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

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I dont think he was living under an overpass. He has been compensated amply during his career. He is not going to fail to make rent or pay his child support if he misses a shift at Kanes like yourself.

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Man, why do people want to take this so personal?

All we're talking about is a football program hiring or not hiring Ed Orgeron, and nothing else. This isn't personal. He resigned at USC, put his name out for multiple jobs including Syracuse, did not get a single football position, and was jobless for 2 years, meaning, yes, no school wanted to hire him until LSU did. That's just a fact. And, to our knowledge, no school offered him a better position since.

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he misses a shift at Kanes like yourself.

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Never heard of this place, so no I don't work there. Tip: If you're going to insult someone (and why do the pro O's always resort to insults?) at least spell it correctly.

The guy probably has more money from stops at Miami, Ole Miss, Saints, and USC to be able to wait for the right job. Trying to paint him as some destitute person begging for a job is disgraceful. Particularly when you have no idea what you are talking about.

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The point is you dont know what he was offered or not offered.

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That's fair, however, one can believe that if you put your name out for a position publicly, especially for a school you have few connections to in an area of the country you have few connections to, that you're probably looking. But yes, there might be a chance that O chose to not work for a couple of years.

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And trying to paint the scenario that he was hard up for work is pretty low. And probably not accurate.

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Let's be clear, O has probably made more money (certainly now) than a good portion of posters on TD. No one is trying to paint that picture that he's hard up for work, living an under an overpass. That wasn't the point. We're talking strictly about his football acumen and his value as a coach. Which, if you believe that he wasn't out of work on purpose, is a problem. That means that a good number of ADs and departments did not view O as a step up for their program. Combine that with his resume, and yeah, people should be concerned.

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Trying to paint him as some destitute person begging for a job is disgraceful.

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You're the one projecting that image. Here is the wikipedia article:

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a 9–4 record. On December 2, 2013, ESPN reported that another former USC assistant coach under Pete Carroll—Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian—had accepted USC's offer to become the next Trojans head coach.[20] After Orgeron was passed over for the job, he resigned.[21]

LSU[edit]
On January 14, 2015, Orgeron was hired as the defensive line coach at Louisiana State University (LSU).[22]

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It's just a fact, not some picture painting process. That's all on you. Did I ever use the word "overpass," "destitute," etc.?

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You implied it.

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Read again. I implied that football programs didn't want to hire O, that's all. It's certainly up for a debate, but see above. His name was floated and he campaigned and no one hired him.

O has been successful enough that that probably didn't matter for a couple of years. Good for him. You're taking this way too far.

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And whatever you think about it, it worked out fricking great for O. So he absolutely made a great decision not taking lower level jobs.

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That's one way to look at it, but should we happy that O's success leads to possibly a very bad situation for LSU? I mean, if this LSU football is all about giving a guy a chance and supporting his family, then yes, we've done a fantastic job at $3.5 million. If it's about competing for NC's, eh, maybe not so good.

Chizik at Iowa st and O at Orgeron are not comparable

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He may be successful, but the hiring is a failure.

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Boom! Right there!!! The truth comes out on how half of the people on this board think. If CEO goes undefeated next season it it still a horrible horrible move!

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You are an idiot sir

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He may be successful, but the hiring is a failure.

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Boom! Right there!!! The truth comes out on how half of the people on this board think. If CEO goes undefeated next season it it still a horrible horrible move!

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You apparently don't understand what that post said. The point is, no matter the success O has going forward, there was absolutely no justification for hiring him the first place, making it a failure of a hire.

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