As mentioned in last week’s masterpiece, sports writers love to feast on low-hanging fruit, thus the reason there were exactly 873,000 stories about Les Miles being the next coach at Michigan. Brilliant leap, gentleman! Thanks so much for connecting those dots for me. Quick, tell me the best three teams in the country…no f*&king way! LSU, OU, and USC…wow, I had UTEP, Indian Hills CC, and Parumph High School.
Here at the Journal, we laugh at the easy way out, we scoff at the paved highway, and we snicker at people wearing lederhosen! I will now tell you who is going to be the next coach at LSU. Here are the candidates:
Jeff Tedford, University of California – Tedford has done about as much as he can do at Cal. He has turned the program into a national power, and has proven that he can recruit against SC (see: Jackson, DeSean). However, he will never have the resources to compete consistently on a national level in Berkley. A move to Baton Rouge would seem to make sense for both Tedford and LSU (Tedford has done significantly more with his time in Oaktown than Saban did in East Lansing).
Chan Gailey, Georgia Institute of Technology – Some of this depends on how the Ramblin Wreck finishes the season, but if Gailey wins the ACC and finishes in the top 10, he is as good as gone. With his NFL pedigree, and his track record of recruiting and developing talent, Gailey will be high on the list.
Rich Rodriguez, Hee Haw University – Rodriguez turned down the Alabama job last year to stay in Morgantown, so this may be a bit of a stretch. Plus, with Pat White, Steve Slaton, and Noel Devine around for another go in 2008, Rich may say no thanks to the folks from LSU. However, the talent stockpile in Baton Rouge (unlike at Alabama, he would be able to compete for a national championship immediately) and the money that SEC schools throw at coaches may prove to be too difficult to pass up.
Other possible candidates: Jim Leavitt, South Florida and Greg Schiano, Rutgers.
I predict that either Tedford or Gailey will be the next man to lead the Bayou Bengals. LSU has gone with college head coaches with each of their previous two hires (with damn good results), thus I would be shocked if they deviated from this path.
Here at the Journal, we laugh at the easy way out, we scoff at the paved highway, and we snicker at people wearing lederhosen! I will now tell you who is going to be the next coach at LSU. Here are the candidates:
Jeff Tedford, University of California – Tedford has done about as much as he can do at Cal. He has turned the program into a national power, and has proven that he can recruit against SC (see: Jackson, DeSean). However, he will never have the resources to compete consistently on a national level in Berkley. A move to Baton Rouge would seem to make sense for both Tedford and LSU (Tedford has done significantly more with his time in Oaktown than Saban did in East Lansing).
Chan Gailey, Georgia Institute of Technology – Some of this depends on how the Ramblin Wreck finishes the season, but if Gailey wins the ACC and finishes in the top 10, he is as good as gone. With his NFL pedigree, and his track record of recruiting and developing talent, Gailey will be high on the list.
Rich Rodriguez, Hee Haw University – Rodriguez turned down the Alabama job last year to stay in Morgantown, so this may be a bit of a stretch. Plus, with Pat White, Steve Slaton, and Noel Devine around for another go in 2008, Rich may say no thanks to the folks from LSU. However, the talent stockpile in Baton Rouge (unlike at Alabama, he would be able to compete for a national championship immediately) and the money that SEC schools throw at coaches may prove to be too difficult to pass up.
Other possible candidates: Jim Leavitt, South Florida and Greg Schiano, Rutgers.
I predict that either Tedford or Gailey will be the next man to lead the Bayou Bengals. LSU has gone with college head coaches with each of their previous two hires (with damn good results), thus I would be shocked if they deviated from this path.
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