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Why have all these coaches “quit” at LSU

Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:48 am
Posted by Amused Lurker
Atlanta
Member since Dec 2015
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:48 am
If you think about it, Kelly, Orgeron, and Miles all seemed to have quit on the job and took the buyout. Saban left only to return to Bama and haunt LSU. Why is that?
Posted by themunch
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:50 am to
Saban left for money. And quit on the NFL

Went to Bama for more money.
This post was edited on 10/28/25 at 5:51 am
Posted by GA Tiger
Woodstock
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:51 am to
quote:

you think about it, Kelly, Orgeron, and Miles all seemed to have quit on the job and took the buyout. Saban left only to return to Bama and haunt LSU. Why is that?


Saban left to scratch the “pro itch” with Miami. Then, realized he had made a mistake and tried to get his old LSU job back.

Miles was fired

Orgeron let the success of the NC go to his head.
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
30356 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:54 am to
Miles and Orgeron didn’t quit.

Not sure if Kelly was ever really in it to begin with.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
161539 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:54 am to
Ed didn’t “quit” he lost a generational qb, the rest of his career was mostly losing as a HC. He regressed back to his mean.

Miles had a good long run many coaches would kill for, then the game passed him by. He never just gave, just past his prime.

Posted by Davy
Member since Dec 2021
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:54 am to
They were all fired.
Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
25794 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:55 am to
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Miles


Dude was old and being HC takes its toll on you.

quote:

Orgeron


Was just an idiot. Dude had it made and all he had to do was keep it on the rails, then a blonde whore talked him into naked selfies.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
91791 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:55 am to
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Why is that?


Coates Hall is my only take. It's haunted with gheys.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
37656 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 5:59 am to
O was never that good of a coach. He caught lightning in a bottle with Burrow and had the greatest season in college football. He didn’t quit, he just wasn’t ever that good.
Miles got stuck in his ways and couldn’t play to the level the game demanded. He didn’t quit, he got passed by.

Saban got offered a chance to coach in the NFL. Something any college coach, overachieving, type A personality wants. He didn’t quit LSU. He pursued a professional career goal. When he failed as an NFL HC he took an offer from a desperate Bama AD and went on to be the GOAT. But he didn’t quit LSU.


So you can shove this lame attempt to slight LSU right up your arse.
Posted by Amused Lurker
Atlanta
Member since Dec 2015
2120 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:12 am to
Miles, Orgeron, and Kelly all checked out while on the job. Orgeron was posting selfies in bed with his girl friend and screwing around at practice. Miles’ behind the scenes behavior and lack of effort to maintain a balanced roster and laziness with assistant coaches was evident. Kelly wasn’t the same after 2023 - he checked out. Technically, they were all fired but practically, they quit because were not putting in the effort as coaches they previously displayed and waited for the shoe to drop and not fix anything.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Member since Dec 2006
94573 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:17 am to
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When he failed as an NFL HC he took an offer from a desperate Bama AD and went on to be the GOAT.


He did more than that. He engineered Mike Shula's ouster to create the vacancy he wanted. Machiavelli would be impressed by Saban.
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
41194 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:19 am to
Why? It's called life!
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
15719 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:40 am to
Money has a way of making people think they are smarter than they are.
They forget that while working smarter not harder is true, it does not mean that you do not work hard. A time to work and a time to play
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
15557 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:45 am to
It is odd we’ve won 3 titles in the modern era by 3 different coaches…none of which are welcome back on campus.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
41772 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:02 am to
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It is odd we’ve won 3 titles in the modern era by 3 different coaches…none of which are welcome back on campus.



I think Saban would be welcomed back with open arms now that he is not at Bama.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
35371 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:05 am to
LSU fans are some of the biggest ingrate fans that you can find. Not the only ones, but in terms of being real azzholes, we are in elite status. We'll run you out of town after two years .....if we can
Posted by Sir Fury
Member since Jan 2015
5011 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:10 am to
I think you're over-simplifying what happened with all of them.
Posted by BigNastyTiger417
Member since Nov 2021
4999 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:10 am to
Miles didn’t quite he failed to adapt from “old school” football to modern football.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
37656 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:39 am to
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Miles, Orgeron, and Kelly all checked out while on the job


Miles didn’t check out. He simply couldn’t adapt. You may be dead on with the rest of your assessment, but he didn’t quit. He failed to evolve. I think he was committed right up until the end.

I don’t think O quit per se, but his goals and perspective changed after the natty.
Success (and a troubled marriage) does that to some people.

Posted by ActusHumanus
St. George, Louisiana
Member since Sep 2025
503 posts
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:41 am to
Mile was fired because he refused to evolve with the game. Too many years of archaic 1980s Michigan offenses.

Orgeron hit the lottery with Burrow & Co. He was not going to last regardless.
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