Orgeron's next contract at LSU

This would be an excellent time for LSU to make a statement on the ridiculous terms most SEC schools are providing for football HCs.

O has been a real bargain for LSU in terms of ROI. He's got his team overwhelming favorites to win the SEC, and looks to have a legitimate shot at winning the CFP (probably only tOSU stands in their way, and right now I'd favor LSU in that matchup). He clearly deserves to be paid according to his performance after this season - but what of his buyout?

I hope that LSU offers him a salary commensurate with the top HCs in the country - but with a zero buyout both ways. Instead, offer him the kind of deal that Bob Stoops had at Oklahoma a few years ago - a loyalty bonus for remaining HC at the school on a certain future date.

That way, he has incentive to stick around and not pursue other gigs (not that he's likely to do that anyway, since this appears to be his dream job), but also an incentive to continue to make the right moves on and off the field to ensure being successful enough not to get R-U-N-N-O-F-T.

Will they do it? Well, given that their current AD may have sabotaged his former employer's football program by handcufffing them to the most one-sided deal in CFB history, it's not likely. But it would make sense if they did.