re: Say what you want. O line was manhandled.

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I do have some issues with jumping the gun and hiring O.

The only thing he has ever proven is that he can recruit and motivate. And he can. He's one of the best recruiters in the country. I would never question that.

But as a HC, he's only beaten two ranked teams in his entire career. One of which was Ole Miss this year who is no longer ranked. Most of the teams he's beaten have losing records.

He was his own DC at Ole Miss and completely failed (I'm not saying he's not more knowledgeable now, just saying he's yet to prove it). He's never had a really good defense until this year with a genius DC.

He's given all of this credit for changing the offense and killing it for three weeks and now he's gets none of the blame for the failure because he "doesn't have an oline" or "the OC he wants".

I guess I just don't see the appeal. Anyone can hire an elite coordinator. Hell, or administration hired Aranda. Why have a guy who has proven nothing? Why not bring in a guy who has proven something. Anything. I can name a reason why I like most of the candidates as HC, but I can't find any reason why O should get our HC job. He's a great guy, he's just done nothing as a HC.

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The argument for O is that he becomes LSU's Dabo Sweeney. A guy who sits at the top. Recruits, promotes, motivates and delegates. O can certainly recruit and no matter who the coach is, if LSU doesn't have the talent, they aren't going to do much on the field. Plus, I think O probably gives you the best chance of keeping the staff together (for the most part). I think most LSU fans would love to see Aranda, Craig, Jaluke, Raymond, Ponamsky, back on the sidelines next season. I don't think Ensminger wants to be the full time OC, so O would have some degree of freedom in finding the guy he wants.

I'm not saying they should give him the job tomorrow, but this teams needs a COMPLETE overhaul in the offensive approach. O wasn't going to be able to do that in a month (though you would have thought last night's gameplan would have been much more creative). As long as they can keep bringing in players, this program is not far away from being dominant again.