re: Joe Alleva sets the record straight about LSU's coaching search in 2016

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But I respect him for knowing his financial limitations and walking away from Fishers price tag.

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The Florida state football program was, and still is, in a death spiral. It made absolutely no sense to pay jimbo that money considering the circumstances.

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Look at it in terms of overall staff budget rather than salary of the Head Coach. LSU rightly refused to pay Saban -type long term money for Jimbo Fisher. And they refused to get into a bidding war over Herman . Both for the simple reason that their backup strategy was to hire Coach O on the cheap and then allow him to pay coordinators the highest salaries in the country, and hire an army of analysts and other support staff. Remember, the issue at LSU than and always was primarily QB play and offensive system stagnation- and the OC can fix that as easily as a head coach. And at that moment Kiffin was all in with Orgeron provided he didn’t get a head gig.

Bottom line -LSU was not going to overpay for a Coach when they had Coach O in the pocket. And all three schools look like they actually made the correct hire for their culture as all are on the upswing.LSU from a program standpoint is in our best position ever possibly with recruiting, facilities, branding, etc. I’d say look at the records of all three at the end of the this season and again at the end of next season and see which of the three made the best hire. I wouldn’t bet against Orgeron either because this is IT for him. This IS his legacy- there is no next stop. This is his state, his people.

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Not disagreeing with any or this. Just think it was a bad look overall for the program and it made us look weak in our efforts. I don't want LSU thought of as the little brother to anyone. If O was Alleva's guy why even flirt with Herman. Say he is your guy and be the AD. That's all I'm not an O hater and want him to bring this team to glory and you know what to give the man credit he has improved every year he's had the full job and continues to do so.

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“I was rolling, baby, playing Born on the Bayou, windows open,” Orgeron says. “I get there at 7:29. Joe is sitting in front of the Tiger (statue), right there. He says, ‘Well, you want the job or not?’ I took him and bear hugged him and he said, ‘Put me down, you big son of a gun!’”

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I'm sorry, but I gotta say I love this quote.

Don't know about the rest of the story, but I can't help but believe this part is 100% the way it went down. Say what you want about his coaching acumen (and as an AU fan I can't say shite) but you gotta love a guy who loves what he does and where he's doing it as much as this.

I never wanted jimbo. During his tenure at Florida state both Miami and Florida were down. Not to mention Georgia was down as well. He had the recruiting grounds to himself. And he managed one championship. A championship with a quarterback with incredibly questionable ethics whom grew up in nick saban’s back yard, and never got an offer from him. A championship against a luck driven Auburn team who was quarterbacked by a safety. And he barely beat them. The most important reason for not hiring jimbo was how he fared against bama in the opening game a few years ago. That was the most lopsided game I’ve ever seen. Florida state looked like a sun belt team. But that was jimbo’s team. A team he’d spent years building. It was his and his alone, so the excuse for that embarrassing loss, and the subsequent destruction of the once proud Florida State football program fall on jimbo’s shoulders alone.

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I don’t know why that’s funny...y’all paid that enormous contract to a coach who was running FSU into the ground...without a bidding war...

Disclaimer: I’m a Jimbo fan, but I thought the only reason he got that number was to keep us from getting him. If he got that without other options it’s just stupid.

I may be in the LSU message board minority, but I wanted nothing to do with Fisher. 2015 or 2016. No thanks.

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There's some SERIOUS revisionist history and goaltending here.

What was Holgerson's off the field trouble referenced in the article?

Aleva wasn't the villain Nega O's made him to be
He got us Will Wade
Coach is one of us

Our coaching search was a hot mess. It was completely gutless in my opinion. One of the reasons we will never compete for national championships on a consistent basis. Glad to have Coach O but this was a horrendous way to hire a head coach.