Linehan: How are you feeling about it now?

I know there were some posters who just felt kind of meh about the hiring of Scott Linehan as LSU's passing game coordinator and a lot of that seemed to be from his time with the Cowboys, however as many here have said, its likely Jason Garrett and Jerry Jones werent giving him free reign.

Dude is a spread guy so we arent going back to Les Miles' offense and Linehan isnt even here to run the offense, just simply add some more nuances to it.

I'm sure this video has been posted here before but its pretty good:

LSU: Linehan's HELLA AGGRESSIVE SPREAD Offense- Top Billin

These are some interesting quotes I found in regard to Linehan from various articles:

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Linehan’s last college experience came as the receivers coach and offensive coordinator for John L. Smith’s Louisville Cardinals from 1999-2001. His Louisville attacks averaged 36, 33 and 30 points per game, which usually had them near the top 20 nationally in scoring (it was a very different time) with quarterbacks Chris Redman and Dave Ragone. 
His background is mostly as in working with receivers, which fits the role Joe Brady served in. And while it’s easy to default to his background as “pro-style,” his offenses have always been somewhat spread, or at least one-back, centered.  

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Louisville never scored fewer than 30 points per game while Linehan was the coordinator from 1999 to 2001. The fledgling program at a basketball school won consecutive C-USA championships in 2000 and 2001, and Linehan's offense helped produce future NFL players like Super Bowl champion wide receiver Deion Branch and quarterback Dave Ragone. 
"Not only did he know about (the spread), he knew what it looked like through a quarterback's eyes," said UTEP defensive coordinator Mike Cox, Linehan's teammate at Idaho who coached alongside him at Idaho, Louisville and in the NFL. "I think we got those two things together and that made him very valuable." 

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The Detroit Lions are another young team that has started to deploy an Air Raid offense. That's likely because offensive coordinator Scott Linehan's experience in the system dates back to his days as Louisville's offensive coordinator, where he was Urban Meyer's mentor.

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Leading the league in pass attempts usually means you like to spread it out, and spreading it out was what the Lions enjoyed doing in 2011. They threw the ball a league-high 666 times. The offense was on the field for 1,197 plays, and it deployed three wide receivers or more on 697 plays. 

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In my opinion, Linehan is more than qualified to be the OC at LSU much less the PGC and I cant see how bringing him in doesnt keep our offense going in a good direction.

The only knock I've seen on Linehan is that he was too easy on players while the head coach of the Rams, something he wont have to worry about at LSU.

The only negative I can see is that we may be looking for a new PGC once again if 2020 goes off relatively well.

To me, this entire thing depends on Brennan's progression and how well E and Linehan "gel" as O has said Linehan will be handling most of the redzone/third down calls as Brady was said to in 2019.