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For the, " He hasn't been an OC in 20 years" crowd

Posted on 1/12/18 at 9:57 am
Posted by TigerCop817
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Posted on 1/12/18 at 9:57 am
I am not trying to be positive or negative on the hire. Just wanted to inject a little subjectivity.

SE used to be the guy that HC's brought to "fix" things on Offense. Consequently, when things were beyond repair he ended up getting fired with entire staffs. The life style, while financially rewarding, was hard on a family. But he's a coach and loves it. So he started coaching High School ball. He was quite happy coaching and living in his hometown of Central. When LSU came calling he answered because at the time it was a stable situation and it was his Alma mater. Relatively certain that SE decided years ago that he wasn't going anywhere no matter who came calling and everyone in coaching has known this. If you can accuse him of anything, it's not being as mercenary as the majority of his peers.
Posted by ibleedprplngld
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2012
4701 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:01 am to
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He was quite happy coaching and living in his hometown of Central. When LSU came calling he answered because at the time it was a stable situation and it was his Alma mater. Relatively certain that SE decided years ago that he wasn't going anywhere no matter who came calling and everyone in coaching has known this. If you can accuse him of anything, it's not being as mercenary as the majority of his peers.


Your post loses merit being as you didn't realize he was coaching at Smiths Station in Alabama before Les threw him a bone.

He wasn't brought in to Auburn to fix an offense and he wasn't brought into LSU to fix an offense. Despite what you want to tell yourself, there is a reason he hasn't been a full time OC in, you guessed it, 20 years.

ETA: Oh, and he was a passing game coordinator at Smiths Station. The man couldn't even make OC at a High School.
This post was edited on 1/12/18 at 10:07 am
Posted by FulshearTexasTiger
Fulshear, TX
Member since Jan 2011
1744 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:02 am to
Well stated TigerCop.....SE will have our offense fine tuned and clicking on ALL cylinders next year!!!

Posted by Rickdaddy4188
Murfreesboro,TN
Member since Aug 2011
47984 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:04 am to
in the last 20 years has spent more time coaching highschool than being a fulltime oc.


just stop. this is a bad hire
This post was edited on 1/12/18 at 10:42 am
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
61712 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:05 am to
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SE used to be the guy that HC's brought to "fix" things on Offense.


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Consequently, when things were beyond repair he ended up getting fired with entire staffs.




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If you can accuse him of anything, it's not being as mercenary as the majority of his peers.


The only thing I'm accusing him of is not being qualified to be the coordinator, and not having the ability to run the offense at a high level.
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
31744 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:05 am to
quote:

TigerCop817

bad cop, no donut
Posted by N.O. via West-Cal
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2004
7676 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:05 am to
At least for me, I'm over it now. I don't agree with the decisions, but they've been made and I now just hope they work out well. I read today that they're looking to be more of a passing team that exploits our talent at WR. Ok, fine. I'm skeptical, though, that we even know what scheme we have. In my opinion, the administration and Orgeron have bet on a high-risk proposition. I hope it works, but if it doesn't they need to be held to account for it.
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:07 am to
RC Slocum fired him in 1996 with cause. It wasnt the same as a coaching staff turnover. Losing to USL and going 6-6 as a top ranked team to start played into that.


His offense at Clemson was just bad period.
This post was edited on 1/12/18 at 10:09 am
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
30596 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:07 am to
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The life style, while financially rewarding, was hard on a family. But he's a coach and loves it. So he started coaching High School ball. He was quite happy coaching and living in his hometown of Central. When LSU came calling he answered because at the time it was a stable situation and it was his Alma mater. Relatively certain that SE decided years ago that he wasn't going anywhere no matter who came calling and everyone in coaching has known this. If you can accuse him of anything, it's not being as mercenary as the majority of his peers.


Other than pure speculation, you know this how?

Because without evidence backing this up, this is pure spin to try and make this look like a quality hire.

And let's be completely honest here...even if this was 100% TRUE, it would STILL make him a bad hire given that he has not been behind the wheel of the car at this level for 2 decades.
Posted by themunch
bottom of the list
Member since Jan 2007
71231 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:07 am to
Thanks
Posted by statman34
Member since Feb 2011
3576 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:09 am to
Can we dig up the corpse of Bear Bryant? He may have something left in the tank.
Posted by Open Your Eyes
Member since Nov 2012
10323 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 10:10 am to
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I am not trying to be positive


False.

quote:

Just wanted to inject a little subjectivity.


Also false.
Posted by ByUselves
On a Bayou
Member since Oct 2017
3793 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:05 am to
The reason we don't know what offensive system the Tigers will implement is, it's a secret.
Never heard of the "Secret Play Book". Apparently we are going to finally see it.

Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
8943 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:06 am to
This feels like sponsored content
Posted by rbdallas
Dallas, TX
Member since Nov 2007
10344 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:07 am to
If it were SE solely, I would be more neutral, but I have some faith in the combination of SE and Sullivan
Posted by Goldrush25
San Diego, CA
Member since Oct 2012
33854 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:10 am to
Are there any examples of when a coordinator has had this long of a layoff in being a full time coordinator and has performed at an elite level?

Man, we just love these long shot ideas.

We hire a bad HC; "But he COULD be great you know? You can't tell the future."

We hire an underwhelming OC; "Give him a chance, he COULD be amazing, you know? You can't tell the future."

No I can't tell the future but what's the most likely outcome? These are two underwhelming hires.
This post was edited on 1/12/18 at 11:13 am
Posted by SaintInBham
Birmingham
Member since Sep 2015
1090 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:33 am to
You can’t possibly believe this? Fine tuned and clicking on all cylinders? This was a perceived safe hire by an idiot that was afraid of looking like an idiot! I didn’t think our offense could get anymore ordinary with a boatload of talent! Our offense will underperform, again!
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115538 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:35 am to
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Are there any examples of when a coordinator has had this long of a layoff in being a full time coordinator and has performed at an elite level? Man, we just love these long shot ideas. We hire a bad HC; "But he COULD be great you know? You can't tell the future." We hire an underwhelming OC; "Give him a chance, he COULD be amazing, you know? You can't tell the future." No I can't tell the future but what's the most likely outcome? These are two underwhelming hires.


Funniest part about this crowd is as soon as any actually qualified candidate with real potiential has a bad game or season they use it as a rallying cry. "SEE!! THIS GUY IS A FRAUD!!!"

LSUs coaches resume is irrelevant. But everyone else is only as good as their last loss.
Posted by NoGeaux
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
5596 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:36 am to
Other than him being popular in Central, nothing you posted is true. Nothing.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
78257 posts
Posted on 1/12/18 at 11:37 am to
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SE used to be the guy that HC's brought to "fix" things on Offense. Consequently, when things were beyond repair he ended up getting fired with entire staffs.

So he was the fixer who never really fixed things.
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