re: LSU Reaches out to Clancy Pendergast Update 1/2 2:58PM Coach CP front runner DC

I said it yesterday and was bashed by pretty much everybody but the guy is a risky hire. I think he's going to be the guy though.

Who's your choice?

Very true, there is no perfect candidate. I wish Pendergast had a longer resume as a DC so we could really see what his long term sustainability truly is. What we do have on him points to a successful quick turnaround but a quick fall off in year 3. Is the sample size to small? yes, but its all we have to go on.

There are a small handful of defensive coaches in the college ranks who could have sustainable hires, most of them probably will eventually become head coaches or be sucked up by the NFL. Chavis was one of those for the most part. I think Smart is one, Muschamp maybe, Maybe a couple others. But to think that we will always guys who have really good resumes and long success is a pipe dream. I'm fine with picking up a guy who is up and coming and has the smarts to be a great defensive coordinator but just hasn't had much stats to back up his smarts.

you know that resources comment doesn't hold a lot of water when you finished #1 in the conference and top 25 in the country the two previous years.

i know to you this may sound like beating a dead drum but from my standpoint, the "resource/talent" equation is non-valid argument. If you disagree take a long look at LSU's offense this year, Mallory-Peveto's defense and Crowton's/Stud's Offense.

Talent only gets you so far. If you drop from Top 25 to 99, odds are its a lot more than talent causing the problem. I think Crowton's offense was 112 at one point? And he had a lot of talent to work with.

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But He is clearly the best available and I think he will be a good fit for the talent we bring in here.

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Clearly the best available based on what exactly? He does not have a good track record in college at all.

A 3 year decline on defense at Cal and a mediocre year at USC isn't telling me much good about him.

Who would you like for LSU to hire?

If we really want to go after coaches who have taken a year off then shite lets go get Lou Tepper he has been out of the game for 3 years now.

I'm afraid we don't have 4 years to teach our LB's the scheme. They leave after 3.

There are many things that can ruin a defense. talent, bad coaching, bad luck, SOS.

I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve any blame for what happened, but we shouldn't rule out that there factors may be at play. Nothing has shown me that Chavis was responsible for the downfall of our defense in 2013 and the start of 2014. The NFL gashed us and our talent levels went way way down. Did cal lose a lot of players on defense making them underperform against previous teams? I don't know. As people have said you can put together the greatest game plan known to man, but if your players don't execute it doesn't matter.

Just like this year, I think Cam is a smart offensive mind and with good players in place he can put together an effective offense. Our offense had shades of greatness and horribleness. You can put that on QB play, injuries on the line etc.

but what ever pendergast is clearly the best man for the job. Bring in coach O and it is a home run hire.