re: According to Big Ben on wwl..names he is hearing is Bianco and Godwin

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“Would do fine” is the problem. Will he be worse than we’re currently at? Unlikely. Marked improvement? Probably not.

If it’s him they’re going to try and pull wool over everyone’s eyes and pretend it’s ole miss that’s been holding him back and most will probably buy it

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Exactly. It would be running off Mainieri to hire a LESS accomplished HC...from a direct competitor. It is entirely possible LSU makes Ole Miss BETTER by helping them get out of Bianco purgatory.

Bowing to the influence of players/coaches is how you end up with Mike Archer, Smoke Laval and Johnny Jones. Guys who wouldn't be candidates at LSU but for an association with the university. The only "one of us" hire that has produced great results over the last 40 years is Ed Orgeron. And even then there remains some concern of whether or not he is a great HC or just a guy who "hit" on the right combination of assistant coaches/talented players at the right moment.

LSU could do much worse than Bianco. No question. But LSU is willing to spend big and offers a program that will invest more resources in being great than almost every university in the country. Maybe a lot of the great names are happy where they are. If so, so be it. But I promise you that with what LSU is willing to offer (salary/program) those guys will at least listen to what you have to say and you don't have to immediately default to "one of us."