re: If you had a time machine, would you prevent LSU from hiring coach O?

Nope. We got the best college football team of all time, the best season by a QB of all time leading the best college offense of all-time, who won only the 2nd Heisman in school history and 1st in over 60 years. Had a ton of 1st round picks, including the #1 overall, who took his shite NFL team to the Super Bowl in only his 2nd season and became kind of a national favorite. Justin Jefferson brought the griddy from LSU that became the the most recognizable touchdown celebration maybe since the Ickey Shuffle as he had probably the best 1st 2 WR seasons in NFL history. Which may be surpassed by his LSU running mate Jamar Chase—who actually may break Jefferson’s record. And we won a Fiesta Bowl the year before for good measure.

However much credit or not you want to give Orgeron, it’s undeniable that the LSU football brand grew exponentially during his tenure. It’s cool to go to LSU. Yeah, we had a couple terrible seasons (by LSU standards—we still were right around .500), and it was definitely time for him to go. But now we’’ve got Brian Kelley for the next 10 years. Where would we be if Alleva had actually pulled Jimbo or Herman? Way worse than here, I promise you that.

His last 2 years sucked cock. But it was worth it a million times over.