re: Do you prefer a big name that costs lots of $$$ or risk bringing in a young guy?

Regardless of who it is, nothing more than a 4 year contract to start. That may scare off big names, an I'm OK with that.

We are already funding the retirement of 3 different coaches. No need to make it four.

My TAF contribution is the same regardless of whether LSU pays minimum wage or $20mil a year, so I don’t care what they spend.
I was a fan with Charley Mac as a freshman through Curly Hallman and will be if we hire Nick Saban or Farmer Fran.

The top guys like Lane, Kirby, etc etc all cam from other staffs.
I would go get the best OC and DC in America, and bring in a motivator and great person, as HC

Wow, I didn't he has been at Ole Miss for 6 seasons and has not won anything. He won't win NC there.

I’d prefer a young guy, but the people who hire football coaches (not just here but across CFB) don’t have a clue what makes a good coach… so everyone winds up chasing the same dudes pretty much based off PR lol.

Elko wasn’t a name anybody wanted. That was a great hire. Pulling Saban from Sparty was a great hire. Petersen at Washington was a great hire.

Those Urban Meyer / Nick Saban situations where a guy reaches the top somewhere… moves and does it again somewhere else. Doesn’t seem to be very common.

I would rather gamble on Baker as head coach with a solid OC than spend the money you have saved on NIL.

Keep Williams D line
Get Orgeron as a DE or LB coach and recruiting
Frank as RB and recruiting
Honey Badger as Safeties assistant w Corey coaching entire secondary

Both need improvement:
Top notch special teams coach
Top notch wr coach

Like others have said
No hire is a guarantee

To be quite honest, I don't really give a crap anymore. Just let me know who it is and I'll pull for him to do good things, hire the coaches he sees fit and recruit the best players. It's too exhausting to be that emotionally invested in who the administration chooses, just let me know when it's done.

LANE TRAIN