The man is a native to louisiana. I feel with him in the living rooms we don't miss a step with recruiting not to mention the national draw he would get. This is a Notre Dame team on the decline or a Miss State team in the gutter. Not to mention the fact that he is getting older so the chance that he would leave in 4 or 5 years to go back to the pros is more unlikely. I know this hiring would ruffle quite a few feathers but with all things considered this just might be the best choice for Skip to make.

I agree ... and he'll get a good look by LSU

Just because he's black and there are no successful black college FB coaches at any Big Div 1-A schools doesn't mean LSU couldn't be the first.

I believe Robiskie could recruit ... We'll see what Skipper & the Lunch Bunch think about Terrie.

I wasn't saying that LSU couldn't be I was implying that he would be able to get the better black players throughout the nation Because we are not a dying Notre Dame or a dead Miss state. Not to mention think of the talent just in this state that go to Southern or Grambling just to play under a black coach.

The reason I feel he would stay is the fact that he is getting up there in age and he seems like a smart guy. Why would he leave the place he came from to take a job he might get fired at. I also don't think, and this is just my opinion mind you that he would take a NFL just on the basis of him being black.

He is a homer still lives here o think but i could be wrong. I would have somebody homegrown then somebody that does not understand the the nature of LSU football.

Robiskie doesn't do it for me

Certainly not b/c he's black. Being black and a great coach is a plus in my opinion. If Willingham were available he'd be at or near the top of my list. Crennel is worth a look-see. I have never heard Robiskie speak, but, he looks pretty lackluster on the sidelines in the games I've seen him coach. Just an initial reaction. Perhaps I'm wrong.

Well now, I think Terry should get a fair shake. He certainly has the coaching experience, and he's not too old, either (he's 50, or younger than Saban).

Being from Louisiana is nice, and the fact that he's not done much as an interim coach (a thankless, no-win situation if ever there is one in the NFL) should make him persona non grata among NFL execs looking for a HC.

Here's his bio:

Now, I'm not saying nice things about him b/c he's a Louisiana native or an LSU letterman. You don't get and keep assistant coaching gigs in the NFL for 15 consecutive years unless you know what you're doing. John McClain, senior NFL writer for the Houston Chronicle who's covered the NFL for 20 years, refers to Terry in today's paper as, "one of the NFL's most respected assistants".

Also, he's been exposed to some good coaches, owners and systems--Don Shula, John Madden, Marty Schottenheimer, just to name a few.

Finally, I think there's an opportunity for a black HC at a prominent SEC school to win, to have a recruiting "in" that other, well, white coaches wouldn't necessarily get. I know it's circumstantial, but how many of you thought, when you first heard that RP was going to visit Starkville, that it was because Sly Crooms was a black HC? I know I did.

If he's football-smart, intense and motivated, interested in coming home and making LSU his last job...well, he should be considered as seriously as any of the other candidates, IMO.

Also, Terry's son Brian is a stud senior WR whose being (or was being) courted by Miami, Michigan, ND, USC and Ohio St., among others.

Son playing for the father is always nice. Blue chip son playing for father in Baton Rouge sounds even better to me. :thumb:

(PS-The Browns are in Houston Sunday. Wouldn't be surprised to see him interviewed shortly thereafter.)

You will have a black president before you have a black HC at LSU.

If you hire a black head coach at LSU, it would be totally unfair to him, as the fans would be calling for his head at EVERY SINGLE loss or questionable call.

There are far too many people in this state that are still too close minded. It is NOT going to happen.

Naw, LSU fans and administration members aren't as close minded as, say, Alabama fans. Tide fans can give me a million reasons why they chose Mike Shula over Sly Crooms and I won't buy a single one of them other than "we're too bigoted to have a black head coach."

Err..."allegedly" too bigoted, of course. :wink:

why?
Can you say overrated?

This guy has only won in the Pac 10 and he sure couldn't do anything with ND.
I could be a winning coach in the Pac 10.

Is there anything I missed about TW?