re: Was O worth the 2019 NC year?

Yes, but now

100% and I will die on this fricking mountain.

3-17
Beat down of UF
Beat Bama on the road, wildest first half I have watched
Throttled Texas A&M after the 7OT game
-Burreaux was born
Dominated UGA in the SECCG
Completely dominated OU in the Peach Bowl
Dominated Clemson on a 39-0 string to win the Natty at home

Joe won the Heisman (Really, an LSU QB!!!)
15-0
SEC Champions
Peach Bowl Champions
CFP National Champions

Joe Burrow
Heisman Trophy
Maxwell Award
Walter Camp Award
AP Player of the Year
Sporting News Player of the Year
Davey O'Brien Award
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Manning Award
SEC Offensive Player of the Year

Ja'Marr Chase
Fred Biletnikoff Award

Grant Delpit
Jim Thorpe Award

Derek Stingley Jr.
SEC Newcomer of the Year

Ed Orgeron
AFCA Coach of the Year Award
AP Coach of the Year
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award
Home Depot Coach of the Year
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award
SEC Coach of the Year

Joe Brady
Broyles Award

5 All Americans
Burrow
Chase
Delpit
Stingly
Cushenberry (2nd team)

14 Players Drafted
-5 First Rounders (Another 6 signed as UDFA)

Beat (Pre-Season)
#1 Clemson (14-1,Fiesta Bowl Champ, CFP Runner Up, ACC Champ)
#2 Alabama (11-2, Citrus Bowl Champ)
#3 Georgia (12-2, Sugar Bowl Champ, SECe Champ)
#4 Oklahoma (12-2, Big 12 Champ)
#8 Florida (11-2, Orange Bowl Champ)
#10 Texas (Well.... 8-5, won the Alamo Bowl)
#12 Texas A&M (Well.... 8-5, won the Texas Bowl)
#16 Auburn (Well.... 9-4, Lost the Outback bowl)

Others
Georgia Southern (7-6, lost the Liberty Bowl)
Northwestern State (3-9)
Vandy (3-9)
Utah State (7-6, Lost Frisco Bowl)
MSU (6-7 Lost Music City Bowl)
Ole Miss (4-8)
Arky (2-10)

Clemson, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma went a combined 60-9 and LSU was 5 of those loses.

I think we trailed 1 time the entire season by double digits, in the title game. We won 42-25 (We missed a FG, a wide open TD pass, and kneeled on the 5 yard line. Could have been way way way worse....)


And a forgotten about stat, but at the end of 2019, LSU was on a win streak v. every single other SEC team.

Fo Sho

Yes

Yes obviously

Yes IF we don't turn into Tennessee for the next 10 years. If so, then no.

I actually think he did a great job, until his divorce. That just seems to have ruined him. He went slap arse crazy doing whatever he wanted to do. Women, running off Aranda, yelling at coaches...etc. No quality coordinator wanted to work for him after all that. We give Brady all the credit, but we really owe Ensminger the lion's share of the credit. He was the one holding the staff together like glue. And while Brady's innovative ideas helped get our offense out of the stone age, it was Ensminger teaching him how to be an OC.

And I digress; Some guys can reach the top of the mountain but can't stay there. It's one thing winning a championship, but it's another sustaining a dynasty.

It actually worked out pretty perfectly. We won the title and O is still fired only two years later. If we nail this coaching hire I honestly couldn't ask for anything better

Win a title and still fire the idiot head coach soon after that's the dream from the moment he was hired. We all knew this is how it would end just didn't realize we'd luck into a 15-0 season along the way

Emphatically yes

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If we nail this coaching hire I honestly couldn't ask for anything better

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Well, I guess the better option would be that we were all wrong about O and he continues to build on 2019.