here.

After Fisher/Herman/Gundy, I certainly like (in no particular order):
-Fuente (unlikely after 1 year)
-Aranda
-Dantonio (although probably unrealistic given age and philosophy)
-PJ Fleck (really like him, he screams winner to me)


And of course I love the A-Listers that aren't at all possible or realistic (Saban Meyer Harbaugh Peterson Stoops Dabo)

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I know for a fact Herman was in Baton Rouge last Friday.

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^ this guy followed him into the urinal at ruffinos.