Ed Orgeron, with LSU going well, to stay as coach

As Yahoo Sports reported in interviews with players, the locker room wants Coach Orgeron.badly.

Orgeron was Kiffin’s defensive line coach at Tennessee and at Southern Cal before serving as the Trojans’ interim coach in 2013 – taking over when Kiffin was famously fired on the LAX tarmac. “I wish I could point the finger at what went wrong and why we lost the games, but the point is, we didn’t play as well as we needed to on the back stretch”. Of course, Alabama’s Nick Saban also has former USC coach Steve Sarkisian working as an analyst and could simply slide Sark into the job should Lane Kiffin decamp for Baton Rouge.

“He’s going to assemble the finest group of assistant coaches in the country”, Alleva said, acknowledging there would be critics.

Orgeron’s predecessor Les Miles, who had coached LSU since 2005; left the school with a 114-34 overall record and a national title won in 2007. The LaFourche Parish native finally has his dream job, but he says it’s not about him, it’s about the players and doesn’t plan to let the state of Louisiana down. “I was going very fast”, Orgeron said.

Orgeron has insisted that he learned from his mistakes as a first-time coach and has worked to correct them, which he has shown in relatively successful interim stints in Los Angeles and Baton Rouge.

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“I haven’t. My head’s been on I miss him”, Guice said.

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“It’s a very hard day for me, my family and all of the people affected by this decision”.

LSU’s loss to Alabama was its sixth in a row. “That’s the nature of the beast”. I thought about it, thought about it.

He brought with him a massive binder detailing long-term plans. We have to get players that are very similar to the benchmark of this conference.

This isn’t a plea for the coaching carousel to end, or for schools to not look for the best person to lead their programs or even coaches to do what they have to do and should do for their families and their own careers. We have to have the mindset that we can go out and beat those guys. There’s a couple of pieces missing. And no matter how many times he told us that, it still seemed to fall on deaf ears in the boss’s office. “We understand the benchmark”. There’s a chance the new LSU head coach might find himself on a shorter leash because of his brief head coaching history. I believed in everything he was saying. You have to have dual-threat quarterbacks that can run the ball and throw it.

Mom: I know you think that girl in your general studies class is a 10, and yes, she’s a attractive girl, but she’s not good for you. We still want to by physical football team.

Orgeron was defensive line coach for the Tigers before he was hired as interim head coach.

LSU has lost just two of its 20 commitments for the 2017 recruiting class since Les Miles was sacked. The Tigers averaged 264.6 rushing yards per game in seven games under Orgeron.

OR served as the Tigers recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach prior to his promotion as interim coach, and he has continued to build relationships with top prospects as he transitioned into a new role four games into the season. I said, yes sir. “I know how he is”. He also has support from a lot of recruits, and will do going forward. When I went to USC, I delegated authority. LSU reportedly met with Orgeron on Friday to discuss, among other things, terms and potential coaching staff. “He got me to come there”.

First Athletic Director Joe Alleva when he went against numerous fans and seemingly all of the players choice when he chose to reach out to Tom Herman about being the Tigers next head coach.

He starred in football, basketball and track at South Lafourche High in Galliano, La. Before Orgeron retired, wife Kelly offered a prediction.

The decision clears the path for Herman to Texas to become a no-brainer for all involved in what could be a relatively quiet coaching carousel with two prominent jobs presumably being filled quickly, one from within.

Orgeron is essentially the recruiting mayor in the state of Louisiana and had ties in Texas as well. “The names he presented me, I feel like he’s going to be able to come through with 90 percent of them”.