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If you include Brendan "All in" Allen from Covington, LA (but currently living in South Carolina I think), He would beat the absolute shite out of just about EVERYONE in the state of Louisiana.

He's 6'2" and walks around much heavier than his fighting weight. He's a black belt in BJJ so if a bigger guy gets a hold of him he would just snap one of his limbs.

He's in his prime as a professional cage fighter at the highest level of competition and is a top 5 ranked contender at middle weight.

I'm pretty certain this should end the debate.

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Money

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Does LSU not give as much resources to the football program as anyone else. We are getting dragged for paying BK too much, LSU's facilities are as good as any other program and NIL $ is a big reason Lane is considering LSU.

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UT

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Talk about a program with more external meddling than any other program in the universe!

Texas makes LSU look like its run how Steve Jobs ran Apple!

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Y'all suck in every metric.

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Well, except on-field success both recent (SEC championship appearance in 2019 and 2022 and National Championship in 2019 with the best collegiate offense ever assembled) and the program's historic success.

And, well, potential future success. A uniquely fertile recruiting base with no other P4 schools within a 250 mile radius as well as some of the best facilities, NIL and fan support for success in the Country. 5 of the best NFL receivers were born within 75 miles of Baton Rouge, and that type of skilled talent isn't going away.

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Are they solvent? (you're not)

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This is a farse. LSU could pay Kelly's buyout and hire the highest paid coach and still support facility renovation and a competitive NIL without much issue if they need to. Just because LSU's fired AD gave a terrible contract to Brian Kelly and the admin is negotiating with Kelly's hostile legal team who's spreading slander to leverage the university doesn't mean LSU is broke.

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Who is the AD I will be working for?

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Verge Ausberry, a football guy who's fully committed and will support the football team as the bell cow of the University. You can talk all the shite you want about him, but I assure you he's fully committed to LSU football and whoever is the new coach.

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Will I have to tolerate meddlers?

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This is LSU's biggest problem RIGHT NOW because of a high profile dumb arse in the governor's mansion, but it will all be over once they hire a coach. This hasn't always been the problem. Saban, Miles, Orgeron, and Kelly were not meddled with, but this was a unique time when LSU was without a president and the head coach was fired midseason making the meddling seem like more than it really is. Any time a politician (especially a republican LA governor who fits every national stereotype) gets involved 50% of people and all of the media will create overblown controversy.

Trust that LSU football will succeed sooner than Utenn. Even coming out of this mistake of hiring Brian Kelly and the drama that ensued, they are a better football program. Remember that LSU beat the shite out of everyone with Ed F'ing Orgeron as HC.

If Heupel or most every other HC in the country were honest, they would look at all of the advantages that LSU has including the likely current and future athletes playing at LSU, and beg LSU to hire them. In this day and age of college football, NIL money is King, but the other recruiting advantages that have always existed remain. Proximity and appearance are huge! What university in the country can show more national athletic representation than LSU? The reputation that has almost every ESPN show and social media platform full of LSU athletes.

If LSU finds and hires the right coach, everyone knows what is going to happen rather quickly.

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Dillingham met with his players in position groups yesterday or day before and committed to them that he will be their coach in 2026…

Article was on On3 yesterday

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Wikipedia:

Personal life
Dillingham and his wife, Briana, have one child.

He has wanted to coach Arizona State since he was young as it is his hometown team.[16]

If this is true, it would likely require a large sum of money to lure him from Arizona State, but I would love for LSU to make a run at hiring him.

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0 chance he leaves

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Even for LSU? Does he see himself winning a championship at TT? Sure, winning the big 12 is doable every year, but competing against A&M (or UT some years) in the playoffs let alone Bama or Ohio State! Does he care about in-state legend status or his ability to win a championship?

He'd improve recruiting in Texas, and LSU recruits itself in Louisiana. NIL is obviously the wave of recruiting, but relationships still matter.

I just don't know if he's the right fit at LSU, but wouldn't be opposed to it if he would leave for the chance at a championship at a championship level program. That is all with the understanding that deducted coaches and tier 1 coaches fall through.

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Any list that has McGuire on it go ahead and click off

Tells me you have 0 understanding of the coaching landscape

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Why is that? He's a good coach at a decent program. Is it because he wouldn't leave TT for LSU? Or because he's not yet proven enough to be LSU's HC?

You gotta take into consideration that the list/ranking at the bottom is after the deducted list and tier 1.

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IM good with a 2nd or 3rd tier coach but you lost me with Manny Diaz

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I get it, but I'm a fan of Diaz. He may be the best defensive mind in CFB. He wasn't terrible at UM as his first HC job. He has Duke competitive in the ACC with less talent.

I want LSU to get back to playing high level defense. Find an OC that has a history of success, and pair him with Diaz! Everyone is so hung up on offensive minded coaches.

Remove unrealistic candidates or candidates who are too old/retired, remove coaches having success at a blue blood program, remove coaches making good money at their alma mater, and coaches with HUGE buyouts or coaching for universities with deeper pockets that will counter LSU:

This removes Day, DeBoer, Freeman, Elko, Saban, Meyer, Cignetti, Dillingham, Brohm, Key, Cristobal, Lanning, Riley, and Lea.

LSU could pull off a heist and nab one, but the likelihood of another Brian Kelly type hire is questionable. The only realistic candidates on that list IMO are Dillingham, Brohm, Key and Lea all who would be good hires, but let's remove them as part of the logical deduction because they are coaching at their Alma Mater.

Coaches left who are having moderate or better success listed by 1st tier (coaches at good programs ranked top 25), then 2nd tier (coaches in top 25 at mid programs), and 3rd tier (coaches from unranked mid or decent programs having some success):

1st tier - Kiffin(UM), Drinkwitz(Mizzou), and Heupel(Tenn) - all pricey to pull from competing SEC schools.

2nd tier - Sitake(BYU), McGuire(Texas Tech but may be too expensive for a question mark hire), Tony Elliot (UVA), Silverfield(Memphis), Fisch(UW), and Satterfield(Cincy).

3rd tier - Sumral(Tulane), Golesh(USF), Morris(UNT), Lashlee(SMU), Fritz(Houston), Aranda(Baylor), Fleck(Minnesota) Diaz(Duke), Dykes(TCU), Huff(USM), Harrell(ECU), and Rhule(Nebraska).

If LSU can't pull one of the tier 1 options, would you be happy (or at least satisfied) with any from tier 2 or 3?

I think of tier 2 and 3 coaches I would rank them:
1. McGuire
2. Diaz (For some reason I think he will be great at the right place)
3. Sitake, Fisch or Aranda
4. Fleck or Rhule
5. Elliot
6. All the rest from the mid G4 programs or not in the G4

After Tier 1, I hope LSU considers McGuire if possible or Manny Diaz!

Curt Cignetti

He's the perfect fit for LSU at this moment if LSU can afford to pull him from Indiana!

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I like Sumrall. He's young, but confident with a good sense of humor. He's not a dickhead like Brian Kelly! His teams play tough and he has recruited well at Tulane!

He has likely already developed in-state ties/relationships with HS coaches and NIL managers while at Tulane.

He has SEC ties as well.

Other than his only head coaching experience being mid-major programs, I think he has a TON of potential.

If successful, he's young enough to coach at LSU for a long time and potentially build a dynasty type program.

He would also be very affordable compared to Kiffin or some other power 5 coach.