Please do your job, Alleva.

Like the overwhelming majority who take the time to post here regularly, I'm passionate about LSU football. We can argue about whether or not that passion is appropriate or healthy in a grown man, but it remains a vital component of my character. And like all the others who have been annointed by that tumultuous enthusiasm, I'm prone to fret and worry about the future of a program that has given me so many moments of joy and comraderie. No one wants to sink back into the listless grey fog of irrelevance.

Unfortunately, no amount of analysis, invective, or soliloquizing by the faithful here will alter the course of the coaching search. For better or worse, the fate of LSU football lies in the hands of Joe Alleva.

So please do your job, Alleva. Perform a thorough and expansive search, evaluate all of the promising candidates, ignore the political meddlers and beauracratic dilettantes, tout the myriad strengths of the opportunity, be rational, be bold, be cunning, be decisive. We can't do it for you. You are a professional. You are a paid a significant sum of money for moments exactly like this one. Please bring home an excellent coach who can win championships. This is your legacy.