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Coach O put together the "Greatest College Team of ALL TIME"....so, how did we get here?

Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:06 am
Posted by Original Bayou Boy
Flat Lake, LA
Member since Sep 2003
11545 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:06 am
Never forget that.

Covid strikes, players opt out. LSU can't replace the NFL talent fast enough and the bottom dropped out.

It was then that N. Louisiana LSU boosters forced Coach O out. They never liked him, didn't like his accent, didn't like how he represented LSU, didn't like how Louisiana was being represented.

So, what have does LSU have now? Is there a championship team on the horizon? Doesn't appear to be. Are fundamentals still not being properly addressed?

LSU won it's last National Championship with a transfer QB. Losing a player who is smart to cash in but has no loyalty, is no loss at all.

Nussmeir stayed at LSU. Remained loyal to LSU. Waited to play for LSU.
Has been let down by playcalling and poor O line play at LSU.

Brian Kelly will be given at least two more years to make things right. I don't see him getting the job done. It's a shame. Best facilities. Best fans. Best local talent. Sub-par leadership from the Head Coach.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
35764 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:08 am to
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It was then that N. Louisiana LSU boosters forced Coach O out. They never liked him, didn't like his accent, didn't like how he represented LSU, didn't like how Louisiana was being represented.


What?

That’s what got him?

I thought it was hot girlfriends wrecking practices and him losing his drive.
Posted by LSUStar
Medellin
Member since Sep 2009
11405 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:09 am to
Because at bottom, coach O is a loser.
Posted by JackVincennes
NOLA
Member since Jan 2014
4124 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:10 am to
Ask Coach O. 90% of this is his doing.
Posted by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
34115 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:12 am to
So now it's north Louisiana's fault lol?

If you want the gods honest truth- if O bent his knee the way Saban did and embraced the BLM movement then Tyler Shelvin, Kary Vincent and Jamar Chase never opt out. He likely wins 8 games and if Myles Brennan doesn't go fishing that day they probably win 8-9 the following year as well.

Orgeron panicked and started making irrational moves.

He lost and he deserved to go and Kelly looked like a solid hire. Objectively he's better than the alternative that we wanted (Lincoln Riley) but it's crashed and burned and Woodward left us absolutely no way out.
Posted by OJsLifeCoach
NYC
Member since Aug 2023
2421 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:17 am to
Never before has someone fallen more arse-backwards into ultimate success.

Accept it and enjoy it for what it is.
Posted by bearhc
Member since Sep 2009
5296 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:22 am to
He was the head coach of the best team in LSU history. Was Orgeron heavily involved in offensive and defensive schemes? The answer is, No. Orgeron was always a ticking time bomb. As soon as he was financially secure, he reverted to being an idiot. He pretty much abandoned and ruined the program after the championship.
Posted by Reagan80
Earth
Member since Feb 2023
766 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:23 am to
NIL and the transfer portal.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
12728 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:30 am to
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It was then that N. Louisiana LSU boosters forced Coach O out. They never liked him, didn't like his accent, didn't like how he represented LSU, didn't like how Louisiana was being represented.


Man shut the frick up with this bullshite. Orgeron was fired because he was a fricking meathead shitbag and a terrible coach.

If he stayed the program is probably Mississippi St. level right now.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
61565 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:32 am to
People here won't admit it, but LSU would have been better off keeping O given what we know now, especially factoring in the financial part now.

We could have gotten rid of O after a few more years with no buyout and got Dan Lanning or another up and comer. Instead we have a decrepit rusted boat anchor on the program for the next 7 years.
Posted by Mayhawman
Somewhere in the middle of SEC West
Member since Dec 2009
10325 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:45 am to
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It was then that N. Louisiana LSU boosters forced Coach O out.

Once the brain trust from previous regime deserted him, he had no clue how to maintain a top program.
Inspirational blabber and cheerleading doesn't get far in the SEC.
Posted by SOL2
Dallas burbs
Member since Jan 2020
6266 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:46 am to
Coach O got us here
Posted by Cuz413
Member since Nov 2007
9275 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:50 am to
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Because at bottom, coach O is a loser.


A National Champion, multi millionaire, fricking younger chicks, loser.

Then there's you, on a Saturday morning, on a message board, calling him a loser.
Posted by Cuz413
Member since Nov 2007
9275 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:52 am to
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I thought it was hot girlfriends wrecking practices and him losing his drive.


+1

He caused most of his problems and was not prepared to handle the other ones. Also, not having an AD worth a frick to intervene or advise couldn't have helped either.
Posted by jmon
Loisiana
Member since Oct 2010
9333 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:01 am to
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Coach O put together the "Greatest College Team of ALL TIME"

Followed by 38 scholarship players just a couple years later.
You seriously can't be this dumb.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
75836 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:18 am to
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Because at bottom, coach O is a loser.


Worst coach in Ole Miss history.

Burreaux made that team.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
40395 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:26 am to
O put together a great team, but he never built a great roster.

He did not parlay our championship with great recruiting years which left massive holes in the roster.

It was a great year, but when those great players left they were not replaced.
This post was edited on 11/23/24 at 9:57 am
Posted by TigerLife63
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2019
269 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:30 am to
Woodward
Posted by p226
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2016
1564 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:31 am to
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and got Dan Lanning


Dan Lanning was never coming here. This is a total fantasy.

Posted by p226
Lafayette
Member since Sep 2016
1564 posts
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:32 am to
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Coach O got us here


No. CBK got us here. HIS decisions. HIS hires. HIS leadership got us here.

Coach O has been gone for years now.
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