Jack Del Rio. Jeff Fisher. Kevin Sumlin. Chris Petersen. Maybe even Jon Gruden. These are some sexy, fetishized names that have been associated with USC’s head coaching search. And y’all are into that stuff hard-core, huh?

That’s fine. Pat Haden should explore every option, leave no stone unturned.

But from what we’ve seen, who’s to say Coach Ed Orgeron isn’t as good, or even a better fit for USC than any of those guys?

Sure, he’s had a bit of a rough past when it comes to his 10-25 stint at Ole Miss. But he’s definitely changed as a person and a coach since then. “I tried to do everything. I wanted everything to be perfect. I wanted my hands in everything [when I was at Ole Miss]. Now, I’m letting my coaches coach. […] Everybody has their hands in what they want to do. I’m the motivator, I keep everything together. If I see something wrong, I try to fix it, but more or less, I’m the CEO of the program and it’s working,” Orgeron recently mentioned in an interview with Colin Cowherd.

And there’s no reason to doubt him— the list of coaches who failed initially only to have success later in their careers goes on and on. Pete Carroll, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban are few of many who followed this path of failure to success. After all, a sign of a good coach is someone who is smart enough to use his mistakes to his advantage and learn from them in the future.

But what USC needs at the head coaching position isn’t a disciplinarian— Lane Kiffin just tried to fill this role, and the players resented him for it. They don’t need an X’s and O’s genius who will come in and change everything up in some fancy new system, either. What they need— and what many college football programs need—is a CEO-type figure as the head coach.

Orgeron mentioned acting like a “CEO” in the aforementioned interview with Cowherd, and this quote from Intellectual Gridiron elaborates on this concept quite eloquently: “The head coach is CEO of the football program. Like a chief executive, his job is to not only set the strategy, but also the culture and tone of the organization.”

If you’re looking for someone to fill that need, how could you not think of Coach O? He’s already changed the culture of USC football over the past couple of months, and has finally let his best players do what they do best— make plays. Nothing too complicated. And that’s all he’ll have to do as the head coach of USC, who is surely a top-5 most-appealing school in the nation for high school football recruits. The Trojans have the talent to beat most if not all Division 1 college football teams, so why try to get fancy with scheme or system and potentially screw that up?

Add to that Orgeron’s recruiting prowess— he won Recruiter of the Year in 2004 with USC— and the fact that USC will be getting more scholarships and recruiting ability back next year with the demise of the sanctions, and there will be plenty of talent on the USC roster for years to come.

Whoever the coach is won’t have to worry too much about out-thinking the opponent on game day; rather, USC will straight-up be able to out-play anyone. But that's not to say that Orgeron should be named coach because he's good at getting out of the way. Rather, Coach O is adept at maximizing the talent on his roster and putting his players in the best positions possible to succeed-- something we've seen repeatedly with Marqise Lee, Nelson Agholor, Cody Kessler, Javorius Allen and others in Orgeron's time so far as boss.

After all, you don’t see Alabama doing a bunch of fancy B.S. with their schemes or playcalls; they simply line up and beat the crap out of their opponent because they’re Alabama and they are more talented than just about everyone else.

All Orgeron essentially needs to do is worry about the big-picture stuff and let his coaches coach and players play. No overthinking needed.

Per Andy Staples at Sports Illustrated: “[Pete] Carroll is the only coach to figure out how to win consistently at USC in the past 30 years, but he established a pretty clear blueprint: charismatic coach mines local recruiting hotbed and sells LA to elite out-of-state recruits. Players have fun. Will Ferrell shows up on occasion. But every practice is a cutthroat competition for playing time in a city where every moment is a cutthroat competition for attention.” Carroll’s schtick revolving around enthusiasm and competition worked for a decade, so why can’t Orgeron’s?

Yes, he has inspired his players. But this latest trend including beating Stanford is no fluke. One does not simply beat a team like Stanford because of "inspiration” or “wanting it more.” No, Orgeron can coach.

Carroll is famous for preaching competition, but don’t you think Orgeron wants each one of his “sons” to line up and play their best every day too? Coach O worked under Carroll, so don’t think for a second he hasn’t seen how to win at USC.

So go ahead, talk about the big names. But the most effective solution of all could very well be the simplest. One letter should suffice.

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