Details emerge of how LSU's hiring of Ed Orgeron went down
On Saturday morning, it was reported that interim coach Ed Orgeron landed the full-time job at LSU.
Coach O beat out Houston’s Tom Herman, who will likely land the job at Texas if and when Charlie Strong is fired.
The Advocate’s Ross Dellenger said LSU officials received an early-morning call from Herman that led them to hire Coach O:
#LSU leaders worked thru the night.
Tom Herman called at 5 a.m. leaning #Texas. Tigers made their decision: O.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) November 26, 2016
Even with Herman’s indecisiveness, Coach O apparently had the support of LSU administrators after a Friday meeting:
Ed Orgeron "blew away" #LSU decision-makers in a meeting Friday.
He brought with him a massive binder detailing long-term plans.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) November 26, 2016
After reportedly offering Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher $6.8 million per year to come to Baton Rouge, Orgeron will be a bargain.
With a salary around $3 million, the Tigers will have money to spend on top assistants:
#LSU will nail down and finalize Orgeron's contract this AM (expected around $3M/year)
He will go after Lane Kiffin for his OC position.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) November 26, 2016
If the Tigers want to lure Lane Kiffin away from Alabama, they’ll likely have to wait. The Crimson Tide have as many as four games remaining on their 2016 schedule.
There’s no way LSU out-bids Alabama for Kiffin. And I can’t imagine why Kiffin would take a lateral move away from the recruits and players he’s already developing and for less money. Where’s the upside for Kiffin to go to LSU?
Why do you think LSU won’t outbid AL?
Since Coach O is only getting $3 mill, maybe LSU can tack the rest of that $6.8 mill onto what they were offering Fisher onto the offer for Kiffin. So any extra $3.8 mill for sh!ts n giggles.
of* what they were offering Fisher
So you think they will pay the OC more than the head coach?
Hey, nobody forced Coach O to sign the dotted line. He took the 3 mill and ran with it. But, no. I don’t think they will pay the OC more than the HC. They’ll spread it out over a few guys I’m sure.
Miffed isn’t staying at Bama anyway. Bama decided to not extend his contract and brought in Sark….Bama had already decided to let Kiffin go prior to any of this…
Kiffin*
I think that is correct. I think Kiffin’s contract ends in Feb. He and Orgeron are friends. Maybe that helps. Of course, Miles and Cameron were friends, and that didn’t work out so well.
Hiring your friend isn’t necessarily a good thing….What you don’t want is both O and Kiffin trying to be the HC……. Being close friends can blur the line
Why can’t LSU outbid Alabama for Kiffin?
Gee golly, because Alabama’s football program prints money, and I haven’t noticed the governor of Alabama threatening to cancel football season because of budgetary concerns for the state.
Kiffin would be taking a huge step back to join an inferior program to work for a guy that has *worked for him* several times previously. He’d be leaving Jalen Hurts and a stable of top talent (that he helped recruit) to join a program that hasn’t had a good season since 2011. Not only that, but he’d certainly never be considered as a Saban successor if he leaves Alabama for LSU and Coach No.
kiffin would never be the guy at Bama….. Also Bama has made no effort to keep him. They are letting his contract run out for a reason….
Nothing is gonna change in the SEC until Saban tires of playing with the rest of us, and O is more fun than a barrel of monkeys on the other 364 days of the year. While the rest of the SEC also rans are sweating bullets, we are going to be having a blast down on the bayou. It’s just a game. Might as well have fun with it.
Basically, everyone else turned down LSU, so Ed was all that was left