Your reference to Ed Orgeron and LSU is not a good comparison point. Ed and LSU situation has no similarity to UM. Why...?
Les Miles was fired 4 games into the 2016 season. Ed was 6-2 in the games that he coached as interim HC to finish the season. Once elevated to HC, he has compiled the following record: 2017 season 9-4, 2018 season 10-3, 2019 13-0 and on brink of a national championship.
The "Underachieving" that you referenced at LSU was under Les Miles, as they had started to slip the last few years of his tenure, and finally culminating in Les being fired after 4 games in 2016 season.
The characterization that they gave him "time to fix it, despite calls for his head..." does not reflect the facts or reality of Ed's tenure at LSU.
There was most certainly a portion of their fanbase that wanted Ed O gone. In particular when they lost to Troy.
LSU slipping under Miles, that happens when you come off a national championship half a decade ago.
Had to look, but here was their last three under Miles.
10-3, 8-5, 9-3. Prior to that another 10-3 year with a national championship the prior year.
A problem under Miles, their offense. Defensively, LSU has been near the top for a decade. The offense was still a problem under Ed O, he made a change.
Nobody expected the turn around made this year. Prior to it, LSU and Ed O were losing to the same teams Miles was and he wasn't comfortable in his chair.
LSU admins want more though. So they moved from Miles and took a big chance on Ed O.
I get where the OP was going. He's throwing out that Ed O (Miles as well) had it going on on defense, and hiring the right OC has now made them successful.
Maybe that works here. No way the people here aren't calling for Ed O's head with the record he posted initially. They would've been head hunting a new OC at the very least.
Don't waste too much time on them though OP. They are out for blood and too entrenched to discuss anything other than firing Manny at this point.