re: Why are LSU fans so nervous about Napier?

I was nervous we were going to hire him.

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G5 HCs haven't panned out at major programs in a long time. Tom Herman, Scott Frost, Mike Norvell, Charlie Strong, Kevin Sumlin, Jim McElwain, etc. All those guys did more at their G5 programs than Napier has. ULL hasn't even won an NY6 like most of those guys did.

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Looks good to me except I've got:

Fisher - okay hire
Napier - terrible hire
Kiffin - good hire

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I would be okay with Jimbo. Not in my top 3 realistic candidates but we could do a lot worse.

I wouldn't be thrilled with BoB or Tucker, but would somewhat be able to muster some optimism if that was the floor. Would still consider it an upgrade over existing staff.

Napier is the one I would be in melt over.

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Napier would be a terrible hire. G5 head coaches haven't panned out at major programs in a while. See: Tom Herman, Mike Norvell, Charlie Strong, Jim McElwain, Butch Jones, Kevin Sumlin, Scott Frost, etc. Basically every single one of those guys did more at their G5 than ULL has. ULL hasn't even won a NY6 or gotten very high in the rankings. He also lost to a bad Texas team in week 1 this year as Texas was breaking in their new staff.

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Napier lost to Texas pretty handily in week 1 in their new staff's first game. If we hire Napier, you'll know that we whiffed on at least 10 candidates and LSU is far from an elite program

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I'm stoked you guys settled for him though