Opinion… No sauces… still want Riley

All this “white whale” talk that’s been going on for weeks…

I would consider the return of Saban to be the greatest coup in the history of coaching hires (despite his age - 70). But that doesn’t in anyway seem realistic. He’s clearly Tier 1, by his lonesome.

IMO Tier 2 would be a very very short list. I don’t know who’s all on it, but I would personally have Lincoln Riley on that list easily. He’s my top level hire even though I never considered it as a realistic possibility before all the rumors started circulating this week. I don’t care about his non-SEC record. The vast majority of all these alleged real candidates aren’t coming from SEC. Lincoln Riley has a clear proven identity and could lock down our offense and QB’s for years to come. I mean shite, he has back-to-back Heismans and even took a tossed-aside Jalen Hurts to the Heisman ceremony sitting next to Burrow. Lincoln Riley would a phenomenal reach who I think could do wonders and win BIG time at LSU. We could still amass defensive talent and find a solid DC to run things. But at least we know our offense and QB production and recruiting are there and will be locked down.

(We wanted him to lose this week so he could be more quickly attainable and available for early signing day. And that just happened!!!!!)

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Tier 2 or 3…. I love Aranda. I would happily take him back. I love his demeanor. I love his defenses. Solid AF guy and coach. He’s probably my number 3 of all and earned extra bonus points today.

I personally don’t even want to entertain Jimbo or Dabo or any of these other guys unless we have to.
Franklin and Tucker… NO.
Fickell… pfffffft hell NO.
Napier… tbh, he could probably be really really good and successful with us, but I’d sadly list him as a backup at this point.



TL;DR… riding with Riley