I have more confidence in O

I will feel a bit better about O only if our team is ready to play in each of these last three regular season games.

Agree

I have more confidence in Canada and Aranda

I have respect for O for stepping aside to let the coordinators do their job

I have little respect for JA

I still am unclear about exactly what our HC is contributing beyond recruiting.

Recruiting needs to improve before I feel fully confident in O. Also how he replaces the eventual departure of one of his coordinators. Aranda is really good but Canada is the one that worries me the most in terms of replacing because his system is so unique.

6-2 in the SEC would be solid, though admittedly the SEC in 2017 is not all that great. Let’s get there first though.

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He embodies Louisiana

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Why do people keep saying shite like this?

No...he embodies ONE TYPE of person from LA. and not even a large portion. Hell...I'm from the River Parishes area myself, born of parents that were both Yats and have lived essentially my entire life south of I-10 in Louisiana. In fact, I've spent more actual years living in LA than he has.

And guess what...we would not be confused for each other, and it's not because I'm not Louisiana enough.

Lol, we didn't start to play better until Alleva set down O and the coordinators. Honestly O hasn't shown his worth. Recruiting should be way higher than what it is right now. The thing he is most known for, looks average right now. There is no guarantee that we finish strong there.

Stop praising this man for the half arse job he's done so far.

The turn around was impressive, we easily could have gone the way of FSU.

To me, getting the team to buy in after a couple of tough losses got me off his back for a while. I'll probably give him next season to get us to 10+ wins and I would think that with this freshman class that we should be a contender in 2019.

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I'm starting to believe he can

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It's all about recruiting from here.

O has done a better job than I thought he was capable of after our early losses. I actually think he’s a good bit smarter than he’s given credit for and certainly smarter than it sounds. The things that really worried/worry me about him are things he can’t change. I am concerned that he hasn’t built up enough equity as a head coach to consistently hire the best coordinators and recruit like we need to. It’s a lot different recruiting for Les Miles, Pet Carrol, Jimmy Johnson, and even Lane Kiffin than it is for yourself. Do the kids, their coaches, and their parents trust Ed enough to send their NFL hopefuls to play under him for 4 years. He simply doesn’t have the skins on the wall.

Similarly, I think Ed is probably pretty well respected in the coaching world as a DL coach and recruiter. Does he have the reputation to convince a hot commodity to choose us over Alabama, Ohio State, Texas, Michigan and other schools who are not going to get outbid and whose coaches have had much more success to point to as a head coach.

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when we started the season, growing pains happen. What they have done with our undermanned lines is nothing short of remarkable. Maybe he can turn it around. He embodies Louisiana, it would be nice if Cajun rainman could actually do the job... I'm starting to believe he can

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Orgeron has always had a long road to survive here. To be a long term coach he needs to:

* Avoid the terrible season (this almost got him this year, but he survived it)

* Land consistently highly rated recruiting classes (Last year's finish was awesome. This year doesn't look nearly as good on paper. Strangely enough, Orgeron's biggest perceived strength isn't a sure thing.)

* Navigate the high profile coordinator pitfalls (He may be facing this already in the offseason...before he re-established the program. That could be a big problem)

This year looks like it will turn out to not be a disaster. If they win 9+ games, it will/should actually be viewed as a very good coaching job. Having said that, until Orgeron gets the program winning 10-11 games, he's one disaster season away from being fired.