re: Jimbo has coached 10 full seasons as a head coach - 3 or more losses in 7 of those seasons

Yall really need to stop worrying about Jimbo. He already said no. Now if it's true that Scott keeps coming back to him because other candidates are also saying no and he thinks he can lean on his relationship with him than LSU needs to prepare for a second tier name.

Now if it's true that your momma swallows the whole town, you'd better be prepared for your parents to get divorced.

See? I can "now if it's true [made up rumor]" too.

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How does that compare to other coaches who have been coach for similar lengths of time?

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The question isn't whether or not Jimbo is a good coach? He is. The question is is he good enough to warrant the tremendous financial commitment LSU would almost assuredly have to make to get him here?

After last season he signed a new 10 year, $95,000,000 contract. Only Saban earns more (deservedly so). It is HIGHLY unlikely Jimbo would leave A&M unless LSU, at minimum, matched his current A&M contract. More likely, LSU would have to EXCEED that contract. Is a guy who has averaged the same number of wins in his first 4 seasons in Texas as Kevin Sumlin did in his first 4 seasons there worth THAT large of a financial commitment? One that would be incredibly onerous to get out from under IF he failed to meet what would be sky high expectations. IMO, hell no!

Fisher to LSU at $7.5 million for 6 years? Great (though it would never happen).

Fisher to LSU at $10-$12 million for 10 years? Get the frick out of here!

The last three LSU HCs a less of a resume when they took the job than Jimbo does now. Yet, they all won NCs. I like Fisher. But not enough to see LSU burden themselves with a massive long term commitment to get him here. You make that commitment only if you are 99.9% sure he's going to bring you MULTIPLE national championships for the next decade. Otherwise, let Texas A&M continue to overpay for 8-9 win seasons and a GPS system that can't locate Atlanta on the map

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Jimbo will be the same.

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Jimbo's offense was what won LSU its championship under Saban

It was still Jimbos offense when Matt Flynn won the 2nd NC under Miles

We saw Miles offense in 2008, then we never saw an offense again after that

LSU would save a lot with a second tier coach like Campbell or Napier or Fleck, paying in the $6 mil per year, and the results would probably be the same as with Jimbo.

If you think Campbell would come here for $6m/year, you're nuts.

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Why are so many here all of a sudden consumed with contracts when it comes to Jimbo?

We gave an extension to a coach that no one else wanted, and we're now concerned about being tied down to a bad contact?

We got out of that one, if Jimbo were to be hired and he fails we'd get out of that one as well. No buyout number is going to prevent us from moving on from a coach.

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At some point the money starts to become harder and harder to find. He won't, but if Jimbo were fired before Dec. 1st A&M would owe him $95.6 million dollars. That is certainly a hell of a lot more than the $17 million LSU committed to buying out Orgeron. And that was after only TWO seasons of poor results.

Jimbo is not leaving A&M for LESS of a commitment than they are currently giving him. That means LSU would likely have to give a contract in the range of, AT LEAST, 10 years at $100 million dollars ($10 mill per year) with the condition that Jimbo is paid all of it should LSU fire him before the 10 year term expires.

The cries to fire Les reached a crescendo in 2015...which was on the heels of 7 years where he averaged greater than 9 wins per season. In 4 years at A&M Jimbo has never won more than 9 games in a season. So, if he does the same at LSU (and past history is the best predictor of future results) and LSU fans want to fire him after 4 seasons, the $17 million buyout paid to O would look like a bargain compared to the, at least, $60 million that would be owed to Jimbo. You hire Jimbo at that contract then you are committing yourself to him for, at minimum 5-6 years, regardless of what happens.

Perhaps LSU is the place that unlocks his full potential and he begins a run of dominance like Alabama has experienced for the last 15 years. But it is not as if A&M is some poor school that isn't willing to commit HUGE sums to being a championship program. Yet, despite that, in 4 seasons he's basically matched Kevin Sumlin.

So what seems more likely? He comes to LSU and becomes the most dominant HC of the next 15 years? Or he comes to LSU with an absurdly bloated contract and fans want him gone after 4-5 seasons of 8-9 wins?

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He’s Les Miles with a better offense.

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Uhh this would be awesome

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So what seems more likely? He comes to LSU and becomes the most dominant HC of the next 15 years? Or he comes to LSU with an absurdly bloated contract and fans want him gone after 4-5 seasons of 8-9 wins?

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The odds are with any hire that fans will want that guy gone after 4-5 years.

I'd rather Napier over Jimbo