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re: Realistic targets for the LSU HC job
Posted on 10/17/21 at 5:21 pm to RebelTheBear
Posted on 10/17/21 at 5:21 pm to RebelTheBear
The problem with this list is that a lot of the really good ones aren't, perhaps, really good at LSU.
Fickell is heavily a Midwest guy. What works up there, where he has his recruiting ties, might not work down on the bayous. I think he's lurking for the Ohio State job... which he would probably be amazing at.
Bob Stoops is happily retired. Why come back? He could have stayed the head coach Okie and made the playoffs (and got whipped) every year.
So the list starts to narrow. Kiffin could do well there... but it is Lane Kiffin. He is a tremendous coach but when he goes off the rails he really goes off the rails. If you can chisel Napier out of ULL he has the recruiting ties but is he up to coaching in the big boy league?
I think LSU just has a couple of coaches in the mix for the job. God help them if they don't land any of them or they will get stuck with the dreaded "Chad Morris" hire. Its a good job, it is a nice place to live, but are the coaches you want really on the market right now?
Fickell is heavily a Midwest guy. What works up there, where he has his recruiting ties, might not work down on the bayous. I think he's lurking for the Ohio State job... which he would probably be amazing at.
Bob Stoops is happily retired. Why come back? He could have stayed the head coach Okie and made the playoffs (and got whipped) every year.
So the list starts to narrow. Kiffin could do well there... but it is Lane Kiffin. He is a tremendous coach but when he goes off the rails he really goes off the rails. If you can chisel Napier out of ULL he has the recruiting ties but is he up to coaching in the big boy league?
I think LSU just has a couple of coaches in the mix for the job. God help them if they don't land any of them or they will get stuck with the dreaded "Chad Morris" hire. Its a good job, it is a nice place to live, but are the coaches you want really on the market right now?
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Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:22 am to Arksulli
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Fickell is heavily a Midwest guy. What works up there, where he has his recruiting ties, might not work down on the bayous. I think he's lurking for the Ohio State job... which he would probably be amazing at.
The one truism there is he is most definitely a midwest guy....... but the rest is hogwash... Anyone who can coach, and who also hires very competent assistants, will succeed anywhere he goes, especially after coaching a bunch of 3*'s who play at championship level. He was a really, really good recruiter at Ohio State and most of his many NFL payers were from out of state as OSU is a national brand. He probably won't go to his alma mater because if history is any indication OSU only hires a new coach every 15 years or so.... so, unless Day goes to the NFL (which I doubt), that's not happening.
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