re: Does the possibility of Ensminger as permanent OC make anyone else want to barf?

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Scott: Ok, let’s address the elephant in the room – Coach O’s comments on the possibility of Canada leaving. Are folks blowing Coach O’s comments out of proportion to fit their own agenda, or do you find something significant about Orgeron saying that everybody wants to be a head coach and he hopes Canada has his day?

 

Mike: No, I think you read Coach O’s words perfectly. He didn’t have to say anything about it. O was the one that gave fuel to the fire here. I wrote this a year ago and I believe it firmly today, but I always thought Coach O, and he is a defensive-minded coach, wanted a pro-style attack-and-run at LSU like he had seen at USC and Miami (Fla.) where he had coached before. Orgeron wants a pro-style attack with a Power-I backfield with a fullback and motion from the tight ends and wide receivers. O saw that same look with the Saints in 2008 when he coached there under Sean Payton.
 
But that’s not what Matt Canada does offensively. Coach O is the boss, but you have to find people who fit what you want offensively, if you are a defensive-minded coach. And that also means as a coordinator and then if you are a defensive minded head coach, let that coordinator run the offense.
 
No doubt Canada wants to be a head coach, like most assistants do, but I firmly believe this is all about differences in philosophy more than anything else. That is certainly not uncommon in college or pro football to see a difference in philosophy.

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