LSU, as you may have heard, has a vacancy at head coach. While the university is in the very early stages of finding a permanent replacement as Ed Orgeron grabs his interim cap yet again and attempts to guide the Tigers through the remainder of the season, it appears the football program will take a swing at some of the biggest names in the college coaching business.
And no doubt colossally whiff on at least two of those prime targets.
From FootballScoop.com:
If Orgeron doesn’t earn the job, sources tell FootballScoop that LSU’s committee believes they can and should land a home run. “Their sights are on national championship caliber, proven head coaches,” a source with knowledge told FootballScoop this morning. During the initial, exploratory phase, we are told to expect LSU, through representatives, to gauge the interest of some of the top coaches in college football, including Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Bob Stoops, Jimbo Fisher and Tom Herman. Right or wrong, sources tell FootballScoop that LSU believes they will be able to attract a coach of that caliber.
I guess it wouldn’t hurt to do your due diligence and make a gargantuan swing for fences out of your reach, especially when you have one of the Top 10 jobs (Top Five?) in the country to dangle. But Saban, even given his history with the program, and Meyer?