ESPN - Tidbits on Coach O's turn around and Les Miles presence in TS

ESPN "All of a sudden, LSU has won back-to-back games over Florida and Auburn, and the Tigers are back in the AP rankings. Orgeron, for his part, also has some breathing room after a forgettable start to his head-coaching career."

"He's not going to give up. He wasn't raised to give up," Orgeron's mother said. "He earned this, baby. He worked hard to get here, and he loves his job."

"We didn't change a thing here after the Troy loss. We just kept fixing and kept identifying the things that we could fix and fixed them."

"Orgeron turned to his leaders on the team to do the heavy lifting. He called 11 players of his choosing into his office the Monday after the Troy loss and opened the floor to them. They talked about effort, buying in, attention to detail and guys being on the fence, especially juniors considering entering the NFL draft."


"They talked, and I listened," Orgeron recounted. "Every position group was represented. I told them, 'What you just told me, you go tell the team and I'm walking out.' I gave them about a half-hour, and it turned into an hour team meeting."


"Maybe it was a sign because LSU was a different football team in the second half."

"Miles didn't go to the locker room to celebrate with his former team, but was still basking in the win."

"The people that made the decision they did [to fire Miles], I didn't have the necessity to see them," Miles said. "But I'm always happy when the Tigers win."

"Orgeron, who was hired by Miles to come to LSU, was happy to see him back in the house."

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