The decision wasn't ultimately surprising to Cajun Cannon Bobby Hebert, it was the timing of LSU's decision to announce it'd part ways with head football coach Ed Orgeron that caught him off-guard.
After an upset of Florida on Saturday, Hebert said he thought Orgeron had a chance to buy another season is LSU could find a way to get to 8 wins. He could still get his Tigers to that marks, but his run as the Tigers coach will end after the season, a decision officially announced Sunday evening.
“It’s always ‘what have you done for me lately? And you’ve got to win," Hebert said. "The bottom line is you have to win.”
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And those wins came just about as often as the losses since a perfect season and College Football Playoff title in 2019. LSU is 9-8 since the title game, and the die was cast after an embarrassing loss to Kentucky. Nothing that happened against Florida was going to save the Cajun's job.
The bottom line is, I mean, if you’re gonna coach and you coach a long time. … If you coach long enough you are gonna get fired," Hebert said, comparing Orgeron's situation to that of Gene Chizik, who was also fired just 2 seasons after a title win.
"That just comes with the territory," Hebert continued. "The bottom line it’s big business now, and it’s always what have you done for me lately."
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In the end, Hebert said he knows Orgeron isn't a quitter -- something evidenced by his willingness to stay on for the remainder of the Tigers' games, which includes matchups with SEC powers Ole Miss, Alabama and Texas A&M. When all that's done, Orgeron will be set up well with a compensation agreement that will pay out just shy of $17 million over the next five years.
"That’s why you want those big contracts. That’s guaranteed money. And you get well compensated to go away," Hebert said. "And I think a lot of people would like to be in that situation if they had a job and then all of a sudden they’re going to pay you to go away, so he’s gonna be all right. I think he’s gonna land on his feet."
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