re: If Jones doesn’t work, O is done. That’d be his 4th hire gone after a year.

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2) Canada gone in a year.

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The only reason why Ed O hired Canada is because Lane Kiffin took the Florida Atlantic job. Then Joe Alleva told Ed O to go hire Canada. As Ed O didn't want to stand up to Joe Alleva and tell him no because Joe Alleva had just gave him the head coaching job.

The Pellini hire, in hindsight, wasn't a good hire, but Pellini's track record as a DC and a head coach were very excellent. I can understand why Ed O hired him and I know I didn't have a problem with the hire, as I thought it was a home-run hire at the time. For whatever reason, however, it just didn't work out but that's not Ed O's fault.