re: "Coach O pushing all the right buttons." **UPDATED**

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You're missing the point. Sure, past OC/DC's fail as HC all the time. But it's VERY obvious that if you want and elite HC, it's better to hire a guy with a specialty that can run one side of the ball with positive results.

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This is spot on and the reason so many are dead set against Coach O. In the SEC, there are going to be 2-3 games each year that it will take more than great talent or "letting coaches coach" to win those games. You will need a head coach who can strategize on an elite level. Those 2-3 games each year separate the great teams from the middle of the pack. LSU has not had a coach on that level since Saban, but they have the chance to get one now. To hire O is to say we are fine with being a team on the upper tier of the middle of the pack. That was were Miles had the team before his stubbornness led to them sinking toward the bottom. Sorry, but I want more than being 2nd place every year. I want a coach who at least gives the team a chance to be SEC or even national champs. Coach O will never be able to do that because he brings nothing to the table in pure coaching ability. He doesn't even want to be a defensive coordinator and I suspect this is the reason why. He is good for motivating and recruiting, both of which he can do just fine as a D line coach. There is absolutely no reason to make him head coach.