This is some kind of crazy parsing of words you may be doing inadvertently - so I won't presume to accuse you of deliberate misrepresentation.

O said he was going to hire the best coordinators (and assistant coaches). One of his first hires was Pete Jenkins. Say what you want, but Pete Jenkins is arguably the greatest position coach in CFB history. So, that was within his promise (no question Jenkins was/is well past his prime). Canada's resume was arguable - certainly he was a hot property and was the only OC Broyles candidate after his season in Pitt.

But, Steve Ensminger isn't even in the area code of the promise. And I hate this has turned into a bash Ensminger deal, because I think a lot of Steve Ensminger. I don't even think he's a bad coordinator right now, in 2018.

But, "best"? However subjective and mushy the word "best" is - there is no question this is not what Orgeron promised. "Best" would have to be a guy with a demonstrated Top 20 offense within the past 5, 8 seasons, minimum - either in the NFL or big league CFB. Hell, if he'd gotten the best coordinator in Division I-AA, that might be arguable.

But not LSU's TE coach. In a weird way, it's like O is trying to validate himself - he was a position coach. SE has been a position coach for some time.

Many are speculating that O wants Ensminger so he can meddle in the offense. Maybe that's true - I can't say. Even so, I believe it is more of a comfort level (like Miles was with his coordinator choices, particularly offensive ones). O is "comfortable" with Ensminger - they of the same generation - they were in the LSU program together as players in 1979.

But it is not the type of decision one makes to compete for championships in this day and age. I'm not saying we need a gimmicky offense like Canada's - just a modern offense that has proven success against a range of teams of the upper echelon of CFB.

Steve isn't a bad play caller even today - I think 2016 dispels any notion of that. But calling plays off a play sheet off down and distance and defensive alignment, after doing film study is a far cry from crafting an offensive approach and constructing plays with your personnel to attack the defenses on the upcoming schedule, and adjusting that as you go, depending on how the season unfolds for your team and your opponents.

That's the difference between driving a car and designing/building one.

This post was edited on 1/11/18 at 7:02 am