If Aranda was the Interim When Miles Got Fired

Like Wisky

We’d have three straight NCs

I agree that Orgeron is doing a pretty good job and I’m glad that he’s at the healm but I think a lot of us in 2016 would have rathered Aranda as the interim and possible new head coach rather than Coach O

Do you think Arranda would be a good head coach? It’s an honest question. I’m not sure if he would or not to be honest, I’ve heard a lot of people say before they don’t think he would be a great head coach and he’s thrilled staying as a DC for now which he absolutley is the best DC in college football along with Venables. I’m not sure how he would be as the head man though.

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I agree that Orgeron is doing a pretty good job and I’m glad that he’s at the healm but I think a lot of us in 2016 would have rathered Aranda as the interim and possible new head coach rather than Coach O

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I don't agree with this at all. And I believe most on here (if they were being honest) would say the same.

I do not recall anyone having an issue with Orgeron being named the interim coach. Hell, he had done it before, and was successful at it. I also do not recall anyone clamoring for Aranda to be named the interim.

What I, and many others, had a problem with was handing over the keys permanently to O. Looking at facts, at that present time, O was a horrible decision despite his success as an interim coach. His only proven head coaching experience as the person completely responsible for a program, was a complete and total failure. Then you had a program like LSU, one of the elite in the country, and certainly twice the program of Ole Miss, wanting to hand the keys over to a proven failure. It made no sense.

B/c of that, many started with the notion that anything would be better than O, and many thought of Aranda, like they do the backup QB when the starter is screwing up. To be honest, I would not have wanted to see Aranda get the job either. He had no previous head coaching experience to go off of. Could he turn out to be a great head coach some day? Sure. He seems to have a lot of the qualities to do so. But did I want to test that theory out on LSU and let it become a proving ground for him? Hell no!

But the fact is that as of right now, in hind sight, O appears to be doing a pretty good job. He has made some very questionable decisions that have driven me and many others crazy. But overall, he appears to have things moving in the right direction. And I wish him nothing but continued success, b/c I love LSU and want nothing more than to see us become a consistent championship caliber team again.

2016. I also thought I could Trudy that fart and the girls I blew my load in was on the pill. I thought that this country would be in harmony and Hillary would be in prison

I wouldn't be that optimistic.
How would he have done at rallying the kids after Miles' departure.
The skill set for being a head coach is much different from that of a coordinator. Can Aranda recruit? Can he manage the day to day? Can he manage an entire staff, media relations, etc?

Aranda has shown no indication that he is ready to be a head coach or has that much interest in it at this point in his career.

We just came off a 10 win, Top 10 finish.

Salty melt

He wouldn’t be half the motivator.. more of a speak quietly with a big stick teddy brosevelt kinda leader? I just don’t think that’s what the team would have needed at the time but at least he’s a derensive coach who would have done well with white and mills etc

If Saban never left? What would have happened?