re: Legit Replacement Candidates for Les Miles

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Has a 10 million dollar buyout.

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And a buyout stood in the way of us going after Jimbo last year?

Mark is old as dirt though and has had heart problems. I don't think he is a long term solution. Also his offensive style might drive people insane. I don't think he has many years left on him.

I agree on going for a coach without a title yet, maybe other than jimbo.

I think all of those have a really high upside at LSU, maybe even something between what urban did at UF and what Saban is currently doing at bama. They all also have some bit of doubt to if they can win here.

id say Herman, Jimbo and Petrino are about as close to 100 percent going to be successful at LSU as you can get.

most of tier 2 is probably at like some ratio close to 90/10 and maybe down to 80/20

I'd object to Jimbo on the same grounds as Petrino: I don't trust him as a human being. Florida St has had serious off the field issues that have largely been swept under the rug by a compliant local police department. I don't think he's a bad guy (and Petrino is), but I do think he turns a willfull blind eye to off the field transgressions, which could get us in deep water. I wouldn't object out of hand to Jimbo, but he's not my first choice.

And you have to pay out the nose for him. I don't think Dantonio is built for SEC recruiting, either.

Herman would be great.

What about Jim Tressel? Currently he is the president of Youngstown State. I have to seen him mentioned but here are some thoughts.

Negatives
He is 63 so he may be too old (Les is 62)
He has not coached in 5 years
Not from SEC country (but I am sure he has recruited nationally)

Positives
Seemed like a hell of a coach that could recruit and develop talent
His NCAA sanction is up Dec 16, so it may not be as difficult to hire him as in prior years
He could be signed up and ready to go as soon as you announce Les "has decided to step down" ensuring no month long period of uncertainty that could hurt the program (recruiting etc)
Maybe his age is not too bad as someone like Aranda could see a chance to take over in a foreseeable timeframe.

I think the Jimbo ship has sailed. I don't see why he would want to come here after the way F King fricked shite up. However, he might still be at odds with the AD at FSU. He might also want to come back here, since he has coached here before.

Petrino might see the writing on the wall that the Ville is a commuter school and will be able to make noise but they aren't the big daddy in the conference. He has a shot back at the sec this time, but instead of with the fringe program its with a Big 6 member in a state this much easier to recruit.

The ville has the easy path to the nc for now, but they will almost always be second fiddle as far as the acc is concerned. Eventually Da U will rise again, va tech will be on the up and up and FSU is almost always going to be a threat.

so maybe slightly easier ACC but with the outside team in the Ville, or come to the hardest division in football but with one of the giants.

Honestly I don't think its likely we get any of the top tier guys. You don't often see them changing but Petrino and Herman are both interesting cases.

I don't see the Big12 allowing houston in. Why would Texas or OU want them in the conference and they don't bring any money as far as tv deals go. So that means we have a chance for Herman.

Still though its not often that you see a team execute a coaching search and get the man it wants. IF we had gotten Jimbo last year that would have been such a rare move.

IF they get into the b12 he's staying at houston to build it up as his program.

IF they don't get the b12 invite he'll bounce.

We have to let Miles coach until November. Firing someone in October looks bad. Though I do not agree with firing Miles.

I think Kiffen would be solid. I don't know why people don't want him. I mean he isn't Bobby Williams

Paul Chryst might be a solid hire. Wisconsin doesn't pay coaches well and doesn't spend the money on football The university has had budget cuts worse than LSU though so he would have a better situation at LSU and LSU will spend the money.

Pat Narduzzi at Pitt would be good. He was an assistant for Mark Dantonio at MSU>.

I was going to bring up my main concern with Jimbo is the lack of control. He let winston own him.

I would rather a Petrino type sleeping with someone outside of marriage than dealing with rape like Briles, Franklin or Jimbo. Bobby might be the worst person in the bunch but his personal transgression as long as she isn't on our books isn't a massive deal.

Yea i don't see mark being very good at recruiting here, and with him being so old i could see him not wanting the type of guys that bring in the big boys.