The Josh Innes Show - JIS Classic: Coach O

Episode Date: May 22, 2025

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Josh in his show. The Tennessee job is not a good job. And if you notice the guys who seem to be clamoring for the job like the names we hear connected to it, Mike Leach, well, he wants to get into the SEC. So there's Mike Leach. There's Lane Kiffin, who's coaching at FAU. The big dogs they wanted, the guy they wanted, Mike Gundy used them to get more money at Oklahoma State. So the issues they're dealing with at Tennessee, their fan base screwed them over by being part of this lynch mob to get Greg Ciano and now it has completely neutered the program and they don't deserve to have a good coach. See, A&M is going to, if they get Jimbo, they look big time, right?

That changes the game. You know, another thing that I find fascinating is the Herm Edwards angle. There's something about this show that if you come on this show, you get jobs. Yep. That's what happens. Now, I don't know if it's official with Herm Edwards. There are reports. So it's not official, but there are reports out there about Herm Edwards and being the coach at Arizona State. That's such an odd fit, isn't it? Like such, I'm confused as a guy who, from what I understand, hasn't coached in the college game at all since like the 80s. He was a pro coach at multiple places. Here's the thing though. All right. The AD is his former agent.

Oh, I didn't know. Yes. Yeah, the AD is his former agent. So it's a lock. Why would he want that job? Why not? I get it. You're coaching. But how old is Herman? Is mid 60s? Probably. Give or take. I mean, he's 63. So, Herman's 63. He's never been the head coach of a college football program as far as I know. There's recruiting that goes into it. He's 63. So, Herm's 63. He's never been the head coach of a college football

program as far as I know. There's recruiting that goes into it. It's not just like a college job or a pro job where you're dealing with grown ass men. You're dealing with 18, 19 year old dudes or you're doing the glad hand circuit. If that's what he wants to do, he wants to do. But for a guy that's never been a college coach, Arizona State, while it's not a dream job, it's not a big SEC job, it's a nice job. That's a weird job to have for someone who's never... That feels like, and I like Herm. I'm not going to disparage Herm. I like him. I think he's a good man. I love the guy and he comes on the show a lot. I like him. That feels like

a recipe for disaster. A guy that's never coached at the college level, who's only dealt with pros. Now, to be fair, there's one angle. Okay, well, I forgot about this. He coaches in the Under Armour All-Star games. And that's his whole argument. Oh, I haven't seen that. But when he comes on the show with us, so that's the selling point is that he deals with it? Yeah, that he knows how to handle the college kids because he's dealt with them for eight years coaching that game.

But he deals with them for a week in Mobile or wherever the hell they play that game, wherever the Under Armour, this is the Under Armour game, right? And I don't think that one's in Mobile. That's the Senior Bowl that's in Mobile. But so I don't know. You know, I mean, I don't know how much stock you put into whether or not you've been a head coach in college,

but to me, if you're just, you know, your selling point is, hey, I've worked with kids for a week at a time during the Senior Bowl and had those practices. Is that really a big sign? Now, on the other hand, it's Arizona state. It's not a glam job, right? You want to bring some attention to the program. And I imagine having a Herm Edwards would do that. I like him a lot. I dig him a lot. And maybe he'll come on the show more now because he's trying to go try to recruit Texas. Maybe. I don't know. It feels like an awkward fit.

It feels odd, and it feels like something that's going to go horribly wrong. I mean, clearly he still has a passion for the game. You can hear it when we talk to him. I mean, he gets very passionate about talking about football. But I think as a former NFL coach, when he's going to recruit players and he's sitting in the living room,

I can help your kid get to the next level, because I've been there, I know what it takes. I think it should be easy for him to recruit It's the matter of wanting to recruit now these college guys aren't pounding the pavement like like the head coach is like Nick Saban It isn't going town to town up and down the dock Well, he doesn't have to know but a lot of these guys now you might have to pop into a living room of a big-time Player here there, but they've got the coach. Oh, so Michael or yeah They've cut coach Oh to go out and do that for you. Joe's got to be the seller. You know, that that was his job. He was a recruiter.

Yeah. But with the title, the title, we'll do a fight like time. I wonder if that's his recruiting pitch. Like he would go into living rooms and he would have his music with me. Have a boom box and he'd carry it with him. And in my mind, he has a boom box, not like a Bluetooth speaker. Oh, yeah. That's something modern. He's got one of those purple little like CD players uh huh

that you know you used to have and he walks into some kids living room and I don't know um Lagrange some kids room in you know Morgan City, Louisiana and he's looking for an outlet to plug it into man man man you gotta in my trailer we only have a floor outlet

what? you know it's right next to the vent on the floor. And then Coach O rolls in there and he sits down. In my mind he's like sucking on a crawfish head as he comes in, like throws it on the ground. Like that's his version of a peanut shell, you know, like in, like, you know, Texas road outs or something. So he goes in, throws a, you know, the crawfish head down on the ground.

Yeah, man. Glad to be in your house. You have a beautiful home. I really like that wood paddling. That's classy wood. So he goes in throws a you know the crawfish head down on the ground Don't make fun of my collectors plates collector's plate oh yes I love to see a 9-eleven coin set I would love that that'd be great ma'am. He's gotta say ma'am a lot. A lot oh yeah. Because he's got to be polite so if you're coach O and you're going on a recruiting visit like LSU it appears it's gonna go to the citrus bowl so that's a selling point right? Yeah. I also like how there's a citrus bowl and an orange bowl why do we have to divide the citruses? Well you've got, you've got grapefruits.

Well, that's my point. Why does the orange get its own? Why is the orange the elite of the citruses? Because that's the biggest crop in Florida. And if we assume there's a citrus bowl and an orange bowl, is the citrus bowl going to exclude oranges so it's only the other non-orange citruses? I would hope so. Anyway, so back to Cocho. He's selling the citrus bowl.

We're gonna get in there, we're gonna eat some oranges. Just like the orange and the stripes of a tiger. I would hope so. the stripes of a tiger. Get him out there, you're gonna fight like a tiger. Come play fair, let's go. Coach, one more time, how did you get that job? I earned it. I earned this job. I went out there, I earned it. It's my job. And that's the selling point

I think you would get from Coach O. That's it. Also, I have three students' collectors' plates, so I don't appreciate you mocking those. Do you have the one where there's the three of them and Curly's doing this? My dad used to have those. Yeah, I had two, I had don't appreciate you mocking those. Do you have the one where there's the three of them in Curleys doing this? My dad used to have those. Yeah, I had two.

I had three, one fell and broke. I say used to. But keep in mind, this is my dad, who if you're trying to, and then we're going to get some phone calls here about college football jobs, but I want to be clear on something here. So when I tell you that my dad also had that same collector's plate set, I don't want you to think that I think you're classy in some way or that you're somehow above me or anything like that Of course not. That it's some sort of classy move because I would like to read to you a Facebook status from my dad yesterday.

It's so funny how Baton Rouge can have 20 Walmarts but it won't support two Sears or two JC Penny stores or any all caps any K Marts or two mallCPenney stores, or any, all caps, any Kmart's, or two malls for that matter. Okay, so you're thinking of nothing here. Support 56 McDonald's, but only one Applebee's? Crazy stuff! Exclamation point. No, was he trying to be ironic?

No, my dad didn't know what ironic is. My dad is the living embodiment of what you think should be someone trying to be ironic. This is a dead serious post. He's angry because there are too many Walmarts, not enough Sears, or Kmarts. Kmarts is out of business, right? For the most part, yes. It's like the Blockbuster. I'm surprised he's not Facebooking about that, too

Like you know I go to all these red boxes. Where is a blockbuster? This is my favorite picture you're talking about the coach Oh home visit Yeah, he's got one from today of this kid that he recruited I guess Cole something yeah And I guess he lives in some sort of a cabin Cabin like the wood paneling is everywhere and I guess he lives in some sort of a cabin. But it's the greatest photo. A cabin? Like the wood paneling is everywhere. Oh wow. It's the greatest picture ever. Did you see that?

No, but I think it's a fancy cabin. It's like a JJ Watt cabin. It's so good. Boy, and this guy looks like Josh Gad that he recruited. He's got like all this curly hair, like, Coach, like this kid looks like he talks like Coach O. Like, Coach O went to his house and he discovered, like, wait a second, who's your mom?

This is my favorite picture. Like, to hear them talk is like listening to two drunk guys have a conversation. It's the greatest. He goes into this kid's house. Wait a minute, you look like a tiger. That's right, Coach, I'm a tiger. Whoa.

How old are you, son? I'm 18 years old, coach. Where were you born? I was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, coach. What month? I was born in August, coach. That means you were conceived somewhere around January, about 1999-ish, give or take. I think so, sir. What's your mama's name? Her name is Barbara LaFouche, coach.

LaFouche coach LaFouche of the Broad Bridge LaFouche's that's right coach how do you spell Kojo I'm gonna be a good guy. Oh, coach. Come on, I think that's my boy. You got a birthmark look like a Florida lean. That's right, coach. Oh Thank you mine I think you're the fruit of my loins I Thought I got snipped but it turns out I was I got a leak

leak But it turns out I wasn't I got a leak leak Boy from Pontotoc, Mississippi recipe. Kmart still open now? That's where I met her. I met your mom, Barbara LaFouche. She was down there. She was a mama. She was down there. She from the Bro Bridge. But she got the only job she could find was out of state of the Kmart and pocket taco

I wish you could get this kids info and Because coach Oh coached at Ole Miss now it makes sense He went right to that place where they gave him the chicken on the stick that he likes I really wish you get this kids info and call him as coach Oh Call him as coach. Oh All right, I need the name and address It's Cole Smith at coal Smith That's what you give a bastard though. Colesmith74. No, if you were a bastard you'd have a hyphenated last name.

Colesmithshoester or something like that. Get the info Jim, make it happen. Hey coach, what's going on? Oh not much, just sitting around thinking about tigers. That would be so good. We've got to get some recruits numbers. We have to do this. Oh, god.

Oh, hey, Coach. What's going on? Oh I find myself bored so I sit back and I count tigers. One tiger. Two tigers. Well, you know, I've been busy. Just learned to count to 11. Okay. Okay. Didn't think I'd get there, but I did.

Just got to 11. You didn't learn that by counting wins, coach. Oh, sure didn't. Back when I was on Missy, only number I knew was four. Well, three. I knew three, three and eight. That's what we were, so I didn't know.

Well, I knew eight. And I knew that you combine three and eight, you get 11. But I didn't know what I knew eight and I knew that you combine three and eight you get 11 But I didn't know what 11 look like now I know My abs hurt phone rings kid picks up help cold is cold your coach what's going on I'm just hearing bad rules you realize How we got 20 Walmarts. But we can't support two series of robot stores. No K-Marts. There ain't not one K-Mart around here.

How am I supposed to find a Blue Light special? That's a middle of the night conversation Like coach is still like wide awake cuz he's all hopped up on Red Bulls and stuff He's like hopped up on coke and Red Bulls ready to go. You know this kid's asleep. He's got to go school tomorrow. Hello. What's your favorite song about Tiger? I'm doing the crossword puzzle. The categories big sea line to go to get some W's.

We've been spotted a T and an R. The category is big feline to go to get some W's. Five letters. We've been spotted a T and an R. That's right, we're the Tigers. Go Tigers. You gotta stop. I'm gonna die. I'm also following Cole Smith on your Twitter page.

Hello? I'm gonna die. I'm also following Colesmith on your Twitter page Hello? Kyle! Colo! He just calls him all the time It might be like, Frank calls this kid, but he can't disguise his voice He tries He's like hey, hey Coles voice. He's like, hey, hey coach.

He's like, hello? Coach is Nick Saban. I don't think. Coach, I don't know for sure. But coach, I think that's Coach O. Yeah! That ain't no Coach O. Let me tell you a story about the hair on the toilet.

I just learned it last week. Nice old man told me about it at the coach's show. I ain't never heard that story before. It was a good story. Good story, solid story. But I like to make it about the story of the tiger and the tide. That's what I'm going to make that about. The taiga and the tide. Tell you how it's gonna work. The taiga's gonna win.

Because he's got the heart of the taiga and the stripes of the taiga. Ain't no lion. Lion's a pussies. We taiga. Alright. We will regroup. We're back after this.