re: Coach 0 should NOT get an extension

Don't you understand the difference between no extension and firing him? He still has two years left on his current contract. The next two years will definitely tell which way this program is going. If he wins out and we win our bowl game, then perhaps you can give him a two year extension with a small pay raise but also with a very low buyout. If he is doing great two years from now then by all means give him another two or three year extension and a pay raise but again do not get into one of these ridiculous buyouts like we got saddle with Les! No other top ten program in the country would take Coach O and those are just the facts.

Why did we hire O?

To win 9 or 10 games? Nope. We had that.

We hired him to overhaul the offense. Well. It’s worse.

We also hired him to get us back competing for titles. That’s not happening And it ain’t just the abortion of a loss to Bama- it the loss to Fla led by a joke of a QB- Franks.

We could backdoor the playoffs like Bama does if we beat the Gators.

So, is he advancing the program and doing what he said? Again....nope.

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I don’t understand the extension talk this soon.

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10 wins should be a rolling 1-year extension, at least to get him to 4 years out because of recruiting.

How is a guy on the cusp of a playoff run (and frankly, the right 10 wins is a playoff team, IMHO) supposed to recruit when his contract doesn't even run through the kid's eligibility? Now, 7 or 8 wins? I agree - that burns a year of the contract. But, if he wins 10 wins every other year, you extend him every other year. Probably with a raise. 11 wins should be a bigger raise.

If you can't understand that, I can't help you.

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Coach 0 should NOT get an extension

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Definitely agree.

1. Talent development - I fear he's still living off of the talent Miles brought in. Greedy. White. Fulton. Brumfield. Magee. Lawrence. All Miles recruits. I'm not saying he hasn't brought in some talent but there are some glaring holes.. Cough.. DL.. cough. Next year will give us a much better picture of how he is running the program.

2. Recruiting - He absolutely needs to finish out this recruiting cycle strong. Murmurs of losing yet another elite LA player to Bama and only one defensive lineman and one RB (so far) in the class are concerns. We're like #8 or so now? If we finish outside of the top 4 with the talent in Louisiana this year I'll consider that a failure.

3. Staffing - He needs to make changes on offense. He needs to suck it up and acknowledge E is not the man for the job. I think there needs to be some shakeup with Sullivan, Joseph and Robinson. Outside of those 4 I think the coaches are good. Busch, McMahon, and Cregg we're good hires.

4. Win - He needs to pull this team back up and finish out this season without another loss. That is extremely doable with our remaining schedule.

Bottom line. If he goes 11-2 he deserves a bonus for sure.

If he finishes out the recruiting cycle strong, addresses the offense/coaching situation, and does well next year with more of "his" players an extension is well deserved.