re: Rabalais on Coach O Staying

So you're sticking to your argument that without O, LSU has not and will not recruit any good linemen?

Oh well, don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.

Seriously, we appreciate what you did and value your skills...but you are the VP of recruiting and defensive line, not CEO material.

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I am saying it will be a big loss. Sticking your head in the sand and saying other wise is just being a Ostrich. It will especially hurt if some other SEC west school picks him up. I would be pissed off he did that out of spite especially if he can stick around the school he "loves" and get paid very well. If you can't see the improvement in the Defensive line from when Brick was here you are only watching those DBs you have as your name sake.

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If Orgeron leaves LSU for an SEC West school in the same position then all it proves is how petty he is.

I hope he stays, but no hard feelings if he doesn't.

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No we were not. You O haters need to STFU. He will be a huge loss to recruiting and defensive line play. Look I don't want him as head coach but saying we were better off with Brick Haley and John Chavis is stupid. He was here one year and got two studs on the D-Line. If O leaves the class will drop considerably. Our sack total also went up by over 10 sacks in one season with O. Say what you want about his resume for the head job, the man can coach the d-line.

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There is a lot of truth here. This isn't black and white. We could really use Coach O, especially if we need to help an "outsider," like Fedora or Gundy get recruiting stabilized. If O were to go somewhere else with an ax to grind, it's going to put a lot of pressure on the new staff. He was further away at UT and was nationally focused, but he still came in and swiped a good one (a head case, but good recruit at the time) from us.

I don't think Bama shuffles their staff around just to make O happy enough to take a position there with less authority. Like others have said, they already have success recruiting LA. If he were to go to State or Arkansas, it would be an annoyance. However, if he went to Auburn, A&M, or Texas, that would be a real problem for us.

You people who don't recognize that he could hurt us in recruiting are fooling yourselves. You don't give O the head coaching position for that reason, but you certainly make the best effort to keep him on staff.

I appreciate what O has done here, but people believing his political speeches about loving LSU were being duped. He said what fans wanted to hear about everything.

He's a mercenary recruiter and DL coach, and a damn good one. Just happens to be from LA.

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However, if it's because O didn't believe he got a fair shot, well don't let the door hit you on the way out if you're that vindictive.

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I'm so tired of hearing this. I can't speak for what Pat Hayden told him at SC, but lets be honest. If Ed wasn't already on staff at SC and LSU, is there any scenario where hes a serious candidate for either job?

Sorry Ed, you had a shot at Ole Miss and you blew it. You're gonna have to start over and prove you can run a program before you're going to be a serious candidate at a major job. Its nothing against you, and you may be very successful. But filling in as interim coach is an awfully small sample size.

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You don't give O the head coaching position for that reason, but you certainly make the best effort to keep him on staff.

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and I think LSU definitely tries to do so, especially at the same job that he's excelled at, DL coach and recruiting coordinator.

but if for some reason he's miffed about not getting the job, then LSU can't do a thing about it. the administration gave him every opportunity to succeed as the interim guy, even getting a road conference game at home and the results are still not good enough to be considered otherwise.

if he leaves for a similar position at a rival school, then that's all on O being spiteful, not LSU.

Can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

I said this yesterday. All else being equal, where is Ed Orgeron a legitimate candidate for a head coaching vacancy right now. Texas? No. Notre Dame? No. Purdue? Maybe. UL Lafayette? Probably.

LSU doesn't hire a guy that would be the candidate at UL Lafayette. LSU should never have considered this as a possibility.

Consider Eds only head coaching experience is at Ole Miss and two interim stints. He's never even been a coordinator.