Alabama Football: Ed Orgeron will not visit Bryant-Denny again
By Ronald Evans
‘We coming’ will not mean Ed Orgeron will coach in another Alabama Football game vs. LSU. An infamous proclamation made by Orgeron in 2017 applied specifically to LSU taking down the Alabama Football program.
Briefly, it worked, as one magical LSU season created a National Championship. Now, 21 months later, Ed Orgeron will not finish his second LSU season after the championship. Mighty and fallen are two words that come to mind but only one is accurate for Coach O.
How bad is it in Baton Rouge and across Cajun Country?
BREAKING:
— Nick Dias (@TheNickDias) October 13, 2021
Ed Orgeron officially sold his soul to the devil in 2019 #LSU https://t.co/868muZJq7Y
I think Ricks is out because they know Ed Orgeron is gone. Players are quitting on the season. But honestly the way our program looks right now I don’t blame them.
— Blake Noell (@blake_noell) October 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/FletcherWDSU/status/1447022002301284355
The new hot name on the LSU wish list is Jon Gruden. What many LSU fans are saying is Gruden or Kiffin can be the only choices because only they can land QB recruit Arch Manning. Manning does not list LSU as one of his favorites.
Even if LSU has no chance of landing Manning, there is no sound reason for sticking with Orgeron until the end of the season. For the program, sooner is far better than later. Either way, the Bengal Tigers will likely stumble to 4-8 by the end of the regular season. That is ‘Gene Chizik, two seasons after a National Championship’ territory.
Ed Orgeron had not achieved much success as a head coach when LSU hired him. In fairness to LSU, his head coaching record at Ole Miss and Southern Cal was 16-27, compared to Chizik’s 5-19 head coaching record when Auburn hired him.
Is there a lesson to be learned by other schools? Maybe it is, a single National Championship can mislead, and is not a good predictor of future success. On a less calamitous scale, the approach has not worked in Chapel Hill either.
Last week Death Valley Voice had already given up on Coach O and suggesting,
"If the Tigers lose to Kentucky, that’s when Orgeron should go. LSU’s schedule after the Kentucky game is extremely tough. The Tigers get Florida, Ole Miss, Alabama, and Arkansas after the Kentucky matchup. That’s a tough stretch that could result in LSU entering the final weeks of the season with a 3-7 record. That’s much easier to stomach if LSU is in the midst of a coaching transition."
Next. Nick Saban might want to consider .... dark
Never say never – but Ed Orgeron will not be a participant in the Alabama Football Coach Career Reclamation program operated by Nick Saban.