re: Was Matt Canada an O coaching hire?

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Here is Orgeron with SB Nation’s Steven Godfrey, explaining how close Kiffin was to winding up as LSU’s offensive coordinator. Kiffin was definitely coming to LSU from Alabama to be the Tigers’ offensive coordinator, per multiple, multiple sources. And per Orgeron, who’d included Kiffin’s name as OC on a projected coaching staff during his interview. "I know probably — and I can’t blame them — I know that Alabama probably didn’t want him to come here," Orgeron says. "I’m assuming they did everything they could to get him a head job. But he was honest with us. He said, ‘Coach, I’m coming to LSU unless I get a head job, and I want a head job.’ "We thought he had the Houston job. He woulda been dynamite there. Dynamite. Then we hear about Florida Atlantic, and we didn’t think he’d take that. But he calls and says, ‘Hey man, I’m coming. I’ve got one more meeting, and I’m just going to listen to them.’ Ended up, he took the job." Meaning: If FAU hadn’t moved in to hire Kiffin as head coach, he would’ve transitioned from one side of the Bama-LSU rivalry to another. Nick Saban is likely glad he didn’t.

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