Will Hall is not the surefire, home-run hire than Jon Sumrall was two years as Tulane football coach. No one could have been.

The similarity between the two, though, was in the confidence they projected in their introductory press conferences with the Green Wave.

Two days short of two years from Sumrall’s opening salvo in New Orleans, Hall, 45, was unapologetic on Tuesday for not being the fans’ top preference to take over a program that will face Ole Miss on Dec. 20 in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

“I know I wasn’t the first choice for some people in here, but I can promise you this--I am the best choice and the right choice for this place at this time,” he said in front of an audience at the Glazer Family Center connected to Yulman Stadium. “The power of belief i

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