The Ensminger situation (long)

Won't disagree. I mean, I will say this, looking at next year's schedule, I will happily take 10 wins not including a bowl game. But yes, as a fan base, we seem to have settled with mediocricy.

Anything is possible but common sense and rational thinking tells you that we are in for more of the same. I just don't see how a man who hasn't been a coordinator in years will all of a sudden turn LSUs weakness into a strength.

I guess Les Miles had his answer right under his nose the whole time. It just took Ed O to figure it out.

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On the other hand, he took over someone else's offense, and ran it better than he did (A man everyone celebrated as the next coming of God when hired...akaCam Cameron!).

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You guys “see stats” without regard to the opponents.
The only 2 real defenses we faced after Miles was fired were Bama 120ish total yards and ZERO points and UF who was an awesome scoring defense is gave up some yards, but stopped them. Miles lost to Wisconsin was the number 2 rated defense in the country and AU who was 11.

Then there are the teams that he did beat as OC. The thats where the issues and LIES BEGIN.
They ran up the score on bad teams. That isn’t hard to do.

As a reminder, here are those teams.
2016 Opponents Defensive Rankings (Stats Starting Missouri game)
Wins
Total Defense: 71
Rush Defense: 81
Scoring Defense: 67

Opponents Records
Average wins: 7
Average Losses: 6

Losses
Total Defense: 4
Rush Defense: 20
Scoring Defense: 4

Opponents Records
Average wins: 12
Average Losses: 3

Here are the mighty teams we beat and how they rank on defense:

This is out of 128 teams.

Southern Miss total defense 19; rush defense 54 (couldn’t stop the run. LSU runs).

TAMU total defense 96; rush defense 83

Arkansas total defense 84; rush defense 102

Ole Miss total defense 101; rush defense 113

Missouri total defense 117; rush defense 118.

What the hell does this say about how difficult it is to call plays against these teams?
Texas Tech had a better rush defense than Missouri to put that into perspective.

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First off, I wanted Canda to stay. After we put up yardage on Bama, I think with a great QB, we could beat them with that Offense. But he isn't here anymore. That ship sailed.
Secondly, I wanted Briles after Canada was done...but we hired Ensminger.
I COMPLETELY understand why fans are pissed. We were told he was " going to hire the best Coordinators in the country"...but in the end, he settled with his buddy Ensminger.
So I will say this. He hasn't been a full on OC in 20 years which makes me think we could suck on offense. On the other hand, he took over someone else's offense, and ran it better than he did (A man everyone celebrated as the next coming of God when hired...akaCam Cameron!). Which makes me think he could turn out to be a good OC.
Point is, I don't know and none of you do either.
If we want to complain about how we got here, we have that right. But for the people saying we will now be lucky to win 5/6 games because of the Ensminger hire, you are only showing yourself as a clown. None of us know what we are in store for next year.....might be a shite show, might be a good surprise.
And last, if it is a shite show, CEO is gone...and likely Aleva too. So let's sit back and see how it unfolds.

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That's what you consider long, 244 words?

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We’ve become satisfied with 9 win seasons

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Ok, I’m not satisfied.

Now what?

Perhaps I should have said accustomed to 9 win seasons, not satisfied

Of course it's possible but unlikely. The free market is usually a pretty good indicator of what you have as far as quality goes in a coach. No one was coming after our HC or OC for their services at their current positions.

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he took over someone else's offense, and ran it better than he did (A man everyone celebrated as the next coming of God when hired...akaCam Cameron!).

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A pernicious Ponamsky myth.