re: Ed's got this. No worries. Update: Drunk man pontificates on things beyond him

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1) The O hire is terrible, Right now, and the process was completely flawed
2) There is no legitimate metric that makes this make sense
3) This isn't O's dream job, at all, and he openly hammered LSU on multiple occasions. He's an opportunist at heart. He is not an "LSU man"
4) Going the "Clemson" route is not a common way to win. It just happened to work that one time. We may not actually replicate that success.
5) He has to win now, not in 4 years, otherwise this hire makes no sense because....

6) Even if you argue that O's Interim Records matter in this (and I wouldn't), he has never shown the ability to build a program, never been hired to do it after Ole Miss, never really had interest in it after Ole Miss, and doesn't seem to have the skillset for it. You don't hire O as a 10 year program building, elite level coach. He doesn't match that approach to football. He doesn't have that kind of philosophy. That actually might be why his interim record is so good and his head coaching record is so terrible.

I'll acknowledge the following:
1) Those who are not excited could very well be wrong
2) The O hire for consistency does make sense. Everyone else is too young or I wouldn't trust them either. If we really wanted consistency, and that was Alleva's goal, then this was the only hire to make.
3) Canada was a good hire
4) O is crazy enough for this whole plan to maybe work, and he has some good connections in football
5) He does have passion for football and he has a knack for spotting talent. That can help long term.
6) He is from Louisiana and does seem to love Louisiana. I'm not sure that matters in the grand scheme of things. But there you go.

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