re: For those sky screaming for Mawae, what about Ben Wilkerson?

How many GREAT players can you name that became great coaches? in ANY sport? There are Maybe 3 that I can think of with an argument...Ditka (he caught the so called lightning in a bottle), Bill Russell ( he was lucky enough to have himself as a player and Mike Singletary. I can't recall any others.

My theory is great players don't become great coaches. They just can't understand why others can't do what they found so easy. Now a player that MADE himself great through hard work very well may become a greatcoach.

Across all sports, I can only think of Ditka and Phil Jackson. Some of the greatest athletes ever just don’t have the ability to transition into teaching the techniques and coaching. It’s not a knock on them, but if it were so easy every college team would have at least 2-3 HOFs on staff. LSU is not in a position to test out a guy who hasn’t coached at the highest levels for longer than one season because of his playing accolades.

I’m all about Wilkerson! Mawae would be the absolute biggest name but I think Wilkerson could be as good or better. Also look out for John DeCoster. He took an assist OL job with the Browns this year but he was very well liked by the players when they hired him to coach TE in 2019. I think we need a big name with skins on the wall that will be able to relate with recruits.