WATCH: Ed Orgeron gives humorous new details on LSU exit

LSU was on top of the college football world in 2019, going on a magical national championship run under head coach Ed Orgeron. Just a couple of years later, the program was in a bad place, where athletic director Scott Woodward was forced to make a move.

The firing of Oregron was not a cheap one for LSU, paying out the rest of his contract. He told the story of when Woodward told him that piece of information in hilarious detail. Because of the move, Orgeron continued to have the utmost respect for the Tigers’ AD and still considers him a friend.

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“So grateful for my time at LSU,” Orgeron said. “That was my opportunity. Coaches have a shelf. Some coaches got 50 years, some coaches got 12. Mine was six. Good. I got to tell you — we had a meeting. They said ‘Coach, things are not going well.’ No ****. Ray Charles could see that, brother. And Scott Woodward is a friend of mine. A lot of respect for the way they handled me.

“He said ‘Coach, you got $17.1 million on your contract. We’re going to give it to you. I said ‘what time do you want me to leave and what door you want me out of, brother?'”

Orgeron undoubtedly loved his time at LSU, continually speaking on what the program meant to him. Howver, he knew things were going poorly and some kind of move could be made. Getting the rest of his contract was just a nice bonus added.

Now, Ed Orgeron has been making appearances at various places. There have not been any rumblings of him getting back into the coaching world just yet. If he does, there will be a certain outlier most candidates won’t have on their resume — a national championship.