Reports coming out of LSU are painting Ed Orgeron as an out-of-control coach who began chasing women to the point where it became a “distraction.”
According to a report from Brody Miller of The Athletic, LSU officials were uncomfortable with Orgeron bringing women around the LSU football operations building in recent years.
How did Ed Orgeron go from an #LSU national championship to fired in 21 months?
It's a story of off-the-field behavior, poor decisions and a whittling away of what brought success.
"He lost track of who he was."
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— Brody Miller (@BrodyAMiller) October 17, 2021
Via The Athletic
Then, at his most powerful — and his most wealthy — Orgeron was single again. He had just signed a six-year, $42 million extension and was a Louisiana hero. And he was going to enjoy it. “Something that had priority in his life that didn’t have a priority before was talking to (women),” one LSU source said. “That just became too high on the totem pole.”
To people and sources inside the program, there was no moral issue with Orgeron enjoying his life, but it was noticeable that football wasn’t his entire focus like it had been in years past, and it became a distraction. There was the infamous 2020 photo of him in bed with a woman, among other photos made public. Multiple sources said he brought women around the LSU football operations building. It all took place as his decision-making and coaching performance declined.
Matt Trent of local New Orleans news station WBRZ went on to add that not only did Coach O have his girlfriends attend practice but that his girlfriends’ children would “interfere” by participating in the team drills.
https://twitter.com/MCTrent23/status/1449802320070561797
LSU seems to have gotten fed up with Orgeron’s off-the-field “distractions” and is now paying him $17 million to go away.
LSU is expected to pay Ed Orgeron his entire buyout which is over $17 million to pursue a new coach. His record at LSU is 49-17 and he went 13-5 in games against Top 10 teams while coaching the Tigers.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) October 17, 2021