While he didn't set the world on fire at Nebraska as a head coach, he was better than both his predecessor and his successor, not that it matters, because he's a superb DC.
He has been a head coach since his success as a DC....not sure that qualifies as a retread.
I thought that was the story I heard, he went down a level to keep the money coming in from his Nebraska contract. I find it hard to believe that he stayed at YSU for 4 years because there were no D1 jobs interested in him.
He was still getting a check from Nebraska, and it was an opportunity to come home, help his brother out and reboot his image . Now that I live in the Youngstown area, I follow the program fairly closely.
You just got greedy
Orgeron success at LSU >>>>>>>> Weis at ND
He was co-coordinator for the national champion runner up Oklahoma in 2004. He was coordinator for three straight 2-loss, top five LSU teams from 2005-07. The last one won the national championship. After a good but not great performance at Nebraska as a head coach, this is the first time he's been a DC since he was a national championship winning DC.
The whole winning the national championship with arguably the most dominant season in college football history. Weis got his big extension for losing a close game to USC after he had already lost a close game to MSU that season.
However, an awful lot of the credit for the dominant season has been given to Joe Brady who left and a QB that had one of the best seasons a QB has ever had in the history of collage football. The OC that stayed was the same OC they had the season before Joe Brady and the offense wasn't great.
I just think it is an awful lot of money to give to a guy who has a history of being a good coach but not a great coach.
the comparison to Weis does not. 15-0 dominant national champions vs. 4-2 in his first season at ND. Maybe Orgeron will be able to continue the success like Saban or Swinney. Maybe he won't. But he's already in another universe from Weis.
Also, they're recruiting like gangbusters, and Orgeron just needs to keep the ship pointed straight.
Adding Pelini as DC is a big get.