What are some options for O if he leaves?

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According to indeed.com there is a help wanted ad at a place called Kelly's Cajun Grill in Grapevine, TX.

Eta apparently also at Bobby Hebert's place in Metairie

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While I see your joke and chuckled, you don't think he gets a HC chance at a small school considering the publicity he has been getting last couple of months and his overall Interim record?

I think a lot of mid majors would hire him.

H doesn't want a mid-major coaching job. He wants a power five job. He might get one at a smaller program but I can think of one currently that would go after him.

"One thing Les Miles achieved before he was fired was putting together a coaching staff with some impressive pieces, the most notable being Orgeron. It also includes maybe the hottest defensive coordinator in college football, Dave Aranda.

These are coaches who would be welcome additions to just about any staff in college football. And here’s the scary part for LSU: If you let them go, your new coach could end up having to coach against Aranda somewhere and, maybe even more frightening, recruit against Orgeron, one of the best in college football.

The Orgeron part is a particularly tricky situation. Let’s say Orgeron, unhappy with not getting the top job at LSU, leaves and is offered a position by, say, Alabama.

Here’s one of the premier recruiters in the game with deep roots in Louisiana going to the one school in America that can make a serious run against LSU for the state’s top talents. There isn’t a coach in the world, with the possible exception of Texas-San Antonio coach Frank Wilson, better suited to recruit Louisiana than Orgeron, a native of the bayou.

Alabama already features star players from Louisiana such as left tackle Cam Robinson and outside linebacker Tim Williams. Imagine the damage Alabama can do in the bayou state with Orgeron recruiting there.

For that matter, imagine if he wound up joining John Chavis on the Texas A&M staff. Or Auburn."

HC in Sun Belt or DL coach most anywhere he wants

I would hate for Coach O to end up at bama, but, hopefully, his love for LSU would preclude him from going to LSU's biggest rival. But he & Saban & bama together, that would be hard to overcome & it's already a battle to beat bama. Their DL coach is new if I am not mistaken, B.Davis having been fired over the summer for violations, and with the numbers of coaches Saban keeps on his staff, there would be room for him somewhere there. A nightmare scenario. And as for his Cajun accent being an issue: get real: if it fit in OxfordfrickingMississippi, it would not be an issue anywhere.

I don't say this lightly, and I don't like dressing down a coach. But, here it is.

Orgeron was at home doing nothing when Les hired him. He was pouting over no getting the USC gig. He only wanted a power 5 HC job. He turned down at least one DC job, and a few other DL jobs hoping to get a HC job.

He ended up getting no job.

Fast forward and Les hires him as DL coach. He also got some recruiting title added on for more money.

Coach Orgeron openly campaigned for the Syracuse HC job and didn't even get an interview. He isn't getting a HC job at a power 5 school. He won't even get an offer to be DC at a power 5 school.

1. He's a proven great recruiter.
2. He's a proven great DL coach.
3. He's proven to be above average as an interim coach.

At this point, Orgeron is what he is. A DL coach who can recruit his butt off.

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At this point, Orgeron is what he is. A DL coach who can recruit his butt off.

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this is 100% correct.

We love O, but he's not going to get a HC job, certainly not at an elite school. He's done fine as an interim, but that's completely different than being a permanent HC responsible for everything in the program. And you just can't dismiss his time at Ole Miss, no matter how much the O-pumpers love his accent.

If he really wants to be a HC, go prove it at a lower school first.

But I'd love to keep him on staff because of recruiting.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize I needed to confirm the content of my posts with you, motherfricker.

I gather that you did not recognize my comments as humor, but the other point of them is that for entirely too many people on this board his primary value as a head coaching candidate is his Cajun background.

Northwestern State desperately needs a coach of his talents.