So, Let's talk about Coaching Experience and Why its Overrated....

Yep, this board will say but but but we’re lsu we have to hire a coach with experience. That’s how we end up with Drink, a fun BK

You can also point to the NFL which doesn't care at all about previous HC experience. Plenty of very successful coaches didn't have it. People will say college is different. But if Thomas, Pettito, Bolden, and Martin are doing their jobs then it really isn't that much different from the NFL

Terrific. I should be the LSU head coach. Pay me $15 million.

If you want better than me, LSU could bring in Ellis Johnson. He had many years experience as a successful DC when Southern Miss hired him as head coach in 2012. He went 0-12 in his only season there as HC.

But hey, his experience is overrated, so hire me.

We also were hyped as hell thinking we we’re hiring Tom Herman 8 years ago, just watched our big time established blue blood coach provide nothing in terms of energy or innovation, and our fans think hiring a coordinator or G5 coach is still entirely beneath us.

We want Kiffin, but if you want Kiffin, and can’t get Kiffin, it makes way more sense to go try and find the next Kiffin than to just pivot to a completely different kind of coach.

If we want Kiffin, we want the style of football he brings. Dynamic playcalling, relentless attack, hurry up, excitement. He doesn’t have a monopoly on that. And our hire can fail, he just can’t fail and be too expensive again. That’s the issue.

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People won’t admit it but coaching is a lot about timing and taking advantage of opportunities.

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Respectfully, disagree. For young up and comers sure. We saw that with Napier at ULL. He won a lot at a program that hasn't had much over all success and that helped him catapult into the SEC.

But what about those long tenured coaches who win and continue to win? Saban for example. You dont have those long tenured 10+ win seasons and multiple championships just because you get lucky. He's doing something right, and that can be his actual coaching, talent evaluation, or his program just works.

Give me the guy who cares, isnt lassiez faire with some fiery passion. I dont care if hes only coached peewee football. Does he understand how to create leaders? Does he understand how to motivate?

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We want Kiffin, but if you want Kiffin, and can’t get Kiffin, it makes way more sense to go try and find the next Kiffin than to just pivot to a completely different kind of coach.

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This is what frustrated me so bad with the last two searches. Coveted offensive coordinator Tom Herman stands Alleva up and he goes with, shirtless defensive line cheerleader Orgeron???

Passing guru Lincoln Riley gets weak in the knees at facing Saban every year so Woodward turns to a CEO known for pretty conservative smash mouth football a la Les Miles??


Everyone has known that LSU has generally been a program that is a QB away from very successful championship level football seasons. Yet our coaching hires haven’t reflected that, despite seemingly starting going in that direction.

Yes, it also happens that the two best quarterbacks in school history ended up here under those previous two coaches due to a lot of luck, circumstance, and timing, but they clearly didn’t have the plan or the ability to maintain stability at that most important position.


This is why I am hoping that Lane is the next coach to wear purple and gold (and why he should have been the guy last time if not BOTH times) despite the fact that I think the old way of hiring a known commodity to a massive contract is likely outdated. He is the one exception that I think would be worth that type of approach, simply because of his ability to virtually guarantee very good if not elite play at quarterback every year.


This is also why I would still be satisfied with Riley getting another shot now that Saban is gone and the SEC landscape feels very different than it does even three years ago.


After those two, give me an exciting play caller and coordinator with a stocked NIL war chest and let’s see what they can do.

Play calling and quarterback coaching is priority number one for LSU imo and that has to start at the top. Make that the ultimate focus of this search and Tiger Stadium will be a very fun place for years to come.

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If we want Kiffin, we want the style of football he brings. Dynamic playcalling, relentless attack, hurry up, excitement. He doesn’t have a monopoly on that. And our hire can fail, he just can’t fail and be too expensive again. That’s the issue.

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Spot On here. I don't care what anyone says, I would hire Eric Morris and not look back.

To further prove your point, there's three active college head coaches that have won Natty's. Dabo, Kirby, and Ryan Day. None of them had head coaching experience when they were hired by their current school.

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Spot On here. I don't care what anyone says, I would hire Eric Morris and not look back.

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Im glad that’s what you took from this, because that’s exactly what I’m thinking too. Would love to give someone like him a run.

Agree. I have a hard time liking any of those coaches. Dabo, in particular, would be a terrible hire. He refuses to use the portal to plug roster holes.

Not a fan of Lincoln Riley. Haven't really paid attention to the other coaches.