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. If Coach O can win over the right people (and he's got the right personality/accent to do so), Joe Alleva will be irrelevant in the hiring process.

He's already won over the right people.

What is Orgeron's greatest strength? Recruiting. And what makes him a great recruiter?

- Building a rapport with others.
- Selling the school and the program.

Only now, he's selling his candidacy. And I'm worried that at the end of the day, the win/loss ratio won't ultimately matter - because he'll already have the job locked up.

As long as we look "improved", the job is unfortunately going to be given to him.

This post was edited on 10/14/16 at 1:13 pm

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Posted by Ironhead985

Louisiana

Member since Jun 2013

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Posted on 10/14/16 at 1:17 pm to Cs

If he loses to OM and Bama, both at home and probably at night... What exactly will he have done to be an upgrade over Miles? If the administration is as reactionary as a lot of our fanbase, we are fricked.

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Posted by Lsuhoohoo

Member since Sep 2007

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Posted on 10/14/16 at 1:19 pm to Cs

~Remind the fans you're not Les Miles

~Cozy up to the boosters

~Win over F. King and Gov. Honor Code by being several million dollars cheaper than a Herman or Jimbo

~Let all those people put the pressure on Alleva to hire you.

~???

~Become LSU's permanent head coach.

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Posted by Goldrush25

San Diego, CA

Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 10/14/16 at 1:30 pm to Cs

Hire a third party firm to act as a fresh pair of eyes to make an evaluation on this coaching search. This is why he's a great recruiter, he knows how to play to emotions. This is too important a hire to be swayed by emotion. If this is accurate that he's "pressing buttons" then we are in trouble.

If you're evaluating a potential hire on his merits, Orgeron doesn't come close to measuring up. Nothing against him. He's a boon to any staff he's on. But geez, you don't take a short order cook and give him his own restaurant to run. His extent of expertise is running bag drills with fat guys. This isn't difficult.

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Posted by BilJ

Member since Sep 2003

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Posted on 10/14/16 at 1:31 pm to Cs

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As long as we look "improved", the job is unfortunately going to be given to him.

that's not true. We should be favored for the remainder of games on our schedule outside of Bama.

Even if he finishes with 1 loss that does not mean he's earned this job. He'll have taken an extremely talented group of guys and got them to beat teams they're better than.

This won't tell us he's capable of maintaining the program long term. There's way more risk than reward if you promote O.

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Posted by floridatigah