re: why do people not like coach O

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The question is whether his years of experience at big time programs (Miami, USC, Tennessee, LSU) and and his two interim gigs override his lack of head coaching success at Ole Miss.

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Spoiler alert, they don't

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Game planned and won against some of the best coaches in America.

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Like Ken Niumatalolo and Chad Morris.

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Would your opinion change if he was hired permanently and won the SEC next season?

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Miles players, amirite?

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why do people not like coach O

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Why do folks like you assume that not wanting him to be the permenant coach= disliking him?

I mean, i love the guy, and am totally appreciative of what's he's done for this team and LSU thus far. I'm just not comfortable handing the reigns to him for whatever reason.

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Miles players, amirite?

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It's like watching your kid constantly falling over on his new bike, taking it from him, and doing some sweet jumps and wheelies.

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I'm not even sure why people bother to respond sometimes. He thinks he's bringing up good points, it's kind of funny.

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He put me in melt mode the other day. Then i realized how absurd it was to let this guy provoke me. I was just having fun last night because i was play by play calling his comments. His melt and conspiracy theory had me rolling.

And yes. Now that i know his little anti herman record he plays on repeat this guy is just hilarious.

We don't dislike O. We just dislike people like this claiming we should just skip the search and hand O the job based off a half season with a loaded team juiced up on emotion.

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i think we should be more objective

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Yes, I think y'all should be more objective.

You're wanting to hand the program over to a guy with a very losing record, just because he isn't miles and has won a few games.

In pretty sure you said the other day that O had already won the job in your eyes no matter what happens the rest of the year.

That's not being objective at all.

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I don't really disagree with you overall. I think you maybe downplaying those wins a bit and ignoring his time at tOSU. Definitely a high risk high reward kinda guy if he were to come here.

I could definitely understand wanting to take jimbo, kelly, petrino, or one of the big names as a safer bet to succeed.

I just cannot understand wanting to crown O over one of these guys even if he wins out or loses to just Alabama. When you objectively look at O he should be considered as high or higher risk than Herman.

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Well, considering that tOSU has fared pretty damn well without Herman the last year and a half, does give me pause. His time there doesn't show me that he can build and sustain a program.

Now remember, our program IS built. Just because Miles didn't have the on field success that he should have doesn't mean our program is down. The cupboard is stocked. We need someone to bring it to it's on paper potential. Coach O is getting an opportunity to do that right now. It remains to be seen how he will fare in that regard. I'd be lying if I said I wanted him to lose a game or two so he won't be named head coach. I'm LSU through and through, and want us to win every game. If he does run the gauntlet unscathed and we end up in the SECCG with potential higher goals within our reach, it would be very tough for me to say, "thanks for your service, O, we're going in a different direction."

At the same time, LSU should keep all their options open. There's at least a month left where a lot of things can happen. It'll play out and we'll know a whole lot more come the first Monday of December.