Say what you will about Ed Orgeron, the man is comfortable in his own skin.
Of course, receiving a $17 million buyout helps.
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Today, in doing it for the kids
Pearls of wisdom from Coach O:
“First of all the game is changing. And if you want to have success, you better change,” Orgeron said. “Number one, you’ve got to find a way to compete at the highest level. And now it’s different, it’s a different lay of the land. But, my own personal opinion, they don’t care about it but I will say it anyway: They have to govern it. There’s got to be something, and I think the players would appreciate it.
“The players that get way too much money in the beginning may not be as hungry, and maybe not in the end get all that he needs to get. So, I think the players will learn to appreciate it, that you’ve got to earn things. I’m not against them getting money, but I think there needs to be some kind of governing.”
… Orgeron said that he’s always been in favor of graduate transfers, but expressed hesitation about the effects the transfer portal and immediate eligibility have had on the sport.
“It’s like free agency—it’s moving too fast,” Orgeron said. “For me, I was all for the graduate transfer portal. I think once you’ve graduated, hey, you’ve got a shot, go take another shot. It was good for Joe, thank God we had him for two years. But I think this transferring, hopping from school to school, especially within the conference and within your division is a little tough. You wear one uniform, the next day you’re wearing your rival’s.”
No doubt that sounds more profound in the original Orgeron-ese, but, still, it’s a beautiful encapsulation of the “fine for me, but not for thee” mindset that passes for wisdom among a certain set of college head coaches. It’s for the best, right? After all, the players would appreciate it.
“I competed.”
Say what you will about Coach O, but he’s quite the card, as this story demonstrates.
I assume he still wants another crack at coaching, so it would have to wait, but if he ever were to sit down and do a tell-all, I imagine it would be a helluva story. (Especially the audiobook version.)
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How did we get here, anyway?
Keen, piercing analysis from the head coach of the team currently mired in last place in the SEC West:
One day, we’re either going to look back at LSU’s 2019 natty — less than two years ago! — as an utterly inexplicable occurrence, or else athletic directors of major college football powers are going to weaponize Orgeron’s fleeting, improbable success against their head coaches with a “if Coach O could win a national championship, how come you can’t?”. Or both, maybe.
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Is ‘Bama man enough?
Alabama knocked off LSU on Saturday in a much closer game than most expected. Afterward, Ed Orgeron didn’t come away thinking that Nick Saban’s club is the powerhouse that it usually is.
The Tigers lost 20–14, which was an improvement from the 55–17 loss in 2020. That last meeting served as a revenge game after the Tigers knocked off the Tide and rolled through the rest of the SEC en route to a national championship in ’19.
“I felt we were a better team than them,” Orgeron, who will not be back with the team in 2022, said. “I don’t know if they played to their peak performance or not, but I felt we matched up pretty good.
“I can’t judge how good they are,” he added. “They aren’t as good as they were in the past. They might be the best team in the country; I don’t know. But they weren’t that night.”
I wonder if anyone will be saying that after the SECCG. I sure hope so.
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You know how to *take* the reservation, you just don’t know how to *hold* the reservation.
It may be time to re-evaluate Coach O’s recruiting prowess.
That’s a five-star missing list if I’ve ever seen one.
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Yaw yaw yaw yaw yaw yaw naw footbaw
LSU Chizik’s Coach O:
It’s an attractive job, so I’m sure we’ll see all sorts of names circulate for the next few months. And Orgeron recruits well enough he can find employment somewhere else if he wants.
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Signs of normalcy, part two
Trash talking is back, with a vengeance.
That one left a mark. And deservedly so.
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A man with his finger on the pulse of the offense
This is why they pay Coach O the big bucks.
Think I woulda stuck to a simple “yaw, yaw, yaw, yaw, footbaw”, myself.
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TFW you forget to bring your PR person to SEC Media Days
Of all the answers in the world, this is certainly one of them.
… Late last month, Orgeron was added as a defendant to a Title IX lawsuit claiming he failed to report a rape allegation against former running back Derrius Guice.
When that topic came up, Orgeron said, “That’s something I’m not going to comment on. It’s an ongoing investigation, and I’m not going to comment on any of that. Thanks for asking, though.”
Gosh, I’m sure that will settle things. Best of luck with that approach in your deposition, fella.
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