Here's the first of fire Alleva but keep our boy O articles

As long as "Fire Alleva" is first, it doesn't really matter what else the article says. In fact, I certainly don't want O fired before Alleva is canned.

If we can get a real AD, the O situation will work itself out (hopefully).

Realistically if we got rid of Alleva this year and brought in Herb or the guy at A&M that is from here that would be considered a win.

Then with any luck Les gets a coaching job somewhere, and after next season O's buyout drops to like 6 million (remember it's pro rated based on what has been paid already that calendar year). Then you let your new AD pick his coach and you keep at least some semblance on continuity without completely destroying your budget.

Ron Higgins is buddies with Ed O and DP.

O became recruiting coordinator the spring of 2016, after Frank Wilson left for UTSA. He honestly did not have a full cycle of recruiting because those players he went after are not always his choice. It’s the HC choice which was Les Miles, whom was fired 4 games into the season.

I’m all about O either winning or not being here as much as the next man. But we can’t point that finger at him because he in fact was not the recruiting coordinator in 2014-2015 when LSU did not sign enough players on the O line and D line.

However, it was his job as the D line coach and ace recruiter to get those D lineman to LSU and that just didn’t happen. His best signees with LSU are IMO only Key and Lawrence.

IF we keep F King.. we are doomed to mediocrity or worse.

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But we can’t point that finger at him because he in fact was not the recruiting coordinator in 2014-2015 when LSU did not sign enough players on the O line and D line.

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He lost to fricking Troy. He got blown out by a below average Mississippi State team.

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Realistically if we got rid of Alleva this year and brought in Herb or the guy at A&M that is from here that would be considered a win.

Then with any luck Les gets a coaching job somewhere, and after next season O's buyout drops to like 6 million (remember it's pro rated based on what has been paid already that calendar year). Then you let your new AD pick his coach and you keep at least some semblance on continuity without completely destroying your budget.

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This is the most realistic timeline. I'd say Alleva gets canned after the A&M game after seeing the last 3 SEC home games less than half filled at halftime. New AD a few months later. Coach O gets to 2018, starts off with a loss to the U putting him on the hot seat yet again, followed by an embarrassing loss to Auburn to open the SEC 0-1 again. Dave Aranda is made the interim and we hire PJ fleck at the end of the season.

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Realistically if we got rid of Alleva this year and brought in Herb or the guy at A&M that is from here that would be considered a win.

Then with any luck Les gets a coaching job somewhere, and after next season O's buyout drops to like 6 million (remember it's pro rated based on what has been paid already that calendar year). Then you let your new AD pick his coach and you keep at least some semblance on continuity without completely destroying your budget.

And then hire PJ Fleck

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FIFY

I’ll let them slide for now.

We have to prioritize.

One step at a time.

Alleva first, then hope the rest takes care of itself.

i obviously have been driving the PJ Fleck bus for awhile, i just don't know if he'd leave Minny after only 2 years. He seems like the kind of guy who wants to finish whatever it was he started somewhere before moving on.