5 reasons LSU should hire Jimbo Fisher

3. His pro-style offense wouldn’t be too tough an adjustment

Transitioning from one head coach to another can be tough on the players already within the program. Two coaches may have drastically different approaches to diet, weight training, practice, etc. Bringing in a new coach with a drastically different offensive system would only exacerbate any of these issues. Luckily, should LSU bring in Jimbo Fisher, that wouldn’t be much of an issue.

Both LSU and FSU run pro-style systems that lean heavily on single-back sets. At LSU, this has worked largely because the team has had a transcendent running back (as is the case with current star Leonard Fournette) or, more likely, because the defense has been absolutely loaded (as was the case with that 2011 team that lost to Alabama in the national title game).

Regardless, sticking with a pro-style offense rather than moving to spread concepts that current personnel may be unfamiliar with or unsuited for makes sense as a way of ensuring the team is as competitive as possible during the transition from old coach to new, and few active coaches have had more success with a pro-style offense than Fisher has at FSU. It’s not like Fisher is unfamiliar with LSU, either – he served as quarterback coach or offensive coordinator there from 2000-06.