Truth is that O needs to prove he is a legit head coach at a lower school

He's proving he can win at LSU. That's all that matters

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He's proving he can win at LSU.

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with someone else's staff and team

giving a team a 6-8 week shot in the arm is not the same thing as maintaining a program year over year.

What team has he beaten that he wasn't favored to?

The O hire is predicated on his supposedly bringing in some top notch OC. We have zero evidence to suggest he will be good at identifying and hiring a good OC, who can install a system that will work at LSU, and who will recruit and develop qb's. This is in part why coach O is such a huge risk. There are other candidates who have proven themselves in these areas.

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Exactly the OP's point. He cant prove he deserves this job this year. He needs to take a lesser HC job first.

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Precisely.

Exactly - O has had success as an interim HC at USC and LSU with the tools already in place. Unfortunately, his only resume as an actual HC, where he had to build a staff and a team, was a dismal failure. There are reasons why he has not been given a chance as a HC since Ole Miss, whatever they may be. He is a fantastic position coach and recruiter and might have learned, but LSU needs a proven head coach with an offensive pedigree, not an ongoing experiment.