Ed Orgeron to reportedly interview NFL assistant with Louisiana history for DC position
As LSU coach Ed Orgeron moves on in his search for a defensive coordinator to replace Bo Pelini, he has once again looked to the NFL.
Daronte Jones, the defensive backs coach with the Minnesota Vikings, will in fact interview for the job, according to Adam Rittenberg of ESPN. Jones has coached DBs at Wisconsin, Hawaii and UCLA, as well as with the Bengals and Dolphins, and in the CFL. Jones also coached at two Louisiana high schools, Jeanerette (2004) and Franklin (2003). He also spent the 2002 season coaching safeties at Nicholls State.
Orgeron has appeared to be close to a hire for several weeks after he first zeroed in on Cincinnati defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman, but he ultimately left Cincinnati for the same position at Notre Dame.
Then Orgeron moved to New Orleans Saints defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen, who coached with Orgeron at Ole Miss, and played for the LSU coach when Orgeron was an assistant at Southern Cal. He was called a “primary candidate” by Orgeron on a Baton Rouge radio show Tuesday morning. But Nielsen’s move to LSU hit a snag because of his contract with the Saints, as it reportedly didn’t allow him to leave for a college job.
Orgeron has repeatedly said that he’s looking for the right fit for the position, so we’ll see if Jones is that coach.
Sounds like a great hire for a DB coach.
Interviewing a DB coach for the DC job, when arguably the best DB coach in college football is already in the building?
I don’t get it. Unless Corey just doesn’t want it, he has paid his dues and is the ultimate loyal Tiger.
That must be the case. I’m beginning to think Raymond just doesn’t want it.
So this is what desperation looks like.
If LSU is lucky and I mean really lucky. This guy will take the job and spare Coach Whiteboots and this fanbase further humiliation.
What is it about YawYaw that keeps guys worth having away from LSU? That’s almost a rhetorical question. I mean we all kinda know but if it were simply about not being a good coach then someone would’ve popped up by now.
Dabo Sweeney for instance isn’t really known as an X’s and O’s guy but bright football minds still want to work for him. No, it’s deeper than that and we all know it. Dacoacheaux simply isn’t thought of as a self confident or bright guy and he’s been in the business long enough to have firmly developed that reputation.
Unlike someone like Nick Saban, Farmer Fran doesn’t have the ego strength to hire Coaches who are willing to challenge him. Dacoacheaux is very insecure like that. He feels threatened by guys who know what they’re doing. That’s why he glommed onto Steev Inzminguh for so long. Inzminguh wasn’t sought after as a coach, wasn’t good at his job and he was the “yes man” Whiteboots needed. He perfectly fit the Yawyaw coaching profile.
Well if this new “candidate” isn’t using Dacoacheaux to parlay a better deal like the ones before him, well we all know he’ll be a Whiteboots “yes man” too.
Deep down, all of you know everything about this is good for the Alabama Crimson Tide. I hate that for you. I really do.
Double your dosage.
His last 20 posts are about LSU. He’s a mess.