SEC Extra Points with Barrett Sallee: How Real Are Jimbo Fisher to LSU Rumors?
By Barrett Sallee , SEC Football Lead Writer Nov 25, 2015
The coaching silly season has cranked up to high gear over the last few weeks, despite the fact that there's still a rather important rivalry weekend looming in college football.
The most surprising development of the coaching carousel so far has been the news, according to Scott Rabalais of the Advocate, that LSU appears to be on the verge of letting go of head coach Les Miles—who's about to wrap up his 11th season in Baton Rouge.
Who's going to replace him?
Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher has been a hot name around the water cooler. Scott Roussel of FootballScoop.com joined me and Brad Hopkins on the B/R Afternoon Drive on SiriusXM Bleacher Report Radio channel 83 on Tuesday, and he commented on the validity of those rumors.
"I think 100 percent, " said Roussel. "There's no way that LSU would be moving forward with this discussion unless they were exceptionally confident that they had their next guy. There's been no discussion of anybody other than Jimbo Fisher as I understand it. It's my full belief, if they pull the trigger and move Les out, that Jimbo will be the next coach at LSU."
Color me shocked.
Jimbo has an easier path to the College Football Playoff at Florida State, is in a better recruiting state than LSU (although Louisiana is still loaded with talent) and has an incredibly young team that's still likely to hit double-digit wins in what's clearly a "rebuilding year."
Why go to LSU, where he would be charged with a similar rebuilding effort in a tougher neighborhood?
Apparently it's in the works or, at the very least, being discussed.
Fisher at LSU would be a home run hire as a replacement for the "Mad Hatter."
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