re: Trying to be objective...is O really a bad decision?

He's a better fit at LSU than anywhere and can win here. That said it's a bad hire for a supposed national big time search.

Alleva should be fired over how this unfolded. He's demonstrated repeatedly that he's in over his head.

Let's All just relax on the hire ...I hate it And got mad too ,then I thought about it objectively for a while and came up with something to make me feel better ..we need to realize something about the head coaches job description. O is a great recruiter and motivator ..he's not gonna call plays , he's gonna hire an oc that fits what he says he wants to do ,spread offense is what he wants, something that's innovative..maybe lane kiffen or someone else that's an offensive genius ...he's not hired to motivate or do as much of the recruiting,, that's the head
Coaches job , not OCs job. Now for the dc he's gonna lock aranda down with a contract (which don't mean much these days) hopefully he stays .. he will run the defense at a high level .so coach o will have a great staff working with him....in other words, he won't be able to screw up a whole lot . He could just oversee his staff ,make a practice plan , recruit and motivate ,the guys get fired up when he talks ...he got rid of the hangovers we used to have after bama and after any other late season sec games, just like the Florida loss...that can't be a coincidence can it? He's doing something rite , so let's just be optimistic.remember , he can't screw up much without being the play callers on o and d,,it's really aranda and kiffins team if we hire kiffen.hell, he's already put the associate head coach label on Dave arAnda . He knows that he's not there for x and os, he's the new head coach cuz the recruits and the team would run threw a brick wall for him , and Aleva knows that .he was our 3 choice though lol

They thought Tom Herman was the next Urban Meyer. They let him walk and hired the DL coach.

It's a horrible decision. If you think he's the next Urban you get on the plane and you close the damn deal Joe.

We'll never know because Joe threw a hissy fit and broke off the talks.

If he had flown to Houston, met with him face to face, countered Texas's offer, and Herman still left then yes I would agree with you.

A lot of people in this thread will probably eat some of their own words.

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Opinions are like gambling. The more one sided people think the lesser side is usually correct.

I hope O proves all the nay sayers wrong.

He wasn't hired at Syracuse or Purdue because of clash of cultures. Can anyone imagine his great Cajun dialect speaking with those uppity folks?

Archer couldn't/wouldn't recruit, and LSU didn't have the money or the facilities to compete. Anrsbarer(?) couldn't compete nationally.

Curly was an idiot.

DiNardo failed because of Tepper.

No one liked the Saban hire either, but Emmett taught Saban how to work the administration. That taught Saban to be great.

Alleve has put his entire career on the line for O. He will teach O how to utilize the administration.

It's been 10 years since the Ole Miss days. He has been mentored and networked better than most college coaches in the past decade.

He has his dream job. His once in a life time chance to make his daddy proud. He will kill himself to make this work.

Please O prove the Rant wrong.

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Did you miss the Head Coach part of interim HEAD COACH? Do you not realize an interim head coach is coming into a situation where the previous head coach's team was sucking. Do you realize the interim head coach has less flexibility and is therefore a harder job then just HC because it is too late to fix all the things that need fixing?

So if you aren't lying then educate yourself.

2012 BCS National Championship game Les Miles refused to make necessary adjustments to win...I was done with him!

Lot folks up in this thread are like the idiot in Spinal Tap who thinks it's a better amplifier because the volume knob goes to 11 instead of 10...