re: This thread on Coach O aged well.

I haven't been caught in any of these bumped threads but I was outspokenly critical of the hire. I felt like giving O a chance up until the Troy loss when I openly called for his head.

I was wrong. I wanted Herman and I was pissed that Alleva let Texas sandbag us. I was wrong. Herman is a bust who is already firing his entire entourage of assistants and O is firing on all cylinders headed towards a national championship in a more difficult conference. I was wrong.

I bitched on tRant and even emailed Rabalais and Kleinpeter and Scott long after the Troy loss to vent my utter disgust, and they all emailed back, surprisingly, in agreement. We were wrong.

Fact is, there was more reason, by far, to doubt Orgeron than there was to believe in him. So many of us doubted him. I guess tDecline under Miles' last few years did that to us. We were wrong.

No other coach in the nation could have put this season together so magically and fortuitously than O. He kept recruiting at a high level. He brought in the right staff additions. He snagged the best transfer in CFB history. He improved every area of weakness that he has ever shown.

I was wrong.

I'm not regretful that I doubted Orgeron's hire. I would have had my doubts 100/100 times. So I will reiterate, I'm not ashamed that I doubted him. What I am, is damned proud and happy that the shrimp boat captain proved my sorry arse wrong!