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Would Cam Cameron be a legitimate candidate for HC IF Les retires?
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:43 pm
FIrst off I'm a Les Miles fan. I like him as a person and I feel under some difficult circumstances, he's maintained what Saban started at LSU. Is he perfect and the "perfection obsessed" person Saban is? No. But he does have a lot of redeemable qualities and has used LSU's position to recruit very well and produces W's. I hope he stays and gets another Natty in a year or 2.
Now, with that out of the way, if Cam stays at LSU and Les decides it's time to move on say in 2 years, get out of coaching to spend more time with family, whatever, is Cam Cameron a legitimate candidate for the HC position at LSU?
What says the Rant...
Now, with that out of the way, if Cam stays at LSU and Les decides it's time to move on say in 2 years, get out of coaching to spend more time with family, whatever, is Cam Cameron a legitimate candidate for the HC position at LSU?
What says the Rant...
This post was edited on 11/5/13 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:45 pm to teeMike
no. some people were not made out to be Head Coaches. He is one. He is and always will be a Great coordinator but he dosent have that HC feel. look at his track record as a HC
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:45 pm to teeMike
No. He is not HC material anywhere.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:47 pm to teeMike
I would think so. He's been a HC at the NFL level. I don't see how he wouldn't be under consideration.
However, the Powers That Be at LSU are still afraid of Mike Archer Syndrome. Never mind that it's been 26 years since he was hired. So there's really no telling.
However, the Powers That Be at LSU are still afraid of Mike Archer Syndrome. Never mind that it's been 26 years since he was hired. So there's really no telling.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:49 pm to tigerbait1.6
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no. some people were not made out to be Head Coaches. He is one. He is and always will be a Great coordinator but he dosent have that HC feel. look at his track record as a HC
People said the same things about The Great Belicheck at one time. Pete Carroll as well.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:50 pm to teeMike
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FIrst off I'm a Les Miles fan.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:51 pm to Godfather1
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I would think so. He's been a HC at the NFL level. I don't see how he wouldn't be under consideration.
Head coaching record
Overall 18–37 (college)
1–15 (NFL)
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:52 pm to TDsngumbo
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FIrst off I'm a Les Miles fan
Glad you find that amusing. Really insightful commentary.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:53 pm to Godfather1
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Pete Carroll as well.
I never recall anyone saying he was not CFB HC material ... only folks saying he couldn't hack it in the NFL.
Obviously, those people were wrong.
In other words ... people said the same stuff about Carroll that they now say about Little Nicky and Spurrier.
Except Carroll saw the writing on the wall from his cheating at SC ... so, he bolted back to escape and get paid.
Little Nicky has had teflon ... and Spurrier will simply retire now once he's done coaching and golfing.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:54 pm to teeMike
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if Cam stays at LSU
unlikely
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Les decides it's time to move on say in 2 years,
even more unlikely
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is Cam Cameron a legitimate candidate for the HC position at LSU?
Dude has been our OC for nine games. NINE games.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:54 pm to baytiger
Once again, Belicheck and Carroll didn't look much like HC material either at one time...until they found the right gig.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:55 pm to baytiger
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Head coaching record
Overall 18–37 (college)
1–15 (NFL)
I see where the records do not bode well for consideration. But we are talking LSU, not Indiana (or wherever he coached in College...and the Dolphins are not the pinnacle of NFL franchises...see Nick Saban)
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:19 pm to teeMike
Hire Chip Kelly and don't look back!
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:27 pm to baytiger
To put his Indiana tenure in perspective. He was fired at Indiana in 2001. He won five more Big Ten games during his tenure than any other IU coach has one since.
In 1999, he lost to Michigan, 34-31, when Brady drove the length of the field to beat them. They lost to Drew Brees's Purdue team that same year, 30-24. The next year they lost to Philip Rivers and N.C. State on a late touchdown.
The year he was fired they won at Wisconsin, 63-32, put up 489 yards rushing in a win at Michigan State, and also beat Northwestern and Purdue.
I wouldn't just look at his IU career and dismiss him. Also, let's not forget that he was hired at IU at 36-year-old. He was just a kid.
At Miami he was working with John Beck and Cleo Lemon. His running backs for the majority of the season were Jesse Chatman and Patrick Cobbs. Nobody was winning with that roster.
I too think Cam may best be suited to be a coordinator but he's smart, articulate, and I believe a lot tougher now than he was even in Miami. Someone in CFB will give him a shot at some point.
In 1999, he lost to Michigan, 34-31, when Brady drove the length of the field to beat them. They lost to Drew Brees's Purdue team that same year, 30-24. The next year they lost to Philip Rivers and N.C. State on a late touchdown.
The year he was fired they won at Wisconsin, 63-32, put up 489 yards rushing in a win at Michigan State, and also beat Northwestern and Purdue.
I wouldn't just look at his IU career and dismiss him. Also, let's not forget that he was hired at IU at 36-year-old. He was just a kid.
At Miami he was working with John Beck and Cleo Lemon. His running backs for the majority of the season were Jesse Chatman and Patrick Cobbs. Nobody was winning with that roster.
I too think Cam may best be suited to be a coordinator but he's smart, articulate, and I believe a lot tougher now than he was even in Miami. Someone in CFB will give him a shot at some point.
This post was edited on 11/5/13 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:29 pm to teeMike
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But we are talking LSU, not Indiana
Yeah how he performed at Indiana over 10 years ago doesn't really tell me much about how viable a candidate he would be for LSU in the near future.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:32 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Cam will be OC at lsu as long as miles is here. After that we will hire a new head coach....and it wont be cam.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:33 pm to teeMike
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he's maintained what DiNardo started at LSU.
FIFY
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:34 pm to teeMike
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in 2 years
if we continue to look competent on offense, he develops Mett's successor, and shows some recruiting acumen, then yes.
I watched some of those games when he was at IU on ESPN back in the day (Randle El was good for some exciting football), and their issue was defense and lack of talent. I don't think he'd have those issues at LSU (again, if he can recruit and put a staff together).
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:41 pm to ATLTiger
Pardon me, but about that 1-15 record at Miami. Cameron took over as HC of the Miami team after Saban left to go to Alabama. Saban was 6-10 in 2006 with a great defense but anemic offense that was playing its third string QB at end of season.
CC took over same team and in 2007 went 1-15.
CC took over same team and in 2007 went 1-15.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:43 pm to teeMike
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is Cam Cameron a legitimate candidate for the HC position at LSU?
frickING A, but unfortunately we first have to wait for CLM to leave
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