Because that’s literally what he came out and said he would do. And he had one, but reports came out and said that O handcuffed him which is why they literally had a meeting with Alleva. What other program in the country have you seen the AD have to step in to make the HC and OC break bread? Which is another promise he made that he broke, that he’d let his coordinators do their jobs. And now not only did we ditch him for SE, one of O’s buddies, O has subsequently brought some of his other buddies on staff, let alone getting Derek a job after becoming the coach. O is just up there setting up his friends and breaking promises he made to the public in true politician fashion.

If this by some act of god this works out then I’ll eat crow. But I’ve seen how successful programs are built. The way this is playing out is the complete opposite of the recipe for a successful program to be built. I will never root against LSU. I will never hope for failure. If they come out and light it up then I’ll be happy and behind the O wagon.

But this season didn’t impress me. We beat Auburn at home after being down 20-0, that’s literally the only highlight. We lost to Troy and lost to MSU by the largest margin in school history and lost to Bama for the 7th consecutive time. Rest of the teams we beat? All crappy defenses, majority of them replaced their coaches. Not exactly murderers row. Auburn is literally the only thing you can hang your hat on and for a while there we were about to get run off the field.

We’re LSU. I don’t want to hear “well the teams we lost to were really good teams” because we should also be a good team that is capable of winning those games. Next year we play the two teams that played in the NC this year in Bama and UGA, and two teams that played in NY6 bowls in Auburn (on the road which is a tough place to play) and Miami, and also Florida under Mullen on the road. Our schedule next year is gonna be a gauntlet, and if we’re a program worth their salt, I expect 10 wins in the regular season. We need to beat the teams that matter because we should strive to be a team that matters as well. The day that an 8-4, 7-5 season but the losses are to “good teams” is an acceptable outcome, is the day that we admit we’re a second tier program.

Tl;dr, we have a gauntlet schedule next year, and despite it if we win less than 10 games and we accept that and continue to let things play out, we are admitting we are a mediocre program.