re: Was Matt Canada an O coaching hire?

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I genuinely think Canada was hired because of that big thread on here years ago dissecting Canada as an OC at Pitt. Maybe Ponamsky showed the thread to O.

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I don't think that was THE reason, but I'm sure Ponamsky was aware the fans seemed to favor that hire.

Remember, O wasn't the first choice for the job. He probably wasn't the second or third choice. He campaigned hard for the job. One of his biggest campaign promises was that he was going to bring Kiffin over from Bama to be the OC. He knew improving the LSU offense while simultaneously hurting Bama would be a BIG selling point for him. However, when Kiffin to LSU didn't work out O was in a jam. He promised the AD, fans, etc a big name OC and he had to deliver. Canada had just been a finalist the Broyles award and the fans (as evidenced by the TD thread) were going to be happy with the hire. So in essence, O hired the name and not the man. Four games into the season he realized he didn't like the man.