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USA Today - Bad night in Baton Rouge exposes LSU's flawed hiring of Ed Orgeron
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:40 pm
USA Today - "Imagine how embarrassing it must have been the night of Nov. 25, 2016 for officials from LSU. Not only did they have their sights on Tom Herman, they had gone all-in on hiring him away from Houston.
But then, as reports of Herman nearing a deal with LSU began to surface, Texas officials made their move. The final decision to fire Charlie Strong came at some point during Texas’ 31-9 loss to TCU that day, and within hours the Herman flirtation with LSU came to an end.
At the end of the day, LSU athletics director Joe Alleva got played. Hey, it happens. The decision to pursue Herman was the right one for LSU. If he preferred to go to Texas, so be it. Nothing you can do.
But rather than take a breath, hit the reset button and start the coaching search for Les Miles’ replacement all over again, LSU was humiliated and went into panic mode. The next morning, on Nov. 26, Alleva called Ed Orgeron and offered him the head coaching job."
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But then, as reports of Herman nearing a deal with LSU began to surface, Texas officials made their move. The final decision to fire Charlie Strong came at some point during Texas’ 31-9 loss to TCU that day, and within hours the Herman flirtation with LSU came to an end.
At the end of the day, LSU athletics director Joe Alleva got played. Hey, it happens. The decision to pursue Herman was the right one for LSU. If he preferred to go to Texas, so be it. Nothing you can do.
But rather than take a breath, hit the reset button and start the coaching search for Les Miles’ replacement all over again, LSU was humiliated and went into panic mode. The next morning, on Nov. 26, Alleva called Ed Orgeron and offered him the head coaching job."
LINK /#
This post was edited on 10/1/17 at 4:43 pm
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Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:42 pm to TrueTigerTale
already posted
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:44 pm to TrueTigerTale
This pretty well sums it up...
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:44 pm to Fat Bastard
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already posted
Maybe its not been repeated enough?
This post was edited on 10/1/17 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:46 pm to TrueTigerTale
Heads will roll.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:48 pm to countryboy2
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Heads will roll.
LSU needs to offer refunds to season ticket holders.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:48 pm to TrueTigerTale
I would have called PJ Fleck instead or Jeff Brohm. Good Lord.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:52 pm to schwartzy
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I would have called PJ Fleck instead or Jeff Brohm. Good Lord.
Should LSU fire its AD before making the next football head coaching hire?
This post was edited on 10/1/17 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 10/1/17 at 4:57 pm to TrueTigerTale
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It seems some folks at LSU bought the idea that Orgeron could be their Dabo Swinney, where he does all the other stuff and leaves the coaching to his high-paid coordinators. But that notion implies a fundamental misunderstanding of what a head coach means. Yes, the Clemson model put a priority on high-paid coordinators with significant autonomy to run their units. But that doesn’t give enough credit to the importance of culture and how well Swinney runs the organization. You can’t be an effective CEO if you’re not a good leader, and coordinators are only going to be as good as their head coach allows and inspires them to be. LSU got outplayed and outcoached on Saturday by Troy. That falls on one man’s shoulders, and LSU needs to figure out quickly whether it signed up for a permanent condition or has the stomach to pay its way out of the ditch.
That article is an absolute scathing indictment of LSU, Alleva, and the moronic fans on this site who supported the hire.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 5:02 pm to DmitriKaramazov
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That article is an absolute scathing indictment of LSU, Alleva, and the moronic fans on this site who supported the hire.
This article deserves a sticky.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 5:07 pm to TrueTigerTale
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But rather than take a breath, hit the reset button and start the coaching search for Les Miles’ replacement all over again, LSU was humiliated and went into panic mode. The next morning, on Nov. 26, Alleva called Ed Orgeron and offered him the head coaching job."
I've been describing what happened the exact same way since November
Posted on 10/1/17 at 5:10 pm to TrueTigerTale
This article should be sent to everyone in the athletic department daily. Go ahead and send to all the white boot wearin mouth breathers that thought he was a good hire as well.
What a fricking embarrassment. At least they were trying when they hired Dinardo.
What a fricking embarrassment. At least they were trying when they hired Dinardo.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 5:12 pm to Fat Bastard
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already posted
I think I'll post it again in the 6:00 hour.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 5:13 pm to TrueTigerTale
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Should LSU fire its AD before making the next football head coaching hire?
um yes
Posted on 10/1/17 at 5:21 pm to DmitriKaramazov
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moronic fans on this site who supported the hire.
Not all of us are moronic. I thought O would make a good placeholder if we were turned down by our preferred choices. There were too many programs in the hunt. I thought hey, we can live with O for a couple years, if he does well great. If he does bad shitcan him. I never in my life thought he would command a fricking 8 figure buyout.
Posted on 10/1/17 at 5:21 pm to TrueTigerTale
Can't post this enough.
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