re: A look back at the Coach O hire

I agree. I am so glad that Alleva is gone but I think it was defensible at the time to decide if you can't get a coach who has already won a Natty (Jimbo) or the consensus hot up-and-comer (Herman) then take the package that O was at that time:
- a good recruiter who would:
- keep Aranda,
- bring in Kiffin and
- stay out of their way

Les had to go and I think this was a defensible decision at that time with what was known. Unfortunately, Kiffin took the head coaching gig at FIU and left O scrambling to get an OC and it's taken two years to right that. I am just pleasantly surprised at how he has learned and is showing to be a better head coach than I assumed he could be, based on what was known. But how long can he hold onto Brady and does he have someone lined up if/when he leaves?