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For the past 5 years, he hasn't fielded an offense that ranked in the top 40 for total offense, nor has he fielded a passing offense that ranked higher than 70th.

Comparing them to Bama and LSU all those seasons:

2012-2013:

TOTAL OFFENSE:
Alabama 31
Wisky 65
LSU 85

SCORING:
Alabama 12
LSU 58
Wisky 59

2013-2014:
TOTAL OFFENSE
Bama 33
NC State 70 (Canada's first year)
LSU 35

SCORING
Bama 26
NC State 60
LSU 62

2014-2015:
TOTAL OFFENSE
Alabama 17 (Kiffin's first year)
NC State 57
LSU 77

SCORING
Alabama 15 (Kiffin's first year)
NC State 55
LSU 73

2015-2016:
TOTAL OFFENSE
Alabama 45
NC State 57
LSU 39

SCORING
Alabama 30
NC State 44
LSU 44

2016-2017
TOTAL OFFENSE
Alabama 26
Pitt 42
LSU 60 (Cameron and Steve Ensminger)

SCORING
Alabama 13
Pitt 10
LSU 67 (Cameron and Ensminger)

ncaa.org stats

So 3 out of 5 seasons Canada ran a better offense than LSU with much lesser talent.

He is also competitive with Bama's total offense in a couple of those years with much lesser talent.

I am curious where you got your total offense numbers. Could you send a link because i wasn't able to tie out all your years.

I think the point here is that stats, in a vacuum, can be analyzed in various ways depending on what team you are comparing it to. I think it's important to watch film on him like others have done, and take those stats in to consideration as well.

He has developed QBs, Broyles Award nominee, offense consistently performs, he has had school record setting offenses, coached at schools with much less talent than LSU, and builds his offense around his talent.

If you don't have Canada as your number 1 I can unserstand that, but some people saying he is not good or a one year wonder aren't taking in all the facts. Numbers are a good measure, but we should consider where he was coaching and the other points i mentioned above.

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For the past 5 years, he hasn't fielded an offense that ranked in the top 40 for total offense, nor has he fielded a passing offense that ranked higher than 70th.

1) i don't think passing offense stat is that telling. I would be more concerned with are his teams' offenses producing and putting up points.

2) his scoring offense consistently improved year over year, and his offense can hang with Kiffin at pitt. Granted, the teams Pitt play aren't as good defensively, but they are also dealing with much less talent than Bama and LSU.

I could see his offense or Kiffin's being successful here, but I'm just not a fan of the risk factor associated with O and Kiffin together. Maybe it wouldn't be an issue at all, but their history coaching together makes me nervous.

I would say my, personal, biggest knock on him are his lack of recruiting ties to the area, which should be a big factor, but let's not pretend that these numbers are end all be all on the guy. I think if you look at his entire resume and understand the talent limitations he has had you will see he is a very good OC.

TL;DR

Stats in a vacuum can be misleading. It's important to consider all factors involved in those numbers. Canada may not be your number 1, but he is definitely a good candidate for the OC position. He is most certainly worthy of an interview for the LSU job.

This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 3:24 am