re: Did he really "earn it?"

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Did he really "earn it?"

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No.

Look...there was a fairly well understood belief last season that Orgeron would have to run the table after taking over for Miles (with the exception of BAMA) to even be REALLY considered for the job.

Why is that, do you think?

Easy. Because he was currently serving as LSU's DL coach, and prior to that he was unemployed. In addition, SC had passed on making him them permanent coach after he slid into their interim job after Kiffen was fired, and prior to that he'd made Ole Miss an even bigger laughing stock than they had been in the ONE time he'd been lucky enough to be given the reigns to his own program. In order to land the LSU job...a job that EVERYONE understood was a Top 10 job in college football, he'd have to do something extraordinary to prove that his name needed to even be on the list, let along be handed the keys.

And what happened? Well...the team looked energized and played well for a bit...then proceeded to lose to all remaining decent teams on the schedule. And each time that happened, the goal posts were moved...

So no. There was nothing extraordinary he did to get his name even on the list of potential candidates. He was GIVEN the job by an AD who got angry that his first real target in Tom Herman wanted to negotiate, and turned to a guy who'd gladly take what was offered rather than go back on the hunt for a true replacement to Miles. And this happened despite the fact that LSU fired Miles after WEEK FOUR of the season, and were still acting as if they had no luck in finding anyone willing to take our job.

I get why Orgeron would say it, but by doing so all it should do is make people ask, "But did you?"