re: LSU working to hire Dave Aranda in an Analyst role, he's currently in BR

This board actually thinks Baker is a better DC than him which is laughable. This tells me only one thing: They don't watch games with their eyes and look only at statistics.

Aranda was the master of molding his scheme to player strengths. Very rarely did his defenses cost us games in clutch time like Baker has done steadily in 3 straight years here.

He's the polar opposite to Baker. He adjusts and molds as it's needed for his defense. He doesn't run a single scheme as square peg in round hole.

Baker's defenses are good until they're asked to make critical stops. Aranda's defenses almost always got stops in clutch times. There's obvious exceptions like TAMU where the game ended multiple times and the refs just keep giving TAMU life. By the end of that game both TAMU/LSU players were puking they were so worn out.

It's the tale of 2 coaches. Perfect examples of "stats do not tell the full story" for both these coaches. I don't think Baker is a bad DC but his absolute folds in critical moments are the reason LSU has 2 losses this year alongside 3 years of results to see it.

By the end of the 2019 season nobody wanted to play that defense once they got healthy. Which btw, Aranda changed that scheme up through the season and it showed massive results. Absolute disrespect this board gives an outstanding defensive mind. This entire season because of how offense played, gave up yards but if any team was within threat range to beating LSU they bolted down hard on them even when we were injury filled.

Fact: If Aranda wasn't on either Miles or Coach O's staff they both get fired sooner.