re: Hester - “a lot of former players love Pelini and want him to get the job.”

Thanks for the info

Any news on the offensive side?

Not CuJo. All ive heard. unless somethings changed since yesterday morning

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Kinda has the Jimbo feel to it... was going to happen and them it didn't. Glad now of course, but this feels the same as that “search” to me.

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I can see that. But the Jimbo thing was doomed because of timing, money, buyouts, etc. No rush right now, O and LSU football is in the driver's seat. I think the reason its taking a little longer than expected is the Canada effect. Just want to make sure everything is properly vetted, and handled. There was ALOT of money at play with the Jimbo hire. This... not so much. Plus even though the Jimbo thing wasn't Alleva's fault, you have better leadership this go around with Woody.

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I know that Leonhard from Wisconsin was vetted and strongly considered but O had reservations about it, they think he will leave eventually and they want someone here long term to sell to recruits.

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If the word on the street is to be believed, then the word is he would be a tough pull from Wisconsin. If true, it doesn't sound like a guy that wants to jump around and so maybe you could keep him here 4-5 yrs at minimum.

Plus, if you had the opportunity to get a great X-Os coach, even for a short time, wouldn't you (or O) take it. I would, and we just saw it in Brady and Aranda.

Take the upper hand and the best when you can. A few years of a great coach, likely spans the majority of the players years at the university anyway.

So that all doesn't make sense to me.

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Is there any advantage for recruiting to not naming him now?

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Saw some on the recruiting board mentioning this. Something was said about the number of visits other coaches can make if they are short staffed. I don't know recruiting well enough to know if that's true but I read it on the internet so I will assume it is.

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Is there any advantage for recruiting to not naming him now? Sort of like les waiting forever to name Cameron as the new OC

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I wondered this too. All I could find was this clause that appears to only apply with a new head coach.

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Current transfer data reveals that playing time, unmet expectations and "issues with coaches" are the most cited reasons when a student-athlete transfers. When a coaching change occurs a relationship must be built between the new coaching staff and the prospective student-athlete. In addition to telephone calls and email, a prospective student-athlete may incur the cost to visit campus to spend time with the new coach; however, this is not feasible for all prospective student-athletes and their families. A new head coach can visit a prospective student-athlete; however, doing so requires the coach to leave campus and enrolled student-athletes, with whom he or she is also building new relationships. Providing institutions with the flexibility to finance a second official visit after a coaching change benefits both prospective student-athletes and enrolled student-athletes by allowing greater opportunities for the new head coach to spend valuable time on campus while giving the prospective student-athlete an opportunity to make an informed decision about his or her college commitment.

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NCAA source

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Plus, if you had the opportunity to get a great X-Os coach, even for a short time, wouldn't you (or O) take it. I would, and we just saw it in Brady and Aranda.

Take the upper hand and the best when you can. A few years of a great coach, likely spans the majority of the players years at the university anyway.

So that all doesn't make sense to me.

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I was told the plan was to make Brady the OC in 2021. His stock got too high too quick and he had to cash it in. Which I completely understand. As far as the opportunity to get a great X's and O's coach... I think thats what O thinks hes doing by getting Pelini along with a good recruiter. Its not some big secret, Aranda wasn't the world's best recruiter.He's was serviceable and we got some big time defensive guys don't get me wrong, but Raymond and O closed alot of those.

Waiting on DALSU to come in and vehemently deny that Pelini is the guy, so I can rest easy knowing O said Bo is a go.

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I know that Leonhard from Wisconsin was vetted and strongly considered but O had reservations about it, they think he will leave eventually

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Probably, but so what? You've got the best in the business.

That said, Pelini would be fine, but what's the point in boasting about attracting the best if you don't want the best?

Just need Pelini to close on recruits. That's all he has to do and this is where LSU has struggled in recent years with blue chips. Miles was really good at closing on recruits. Not saying O is bad but it was definitely better under Miles even in our struggling years. There's so many recruits I can name that LSU was so close to landing but they couldn't sell that final closing deal...