re: Tigers AD Scott Woodward says parting ways with Ed Orgeron was 'absolutely necessary'

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So, no link?

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You were here, bitch.

Poor Damone needed therapy after 2019. He's still suffering.

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Much goes on behind the scenes that nobody sees starting way before games begin.

Certainly Brady, Ensminger, Aranda, Burrow and many others played a part. O always said it was one team one heartbeat. Everybody played their part perfectly.

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So what was Ed's part? And why when those others left did the entire operation fall apart?

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Poor Damone needed therapy after 2019.

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Maybe after 2020 and 2021, those teams were so bad under Ed that I couldn't blame someone for being in distress and seeking help.

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Damn son, you mean the Burrow years fricked you up to the present?

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Burrow was here for the 2020 and 2021 seasons?

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So what was Ed's part? And why when those others left did the entire operation fall apart?

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I'm not saying he did all of this, and I'm not saying he did any of it great. But if you think he did none of it and had zero contribution to that title then you're a fool. I don't have to be in the building to know that he didn't just sit around on his arse.

Job Title Definition:

The Head Coach oversees all aspects of the varsity program, including: hires, supervises, and evaluates Assistant Coaches; identifies, recruits, and retains top prospective student-athletes; establishes a competitive schedule and coordinates team travel; responds to media requests; and promotes the team; coordinates practice planning, skill development, and designs coaching strategies which prepare team for competition; establishes and enforces rules of conduct as well as mentors student-athletes to foster athletic, academic, emotional, and social growth; collaborates with athletic and University units’ admissions, financial aid, medical services, academic support, judicial affairs, student-athlete services, compliance office; guides the professional development of assistant coaches by providing expanded responsibilities, regular appraisals, and annual performance reviews; demonstrates adherence to University, conference, and NCAA rules and regulations while overseeing activities of Assistant Coaches, staff, and student-athletes to verify compliance with a clear mandate to self-report any violations; supports community service efforts by involving the coaching staff as well as student-athletes. Duties are performed at various levels within the defined title.

Once more, if you think he did nothing then Joe Burrow must have been on drugs during his Heisman speech.

Time will tell.

I know the UCLA, OM, and Kentucky games were pathetic, but to me it was still one bad season following the GOAT and subsequent massive departures of both players and coaches.

2020 was a glorified exhibition season that really shouldn’t be held against anyone. We were lucky we got football at all, and the gameplay obviously suffered from lack of spring and most of summer.

So in legit seasons you go
9-4
10-3
15-0
6-6

And get fired? That’s a clear upward trend leading to an unprecedented peak followed by a steep drop off.

Before all the downvotes are belonging to me, y’all should know that outside of this echo chamber and especially among non-SEC observers, we fire championship coaches like it’s changing underwear.

Again, flush 2020. It was an anomalous situation without much predictive value.

But the coordinator hires in 2021 are certainly fair game - Jones showed some potential towards the end but obviously wasn’t ready to step into the P5 DC role when hired.

Peetz was a disaster. I’m pretty sure he was having panic attacks up there and had to breathe into a paper bag.

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lsu2006

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Surprise surprise.

In evaluating a coach why should you really value how he performs when, after going undefeated and losing almost every starter and assistant coach, he doesn’t get a Spring with this all-new team because of a (hopefully) one-off external event?

That situation is (again being hopeful here) not likely to ever present itself again, so why should you really care how he performed through it?

Refute the argument.

So the coach did poorly with a whole new starting lineup, two new coordinators, and limited prep time because of the China virus.

Unless you’re expecting that to become the norm, why give it too much weight?