Orgeron already paying dividends for LSU

[Jaxcat]

Coach O joined their staff very recently and has already gotten a 5* DT committed to Tx Tech to schedule an official visit to Baton Rouge. In addition, a 5* WR is also scheduled for a visit .

While Coach O was a disaster as a HC, if Stoops had snapped him up at UK during his last 2-3 years, I believe 1) our talent level would have been noticeably better and 2) our DL would have been even better coached (Stewart seems like a pretty good DL coach to but I think Coach O is better). Certainly glad Stein is on board and seems to have the program trending upward, but the last few years of Stoops' tenure were painful and retreads like Wolford and his brother on the staff did not move the needle for recruiting. If he'd thrown $2M at Coach O as co-DC and NT/DT position coach, I think Stoops may have righted the ship and survived to go out on his own terms. And, oh yeah, won more football games.

Again, I'm very happy we have Stein. But, suffering through the down years late in Stoops career was very disheartening. Not sure why Stoops didn't actively pursue Coach O, but Kiffin sure put him to good use immediately.

[Matt Dillon]

Coach O joined their staff very recently and has already gotten a 5* DT committed to Tx Tech to schedule an official visit to Baton Rouge. In addition, a 5* WR is also scheduled for a visit .

While Coach O was a disaster as a HC, if Stoops had snapped him up at UK during his last 2-3 years, I believe 1) our talent level would have been noticeably better and 2) our DL would have been even better coached (Stewart seems like a pretty good DL coach to but I think Coach O is better). Certainly glad Stein is on board and seems to have the program trending upward, but the last few years of Stoops' tenure were painful and retreads like Wolford and his brother on the staff did not move the needle for recruiting. If he'd thrown $2M at Coach O as co-DC and NT/DT position coach, I think Stoops may have righted the ship and survived to go out on his own terms. And, oh yeah, won more football games.

Again, I'm very happy we have Stein. But, suffering through the down years late in Stoops career was very disheartening. Not sure why Stoops didn't actively pursue Coach O, but Kiffin sure put him to good use immediately.

I'd been ready for coach Stoops to leave for a couple of seasons so I'm certainly not making excuses for him, but I wonder if his divorce and then the death of his mother didn't sap his enthusiasm. He just seemed to be going through the motions the last couple of seasons.