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College Football 2016 Week Four - Off-Season Thread - tOSU wins it all
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Unlikely.
Louisiana produces an insane amount of high school football talent. And, more importantly, LSU is the only major FBS program in the state, so if kids want to stay home and play in front of their family and friends, LSU is the only option.
LSU also has a ridiculous amount of big money support, second only to maybe Texas and Alabama. They will give a blank check to whomever they want and will probably get them.
I'm guessing the top two options for LSU at this point are Tom Herman and Jimbo Fisher.
Haloid1177
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FelixOrion
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guys
what if
Art Briles
what if
Art Briles
Haloid1177
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We'll see...
GoldenEye 007
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Billy Embody
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Multiple sources have told @LSUonScout that #LSU has reached out to Tom Herman and Art Briles through their agents.
Don't think it is delusional at all for them to get Herman. He could do a lot of damage there if he is as good as people think. Jimbo is a pipe dream unless he is unhappy at Tallahassee for some reason.
GoldenEye 007
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Why, besides money, would Herman consider leaving the situation at UH to go into Saban's shadow at LSU with an irrational fanbase? Especially with UT starting to fall back to reality this season.
Haloid1177
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Fuck you LSU. Fuck you.
peteykirch
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LSU should go after Petrino.
However I see them going after Hermann, and Houston brings back Briles
However I see them going after Hermann, and Houston brings back Briles
peteykirch
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That belief doesn't work for Rutgers...and in NJ, Rutgers is the only 1A school.
of course
LSU is easily one of the top 5 jobs in the country. Herman would be getting a massive raise, and Jimbo still has ties to the state and to people in LSU's athletic department.
If I had to put money down on a hire, I would bet that LSU ends up with either Herman or Fisher.
FelixOrion
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East Coast schools are a lot closer to each other.
Ninja Scooter
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Someone get Les a real estate agent Newport Coast.
chaosblade
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Briles to LSU then? Lmao.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
For some reason, I would love to see scumbag Briles waltz into the SEC and tear shit up. Not sure why, though.
I don't see what Jimbo has to gain from taking the job.
Haloid1177
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I agree with the top 5 jobs bit, but I just can't rationalize a reason for Jimbo to leave FSU for us.
How is it delusion. They were in talks with fisher before state gave him a bonus
From all of the reports I've read, Jimbo was ready to take the LSU job last November until LSU's president stepped in and made the decision to retain Miles.
For Jimbo, I think it would come down to what his heart wants. He spent years at LSU under Saban, won a national title there, and still has many good friends in Baton Rouge. He wouldn't have to compete with any other major program for the top talent in the state, and the SEC is undeniably a bigger stage for football than the ACC.
Still a lateral move, but given his history there, it wouldn't be surprising.
FloydtheFathead
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Man that would be funny
Holy shit.. let this happen.
Exactly this
Accept it.. Jimbo isn't coming.. Why leave and play in Saban's shadow for several years when you have an excellent situation in FSU especially since Florida is on the downswing at this moment and you can own your state and play an objectively easier schedule than in the SEC West.
They wouldn't be that stupid.. Would they? To deal with the PR nightmare of hiring him... Oof
We did warn you..
Absolutely nothing unless he's in love with the campus and always wanted to coach there. That's the only reason I think he'd leave.
Haloid1177
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Floyd pls
Lol Bama and A&M are both in the SECW, those two are close enough as well
Ask Rutgers how a talent rich state helps.
Googly Eyes Dog
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Sad to say, but it's gonna be Tom Herman. LSU wouldn't have fired Les halfway through the season if they didn't have a guy immediately next in line.
gg Houston. I hope you guys still make it to the Big XII.
gg Houston. I hope you guys still make it to the Big XII.
Ninja Scooter
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Not even sure why LSU fans would want Jimbo. Yeah they'll have better QB play and a better offense overall but you'll still have yearly ass whippings to Saban to look forward to.
timetokill
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Exactly what I was thinking
serenewarfare
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From this article
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...mbo-fisher-art-briles-bobby-petrino/91090844/
Of course take it with a grain of salt, but it is what's being said apparently.
Haloid1177
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Yes gimme Herman and all his grills.
It helps plenty. Imagine how a team without all the 4 and 5 stars would do under Miles (at times questionable) leadership.
Now if LSU botches this hire, A&M and Alabama will be very quick to swoop in and poach that talent, making it even harder for LSU to reach the top of the division.
As an A&M fan, my rankings would be:
Please Don't Hire (I want A&M to move up a spot):
Tom Herman
Jimbo Fisher
Please DO Hire (for A&M ascendancy):
Houston Nutt
Fran
Brian van Gorder
I obviously don't know, but I'd be very surprised if Herman was coaching anyone other than Texas next year.
GoldenEye 007
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If that was the case, LSU might as well have waited until the end of the season to make the move because Herman isn't going to be leaving in the middle of the season.
But they don't have a moron for an AD
Googly Eyes Dog
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Bold prediction: whoever LSU hires to replace Les Miles will be fired by the end of the season, too.
Different situation. USC was hammered by the NCAA after Carroll left and they are still trying to recover.
Their average level of play over the last few years has been just as much a product of those NCAA sanctions as it has been from poor coaching hires.
Haloid1177
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serenewarfare
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As both an LSU and FSU fan, I'm in this weird position where I both want and don't want Jimbo to leave. Really I just want LSU to get Herman. Then everyone wins.
I don't know. I think Orgeron is the individual favorite to keep the job into next year.
Bo is a former LSU assistant and he would be cheap. I wouldn't start laughing.
Sounds like every person when a successful coach leaves/is fired. Only time it has worked out for someone recently is OSU. And there was a lot of shit that happened for them to luck into Urbs. But that is really all it is. A crapshoot with a ton of luck involved.
breakYODAy
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FSU fan here. I'm biased, but I think Jimbo would crazy to take the lateral move to LSU. While he's a very good coach, Saban will still beat LSU consistently until he retires. On top of that, Jimbo has complete autonomy now under the new university president Thrasher.
I think it's more likely to see a guy like Herman take another step up the coaching ladder by taking this job.
I think it's more likely to see a guy like Herman take another step up the coaching ladder by taking this job.
Haloid1177
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He's in Florida now though? Once he left U-High I never expected him to go to LSU.
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