re: THE List of Candidates Should Les Leave For Michigan

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LSU would easily be the biggest vacancy in college football. We could get, in large part, whoever we wanted

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The Gaytors disagree with this

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Tommy Tuberville

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Please no.

Best Five that would realistically come:



1) Pat Fitzgerald - HC at Northwestern
2) Gary Patterson - HC at TCU (more unlikely to come than the others)
3) Dan Mullen - HC at Mississippi State
4) Gus Malzahn - OC at Auburn
5) Jack Del Rio - HC of Jacksonville Jaguars

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LSU's last two head coaches

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Had HC experience in 2 pretty fair football conferences and some major wins over such big time progams as Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Penn St. and Florida at a time when Okla. St and Mich. St were both at the "little brother" level within their home state.

I have no desire to be a Tenn. and take WAC coach with a losing record and project that he can handle the job.

Anyway, I don't care what Miles did 10, 9, or 8 years ago or use that to decide what LSU should be willing to take as a HC for 2011.

LSU is a destination school based off 2 recent NC, 4 BCS bowl wins, and Top 10 coaching dollars.

As such and with all due respect to most of the coaches you mentioned in another post...thanks, but no thanks.

1. Chris Peterson
2. Dan Mullen
3. Gary Patterson
4. John Fox
5. Me

1. Drew Brees

do you think Gus Malzahn is as successful as he was this year without Cam Newton?

I really don't think so.

let's see how Malzahn does as Auburn OC next year (with no Cam Newton) before we throw him atop that list.

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This is his first year with Newton, he's had success before

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but never such a success to be topping the lists of elite schools looking for head coaches...

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but never such a success to be topping the lists of elite schools looking for head coaches...

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you mean he's never been to the BCS CG, that's correct.

His offense at Tulsa led the nation he's had success before Netwon. Now that he has a special player, they are playing for a title, funny how it works that way.

ETA: I'm not crazy about him because he's never been a HC, but the idea that all his offensive success is due to Netwon in patently false.

Dan Mullen was an experiment at Mississippi State. Now the board is all over him but if he was still at Florida then he has never been a head coach. Will Muschamp is another guy who ends up as head coach at Florida. I don't like recycling guys like Tommy Tuberville just because he coached in the SEC. Some of these coordinators like Chris Peterson have made the transition rather smoothly. Gus can get the offense going but can Patterson? He is a defensive guy?