re: Rabalais on Coach O Staying

I like Coach O. If he loves LSU as much as he says he does, he'll stick around. If not, oh well... He has done a really good job with this team, but the UF loss should eliminate him. We were favored by 2 TDs against a heavily injured team and lost with a Sugar Bowl appearance on the line. It wasn't really all his fault because the players made some big mistakes, but you have to be more creative when it comes to getting in the end zone to get the W.

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I like Coach O. If he loves LSU as much as he says he does, he'll stick around. If not, oh well... He has done a really good job with this team, but the UF loss should eliminate him. We were favored by 2 TDs against a heavily injured team and lost with a Sugar Bowl appearance on the line. It wasn't really all his fault because the players made some big mistakes, but you have to be more creative when it comes to getting in the end zone to get the W.

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His handling of LF and Guice in the game, or his lack of intervention as Ensminger handled it, is enough to disqualify him in my book. That was absolute amateur hour. The way Guice was benched after the fumble for a back who had no business being on the field killed our early offensive momentum, which we never really regained.

As for the special teams mistakes, he knew who he had in Peveto. He had the stones to fire Cameron. He should have gotten rid of the worst coach on the staff when he had the chance. He didn't, and it came home to roost in a loss. I can't guarantee that Peveto being gone prevents the fumbled hold, the fumbled return (2 in 2 weeks), or the poor kick coverage, but he certainly is the root cause of how poor our special teams have become.

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Sounds like Coach O mite not stay on the staff, a big loss in recruiting.

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It is what it is. Getting rid of the offensive ineptitude in big games is the first priority.

Gotta keep Raymond and Craig.

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Coach O will not be here if LSU gets another HC.

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So, in other words, he was full of sh*t when claiming he loves LSU.

No offense, but he got a fair shot and failed to do what he needed to get hired. No one with a brain is hiring him for a legit P5 HC job and he already stated previously that a non-P5 job doesn't interest him (basically beneath him). He's also not getting a DC job at a legit program, so he can make a lateral move as a position coach, but clearly he must not love LSU as much as he claims if he does that.

Also, O has proven he has little loyalty historically. Hell, the main thing I worry is he pulls the same sleezy shite he pulled when leaving UT and telling a bunch of UT recruits to leave with them to SC.

I like coach O and think he's a great DL coach and recruiter, but his history both as a HC and assistant isn't of some trustworthy/honorable guy.