re: Why did our "top 3" include 2 we couldn't afford?

Orgeron was always the top choice and really the only choice. Herman and Fisher were only window dressing to make us think the administration was doing its due diligence. There was no serious coaching search.

TD helped fuel the illusion of a serious search with talks going on but it was all literally a smoke screen. There was no inside information being leaked, etc. Probably the TD admins themselves either playing along or simply generating clicks.

Our administration was never going to spend the money needed to secure a top flight coach. Ed Orgeron might become a legend at LSU and then again, we might be searching for a new HC in 2019.