Ed Orgeron is a Great Motivator, also Insane
A handful of players told The Athletic that Orgeron supposedly punches himself in the face every Saturday.
David Ducre, who played tight end from 2015 to 2018 under Orgeron at LSU, said the coach punches himself in the face “at least once a week.”
Link to a summary type article.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-ed-orgeron-motivational-tactics
Players also said he gives the best pregame speeches they've ever heard. I find that particularly impressive since I can only understand every 3rd word he says.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
"You need a Hummer; I need a Hummer, like I need a punch in the face."
That commercial needed more face-punching.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
Too bad Jack Harbaugh took away Jim Harbaugh's balls.
I would love to have seen JH on the sideline wiping blood across his face, braveheart style as he gathers his troops.
Instead, we get zombie JH who looks out of touch.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
He seemed better having Gattis down on the sideline with him.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:32 PM ^
It was Rutgers after all.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:44 PM ^
I've been giving Harbaugh a lot of hate over the last 2 weeks.
But I have to admit he did seem to have a better energy about him while Gattis was on the sideline.
Its gonna be interesting to see how the offense looks against someone not named rutgers.
October 3rd, 2019 at 9:46 PM ^
I do think some people made a good point pointing out that with Gattis on the sideline, there can be a guy in charge fired up on the sideline without getting flagged like Harbaugh will. Yes of course it was Rutgers but the offense had looked rather lifeless. Hopefully there's something real to it.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:32 PM ^
Instead, we get zombie JH who looks out of touch.
Those odd shaped dark glasses are making the look worse.
Where's that fresh, young looking man that used to coach?
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:41 PM ^
The sweatshirt tucked into the khakis was not a good luck though.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:02 PM ^
Maybe Harbaugh is just trying to perfect his HOKE impression this season.... makes sense!
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:36 PM ^
Durkin is so angry there, it looks like he actually growls.
He was watching extra rabid-animals tearing each other apart videos before that game apparently.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
Why is it Jack's fault?
October 3rd, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
Because people are stupid.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:44 PM ^
Pretty sure Jim Harbaugh is the same guy he's been his whole life. Just speculating, but once the refs started handing out 15 yard flags to out of control coaches, I think he decided to dial it back a bit. Probably due to refs fucking him over a few too many times.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^
So... after 40yrs of playing and coaching football, he decided to make a switch now because of ref calls?
You need to work on your sales/marketing skills, because I'm not buying it.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:37 PM ^
It's not just the flags/sideline demeanor, etc.
Wasn't there an article, recently, quoting former players saying that the primary difference between road Michigan and home Michigan is that at home, the atmosphere gets you pumped, but on the road they feel lost because pregame motivation is not Harbaugh's strongsuit?
If it were I, I would be putting Don Brown in charge of the pregame speeches. He could get you to run through a wall. Or maybe let Ben Mason do it, since he might actually run through a wall. I remember being more fired up by captains than coaches in my short and unimpressive dalliance into team sports.
October 3rd, 2019 at 5:00 PM ^
Nobody familiar with you gives a shit what you buy on this blog.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:39 PM ^
How many of those calls have actually been made by refs?
Against Harbaugh?
Against anyone?
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
He was hit with a 15-yarder in the 2016 OSU game that set up their second TD - a huge call in that game.
October 3rd, 2019 at 11:07 PM ^
So it was one call.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
Imagine Ed Orgeron on the sauce.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
"No seriously, tie my balls to that Hummer - I'mma Tug O' War that bitch"
-Drunk Ed Orgeron, probably
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:01 PM ^
You're wrong.
He does that shit sober.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:37 PM ^
maybe it has the reverse effect on Coach O. Maybe he's more like,
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
He's great for LSU. Really doesn't need to recruit out of state, doesn't have to worry about any admission standards.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:43 PM ^
Just slightly over half LSU's roster is from Louisiana, the Tigers recruit Texas and Alabama hard and have kids from nearly every state in the South.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:43 PM ^
Not quite.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:17 PM ^
Obligatory:
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
Meh, Woody Hayes used to punch other teams' players. Step your game up Coach O.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:51 PM ^
Don’t forget first down markers also.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
i was googling for this gif and decided to check the thread before looking too hard
Well done +1
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:04 PM ^
Leave it to Sparty to sissy slap.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
He knows how to build a great passing game too.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:33 PM ^
Punching yourself in the face fires up your team? First, Jackie Sherrill makes his Miss State team watch a bull get castrated and now this. SEC is gonna SEC.
EDIT: Here's a great article with a backstory on the bull taking two for the team. Best line in the article: "Sherrill had seen dried bull scrota, dressed up as art pieces, hanging on people's living room walls."
SI Vault: https://bit.ly/2VaRuAp
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
+1 to Jackie Sherrill for appropriately using scrota. A lesser human would've opted for scrotums.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
Football can be a very intense game.Played by intense individuals.
Sometimes their thought process can seem.......different ????
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:07 PM ^
Why the hell doesn't he get the same type of grief for this that Harbaugh gets for partaking in a normal game of neighborhood football?
Double standard, that's why...
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:45 PM ^
Im outraged.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:11 PM ^
Something that has also bothered me about Ed O - his head is massive. Like as a large as the two other heads in the picture put together. Why am I bothered about this fact? It implies that his brain is huge and allows deeper thought processes compared to your typical SEC coach. And that's terrifying. Because underneath that self-punching, barely distinguishable talking, bear of a man veneer is an IBM Watson-level multi-core processor that thinks on a much higher level than us mere mortals.
October 5th, 2019 at 8:09 AM ^
Or maybe his skull is that much thicker. Which would be a necessity if you punch yourself in the face and head a lot.
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^
"Knock it off, I'm having a press conference"
October 3rd, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
Cajun Brady Hoke is working for them, I hate life.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:31 PM ^
That’s where Hoke got it wrong. Less clapping, more punching.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
Insane.... ..Mad....... whatever gets you thru the day.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
People eat this kind of stuff up while the team is winning. If the team isn't living up to expectations, or there's some kind of scandal, this stuff gets your team massive amounts of bad press.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:25 PM ^
No. This is pitiful. Orgeron is an idiot. Anyone who would find that bullshit to be motivating is an even bigger idiot. Remember, he was doing the same schtick when he was getting fired all the time, too.
October 3rd, 2019 at 2:04 PM ^
Why do you care that a coach at another school does this to motivate his team? At least he motivates his team, unlike Harbaugh who would rather lull his team to sleep before games with his exceedingly boring pre-game speeches. Coach O’s players would run through a wall for him. Could you say the same about Harbaugh?
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:38 PM ^
Not as impressive as this guy.
October 3rd, 2019 at 1:53 PM ^
RIP Prevail and Ride. :-(
