re: I find it very concerning that aranda hasn't finalized a contract

This is the sort of uncertainty folks are going to have to live with having O as the coach. With Saban, people were always worried about him leaving. With Coach O, it will always be about talented coordinators like Aranda leaving.

Like I said when O's hiring was announced - people are comfortable with the idea of O being coach as long as Aranda is the DC. They get uncomfortable thinking the staff could be O, Ensminger and someone like Steele as DC. Is anyone really excited about next year if that is the prospect?

Again, this is one of the reasons why Alleva did a poor job. Anyone could have simply turned the team over to Coach O. LSU literally didn't even need an AD on staff to hire Coach O. I question why we aren't paying O closer to $2.5M rather than $3.5M.

Alleva never intended to hire anyone else. He was simply going through the motions with Fisher and Herman. The only way hiring O works is if Aranda was locked down. He's not. He may or may not stay. We'll just have to live with that.