Kirk Herbstreit hasn’t held back on his criticism of LSU’s football program this season. Now, he is offering up a remedy.

LSU and head coach Ed Orgeron came to a “mutual seperation” last week that had been in the works for quite some time. Orgeron has repeatedly been targeted by reporters on social media that questioned his lack of a professional approach since LSU won a national title and a 15-0 record.

“I’ve said it all year,” Herbstreit said on College GameDay. “It’s not just wins and losses for me. It’s the attitude of this football team since 2019. Since the cigars with (former LSU quarterback) Joe Burrow and they left that stadium that night. It’s not been the same. They lost their focus on team. They lost their focus on the pride of that state.

“Whoever (LSU athletic director) Scott Woodward hires, they need to go work on bringing the purple and gold, Tiger Stadium, Death Valley — playing for that LSU brand — back. Forget national championships. Just play for the love of the game. Bring kids in that aren’t worried about playing in the NFL. Of course, that’s a goal, but that’s not the primary goal. And I feel like these last 2 years all of that success in 2019 and all those guys going to the NFL and the coordinators leaving to go elsewhere, they lost their fastball. They lost their laser focus. … LSU’s always had prize.”

LSU travels to play Ole Miss at 3:30 today.