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Serious question: Do you consider Ed Orgeron to be an intelligent man?

Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:17 am
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:17 am
I really can't figure him out.

I never thought Les was intelligent. LSU fans embraced the unintelligent way he came across as 'quirky', but I'm pretty sure that deep-down everyone thought he was a dum-dum.

But I can't get a good read on Eaux. I won't knock his accent, because - despite holding down a professional job -I probably sound as country as a butterbean sandwich to most non-southerners. It could be that I don't have a lot of Eaux press conferences to reference.

What are your opinions?
This post was edited on 12/1/16 at 9:19 am
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
21690 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:18 am to
No...LSU fricked
Posted by Aggie Fishfinder
Republic of Texas
Member since Feb 2012
4260 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:18 am to
It's football. You don't need to be intelligent.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55436 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:18 am to
I don't think you can get in that kind of position without at least having an IQ a standard deviation above normal. That doesn't always show up in someone's communication skills with media.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86428 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:20 am to
quote:

Do you consider Ed Orgeron to be an intelligent man?



one word:

Binder
Posted by Iron Lion
North of the river
Member since Nov 2014
11798 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:20 am to
Of course he's intelligent, he speaks multiple languages
Posted by Grizzly_Bears
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2016
140 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:21 am to
He's a lot smarter than Les in my book. Yaw Yaw at least knew when to admit he fricked up at Ole Miss
Posted by lsusportsman2
Member since Oct 2007
27232 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:21 am to
He's from Louisiana. There is literally zero intelligent people from Louisiana, including me.
Posted by LSUfanatic60
ocean springs ms
Member since Feb 2009
1960 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:21 am to
I don't care about his school intelligence... I care about his football intelligence, if he didn't have that he wouldn't of been in the coaching ranks as long as he has
Posted by r2d2
Member since Dec 2006
6842 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:21 am to
Not sure about Orgeron, but pretty sure Alleva is a total idiot.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
52799 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:22 am to
He is obviously street smart in the way that he is usually successful in recruiting. Getting this job shows some serious political skill, although he had the benefit of his background and Fat Goebbels. But, he is your typical meathead football coach to me. It's funny, I look at college hoops coaches and assume 95% of them are brilliant. I feel like maybe 10% of college football coaches are bright.
Posted by sjmabry
Texas
Member since Aug 2013
18494 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:24 am to
He's intelligent enough to have a 5 year / 3.5M per year gig.
Posted by piggilicious
Member since Jan 2011
37295 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:25 am to
i wasn't curious enough so i never would have posed the question but i agree with your opinion on les (and i stated it many times) and i also agree that just because O's voice is goofy it doesn't mean that he's goofy. i haven't listened to him speak enough to give a qualified answer.
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24299 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:29 am to
Well, he knows football. He's not going to be making any groundbreaking physics discoveries anytime soon but neither would any other college football coach. His degree is in liberal arts fwiw.
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37559 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:33 am to
quote:

He's intelligent enough to have a 5 year / 3.5M per year gig.


Yeah I don't think Ogeron or Miles are dumb...They may not be intellects but you can't an idiot either.
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
15708 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:35 am to
He makes more money than me, so he has that fact on his side.

Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
9918 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:36 am to
I met him 30+ years ago when he was very young. He isn't scholarly, but he is an intelligent and witty man, especially when it comes to football. You cannot equate his accent with a lack of intelligence.
Posted by reggierayreb
Germantown
Member since Nov 2012
16939 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:36 am to
Ed Orgeron is a Cajun alcoholic



He had his team play bull in the ring in the hallway of an Indoor Practice Facility because a football game was delayed due to rain
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55436 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:38 am to
quote:

You cannot equate his accent with a lack of intelligence.




Exactly. I'm guessing the majority of you posting here have some kind of noticeable accent, and I doubt anyone thinks that is a reflection of their intellect.
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25156 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:38 am to
quote:

i also agree that just because O's voice is goofy it doesn't mean that he's goofy.


While I admit the yaw yaw bit never stops being funny, you are right in that a strong accent isn't a sure and certain sign of being dim.

Actor G.D. Spradlin, for example, had one of the thickest twangs I've ever heard... and I grew up in the Deep South. He also was a self made millionaire who retired at the age of 40 and took up acting as a hobby. Quite successfully.

Coach O might not be Wiley E. Coyote, super genius, but he is a very good recruiter and a good motivator. If he surrounds himself with the right people he could do very well at LSU.

If not, well then whoever gets the job after him will at least have a team stocked with talent.

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