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Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Multiples sources are reporting that LSU and offensive coordinator Matt Canada will part ways after the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1.

Canada was hired by head coach Ed Orgeron to be the teams' offensive coordinator and quarterback coach back in December, joining the Tigers after just one year as Pitt's offensive coordinator. Per The Advocate:
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Canada signed a three-year contract last December paying him $1.5 million per year as the highest-paid offensive coordinator in college football. The school would owe him about $3 million to be paid in monthly installments over the life of the contract, through 2020. That amount is offset by any future compensation Canada earns at another job, according to a copy of his contract.

Canada is accustomed to quick stops during his coaching journey. LSU is his fifth school in the past seven seasons, including Pitt (2016), N.C. State (2013-15), Wisconsin (2012) and Northern Illinois (2011).
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225Tyga89 months
Briles time
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Pepe Lepew89 months
Not enough money? Head coach? WTH.....
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alumni9589 months
Apparently “unreconcilable differences”
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Shooter89 months
GOOD!!!!!!
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KennabraTiger89 months
Bring on Ensminger lol
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CaptainJ4789 months
I liked our offense honestly. Was nice to see a bit more creativity.
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LsuJERM9089 months
Worried about this a little, but Ensminger did well as our OC last year so I have faith #GeauxTigers
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SamuelRoy89 months
Fire Ed instead
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Bestbank Tiger89 months
Emsminger is one of us!!
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beantown89 months
I’m one of us too. Hire me?
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KennabraTiger89 months
C’mon down beantown baw!
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ByUselves89 months
Didn't see this coming, but, cut your losses when you can. Apparently there was more to Air Canada & the Captain's squabble than was mentioned in the media.
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CapitalCityTiger89 months
When O stopped trying to force his “vision” on the offense we suddenly got really fricking good. It’s a shame we can’t keep a quality coach like Canada a few more years
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ByUselves89 months
Can't argue, liked the offense, but anything after an LM offense would be exciting. Canada may be an offensive guru, but he may also have an offensive personality. Who knows besides the Captain & Joe?
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TigerFan5555589 months
Have to agree, i mean you could tell he couldn’t run everything he wanted, didnt have his personel.. id be willing to bet that his offense would be pretty good in year 2/3
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alumni9589 months
OR... you know like maybe after 2-3 TRUE freshman finally got some experience and gelled with the rest of the line, maybe that had a little more to do with it.
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USNTiger89 months
Hugh Freeze or Kendal Briles... we don’t need another Ensminger debacle like the Alabama game from last year.
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TigerFan5555589 months
Amen dude, been saying all along to go get Briles...id take freeze too
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TigerOnThe Hill89 months
"we don’t need another Ensminger debacle like the Alabama game from last year." I agree that LSU's offense really underperformed against AL last year. But IIRC, not many offenses did well against AL last year. OTOH, Steve Ensminger should be given a world of credit for stepping into a ____storm, stabilizing the situation and putting up some good offensive numbers in most of the games, all while using someone else's offense. I'm not worried about SE as the OC because I'm convinced he doesn't want the full time gig. I wouldn't be surprised if he became the OC for the bowl game, though. That all depends on how well CEO and Canada get along at this point in time and what kind of agreement the lawyers come up w/. Canada may have some financial incentives for the bowl game, as well. But if CEO and Canada got along well, there wouldn't be reports of LSU and Canada parting ways.
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NASA_ISS_Tiger89 months
Just don't give Freeze a cell phone.
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BlackTiger8989 months
Frick him then.. I dont care why he's leaving! He's gone! Now go get us the best OC in the country weather its college or pros we can afford it!! Someone who wants to be here not for a check or a come up!!!
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southsidedell89 months
Yes please throw money at more flashy names so we can let them go after a year and pay them and we can hear BlackTiger89 say frick him again next year. So much fun.
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PortHudsonPlaya89 months
We'll never be able to pay good assistants like a HC therefore we'll never be able to keep them. It's a horrible model to follow. Get rid of O and get a quality HC in here. It's embarrassing.
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alumni9589 months
What the ??? Why do we need to pay assistants like a HC? Why not just pay them as the HIGHEST OC/DC like we’re currently doing?
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Passing Wind89 months
Your reading skills suck. Did you not see the part “highest paid coordinator in college football”?
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LSUDAN189 months
So how many jobs has Canada had in last 6-7 years:. 5. May say more about Canada. Usually you get a head gig by that time.
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the paradigm89 months
Welcome, Steve Ensminger!
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tigerbutt89 months
That will be you new OC for sure.
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tigerpawl89 months
If Ensminger is actually the best available OC in the country, then so be it. But if his hiring is slanted just because he’s a local baw, I’ll just scream! The fans need to get over that and hire the best available - period. The school deserves the best.
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southsidedell89 months
He doesnt even want to be OC which is the crazy part. God please save our offense. We damn sure cant help ourselves.
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Unfortunate. Guy is really talented. All you can hope for now is a slam dunk hire.
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X123F4589 months
Can we pay aranda double and let him fill both roles?
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Perfect Circle89 months
Aranda will be gone within the next two seasons. Someone will be willing to take a chance on him as a HC. Will LSU demote O to make Aranda its HC? Or will LSU keep O and let Aranda go? How do LSU fans feel about this ?
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CaliTigerHB89 months
LSU will not denote O to hire Aranda as HC. That will not happen. Aranda will be gone in less than two years and O will still be the HC at LSU. Let's just hope he can hire great coordinators because he needs them to be great
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tigerbutt89 months
Actually surprised Aranda didn't get picked up as a head coach with all the openings that became available. Aranda is too good to stay here for more than 3 years.
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VooDude89 months
O, that fricking worthless twat, just signed his exit papers.
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VooDude89 months
If you're a real lsu fan, you better pull for a 6-6 season next year. Would you rather get this over with and make athletic dept. restructuring changes or wait until O destroys the program. This is pathetic.
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GoneFishing2189 months
Huh?
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lsucoonass89 months
You can't be surprised this jabroni is leaving This guy moves around more than soldiers or marines. I can't take Matt Canada seriously
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vodkacop89 months
So you're a retard. Ok good to know. Any "fan" who wants LSU to lose is a complete mouth breathing window licker.
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Barbellthor89 months
Part of me is worried on O's side. He "bristles" and declares he's the head coach, so it'll be done his way. But...this is 5 OC spots in 7 years for Canada? As mentioned below, this could tell more about Canada's unworkability than O's inability to be a head coach; that is, maybe this really is best for us? If Canada truly is leaving, I hope it's for the best. Now go get the best, O!
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MaHittaMaHitta89 months
Spot on. It is obvious that O has problems almost everywhere he goes.
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TJGator121589 months
Canada improved 7 of the 8 teams he was the OC of from where they were before he arrived. He's not the problem.
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