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Why Did LSU Fire Blake Baker Two Years Ago?
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:41 pm
This whole thing is weird. You fired the guy two years ago. Then you turn around and make him the highest paid assistant coach ever. Did he learn and improve that much in two years at Missouri? It just seems very strange. Almost like a panic hire. So, was LSU wrong to fire him two years ago? Or are they wrong to rehire him now?
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Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:42 pm to captdalton
Response thread.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:46 pm to captdalton
He was our Linebacker coach and we hired a new DC who specialized in linebackers.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:47 pm to captdalton
When you hire a new head coach it's not uncommon to fire everyone and start over. Nothing more. Kelly wanted to rebuild the culture. Unfortunately Blake baker got caught in the crosshairs.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:48 pm to LSU2a
quote:He already knew that.
He was our Linebacker coach and we hired a new DC who specialized in linebackers.
This is a response thread.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:48 pm to captdalton
For the millionth time, Baker was our LB coach and our incoming DC also coached LBs.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:49 pm to That LSU Guy
OP is a raging pussy 
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:49 pm to captdalton
If you were genuinely well-informed and deeply interested in LSU football, you would recognize that he served as a linebacker coach and only assumed the role of defensive coordinator at Missouri. He wasn't retained when BK took charge, and now, following his success at Missouri, he has essentially demonstrated his competence as a defensive coordinator. It's not that challenging to comprehend.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:49 pm to captdalton
Shiney Hook. GFY
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:50 pm to captdalton
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Did he learn and improve that much in two years at Missouri?
Yeah
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:50 pm to TigerinKorea
Yes, this is a response thread to the Blake Baker hire. If you peruse the board there are a lot of them.
Do you know why they fired Blake Baker? It would have made sense if they had just completely cleaned house two years ago. But they didn’t. They kept a few folks, you would have to assume those they thought most highly of. Blake Baker was not one of those. So, why did they fire him? Were they wrong then? Has their opinion of him changed that much in two years? Or was it just the Ohio State game? Or something else?
Outside of Missouri and LSU fans, who knew who Missouri’s DC even was before all this? I admit I sure didn’t.
Do you know why they fired Blake Baker? It would have made sense if they had just completely cleaned house two years ago. But they didn’t. They kept a few folks, you would have to assume those they thought most highly of. Blake Baker was not one of those. So, why did they fire him? Were they wrong then? Has their opinion of him changed that much in two years? Or was it just the Ohio State game? Or something else?
Outside of Missouri and LSU fans, who knew who Missouri’s DC even was before all this? I admit I sure didn’t.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:53 pm to captdalton
Yes
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:53 pm to captdalton
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It would have made sense if they had just completely cleaned house two years ago. But they didn’t. They kept a few folks
They kept exactly 2 from the coaching staff all the way down to the secretaries.
If that’s not cleaning house I don’t know what is
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:55 pm to captdalton
He sucked way back then. That was TWO years ago!
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:56 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Don’t ask my wife what cleaning house is 
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:56 pm to captdalton
The DC was a LB coach. Idiot.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:56 pm to Hugh McElroy
You’ve sucked much longer than 2 years
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:57 pm to Hugh McElroy
Well Hugh thinks he’s a bad hire. Might need to bet the house on LSU going 15-0 next season 
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:58 pm to captdalton
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Why Did LSU Fire Blake Baker Two Years Ago?
Just to show that LSU can literally fire a man only to re-hire him at the same program.
How's that for a flex.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:58 pm to Draconian Sanctions
So House was also the linebacker’s coach? If that is the case, it seems like firing Blake Baker and replacing him with Matt House was a mistake.
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