2010 Football Coaching Candidates

[Hammer58]

_ Hudspeth, Harper or Leavitt.

Orgeron would be so off the beaten path it isn't even funny. It would be hilarious to see him work with this school. Coming off the field after 3 and out under Rickey would be a whole lot different under Ed.

Rickey: (Hand to the helmet - pat, pat) "Good effort son... try to move only after the snap next time... I know you're sore... I'm sorry... get someone to towel your forehead and squirt some cold sweet Gatorade in your parched mouth. Your mom is really sweet and your dad is a pleasure to talk to. Just go on over and sit with your loyal and loving teammates... love you... you're such a sweet little guy."

Ed: (Hand to the helmet - Crack!) "Get off my bleeping field you big fat maggot! I should beat you like a bleeping bad habit you babified little momma's boy! Wake up! I didn't hit you that hard you little bleeping son of a bleep! Drag this tub of bleep out of my sight!" (In an incoherent accent of course) _

I think I might like being off the beaten path for a change. I'm tired of this well worn path we've been on.

[ULGrad@HOU]

_ Why would you disqualify Hudspeth? Just curious, because he was super successful at all levels. As a HC he was 66-21 at North Alabama so he fits that criteria. Just curious that's all. I know why folks don't want Coach O and JC Harper. _

I think he would be somewhat too risky of a choice. Sure, he had success as a head coach for North Alabama, but they are div II and that is far from FBS. If we go for a coach that has head coaching experience, I think at least FCS is needed. Even in FCS though, there isn't anyone that really stands out being super successful.

[ULtimateCajun]

Please not Orgeron!


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[bballholic]

Please not Orgeron!


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Agreed, let's not embarrass the University like Ole Miss did by hiring Bebe.




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[BrockMeaux]

_ Please not Orgeron!


igeaux.mobi _

I'm not completely behind the idea of Orgeron because of the limited success he had at Ole Miss and because of the lack of loyalty he showed the Saints by leaving after only a year (and Tennessee...basically, would he do it to us?), but I'd give him a chance if he were hired. I think that his recruiting ability would up our level of talent, and since we're not in the SEC chances are good that he could succeed with good players and, at worst, average coaching.

[Big Poppa]

Jeff Monken is in his first year at Ga So as of last week he was below .500. If he gets job offer it will be completly on the basis that he and Scott Farmer are good friends not what he is doing at Ga So

[gatadotcom]

There isn't an AD or college President in America stupid enough to hire Ed Orgeron. He's dragging along more baggage than all the carousels combined at Chicago's O'Hare and Atlanta's Hartsfield airports.

[Turbine]

_ There isn't an AD or college President in America stupid enough to hire Ed Orgeron. He's dragging along more baggage than all the carousels combined at Chicago's O'Hare and Atlanta's Hartsfield airports. _

I want a coach with a million dollar potential and a $175,000 salary.

The salary is year one base with attainable incentives. Incentives plus salary to peak at $500,000 in year three.

A head coach who has recruited with no budget.

A coach who has had more than two years of JC experience to show he can turn a program around in two years because that is what a JC coach has to do every two years.

If he has that in his background the next stop would be a successful stint at an FCS or DII school.

[RagnCajunRebel]

I'm torn on Coach O, but I lean towards no. His recruiting ability is largely a myth. At Ole Miss, he had some great classes on NSD. However if you look at the rankings when the season started, you'd see that most of the big star recruits never made it on campus.

Even worse, many of the ones that did make it in didn't last long. They either flunked out or quit. Attrition was terrible. In his last class, he didnt even sign a full class, and many of the ones he did sign didn't make the grades. It was like self imposed probation.

He did a good job of scouting the DL, but not so much anywhere else. I can get th actual numbers if anyone is interested, but his recruiting, by and large, wasn't much better than Houston Nutt's.

He does have energy, but it takes more than that. He lost his teams with stupid crap. During a lightning delay, he had his team doing board drills and full contact. We ended up wearing down and losing to Wake Forest because WR ran out of gas. Towards the end, his players quit on him.

He didn't get a great start because there were a lot of folks who wanted to see him fail. But he didnt do himself any favors, either. I just don't think it would be the best thing for the Cajuns.

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[ULtimateCajun]

What scares me is that I keep hearing Orgeron is #1 on the list and I have no idea why. This is a very pivotal hire for this program, I'd rather not see this guy get the job.


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