Time will tell if Lane Kiffin becomes the championship hire that LSU is hoping for, but there's no question that the Tigers got their guy.
The sights were set high in Baton Rouge and they got the top name to lead the program after firing Brian Kelly, and it's a move that gives the Cajun Cannon goosebumps as he considers the possibilities.
"I think it’s a slam dunk. I’m getting goosebumps, the optimism going forward with LSU and Lane Kiffin," Hebert told Mike Detillier on WWL Radio. "No, he is the answer. ... He’s gonna get it done. He’s going to make it work at LSU."
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Kiffin gave high praise to the program when he spoke to the media earlier this week, and he underscored what Hebert contends is the biggest reason you saw LSU's new coach make the jump to Baton Rouge: The best recruiting advantage you'll find in the country.
NIL spending has leveled the playing field to some extent, and that's a large factor in the success that Ole Miss had this year with an 11-1 record, the best in program history. But they're at a significant recruiting disadvantage on the whole. LSU's ability to combine top-tier NIL spending with the cache of the program, not to mention the ability to mine Louisiana's talent, makes the difference.
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“Lane looks at where is the place that I can recruit the best players, that’s LSU versus Ole Miss," Hebert continued. "I could tell you why, would you rather play in front of 100-plus-thousand or 60,000 and if you look at it, how’d he build Ole Miss, it was basically through the portal. … They just saw you can get the better players at LSU and LSU you’re just going to recruit the better talent out of high school and all that, then you have the lagniappe with the Name, Image and Likeness, then you throw in the transfer portal because oh, I’m gonna be with Lane Kiffin."
The Tigers have a bowl game left to play, with Frank Wilson set to remain in his role as the interim head coach, after which Kiffin will fully take reins of the program.