LSU may be on a path they can’t recover from
Look around the SEC West. Alabama is thriving. Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss have figured things out. Texas A&M is consistent (well, maybe not this year). Auburn is on the rise with Bryan Harsin at the helm. Arkansas rose to heights that almost nobody thought they could. Even Mississippi State has seemed to have shaken off the first-year slump under Mike Leach.
If Orgeron continues to trend down, even for another year, LSU could find themselves in a position that would be hard to recover from. The SEC takes its lumps every third or fourth year, but the conference has shown no overall signs of slowing down. LSU, one of the most prestigious universities in the Southeastern Conference, can’t afford to get lost in the shuffle as other programs in their own division seem to be trending upward.
Now could a coaching change push LSU to the brink if they don’t hire the right guy? It could, but the program is already sliding now. It’s hard to just sit around and wait for LSU to pick it back up.
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