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On Monday, LSU coach Brian Kelly talked about linebacker Harold Perkins and their plan to get him in a position where he can impact the game more.
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“We wanted to free him up a little bit," Kelly said. "He’s got a lot of responsibilities playing inside, and we just needed to let him go and let him play fast."

"We felt like, with all the things we had asked him to do, we probably slowed him down a little bit. One of the things we need to do as coaches is to know where our players are relative to playing fast. I think we saw in the first play the physicality he showed when the ball got out on the perimeter. You don't want to throw the ball out on the perimeter with Harold."

"I think we made the right decision there, and now we’ll refine what we do with him — like we can move him around, move him inside and outside, and do some things that can keep him in a position to impact the game. That's what we're trying to do."
Perkins had just one tackle vs. Grambling last Saturday. He has three solo and six total tackles on the season with no sacks.
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nol49 months
Stupidest move ever not sending Perkins towards the QB on almost every play. His role vs. FSU was some of the worst game planning I've ever seen.
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Solo Cam9 months
I really, really hate when 10 million dollar coaches say things that fans saw immediately.

How the frick was this not addressed in camp?
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Boudreaux Jones9 months
Or after halftime v. FSU
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Geaux_Lang27939 months
Instead of paying House to be DC, he shoulda just hired tRant. We’re clearly all smarter at game planning than him. And we’re cheaper
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mikeytig9 months
How to take your best player out of the game.
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UpstairsComputer9 months
Not sure why we screwed around with a good thing in the first place.
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LSU_Legz9 months
because a good OC take take a one trick pony out of the game really easily. trying to make him much more dangerous across the board so you can't isolate him out of the equation like happened in games post arky last year
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DemSaintsDoh9 months
Lego, it definitely didn’t make him more dangerous around the board. So they screwed the pooch.
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BayouBengal999 months
Exactly Legz is 100% correct. This may not play out immediately this season but the training will pay off throughout the season and into next. A coach has to look toward the future and the present. He’s doing his job. You people have no idea what it takes to build a real team. Not for a year but for a decade and that’s what his job is. That’s what he’s trying to do and all you idiots keep doing is dragging him down instead of supporting this man and his efforts. Try actually supporting LSU’s head coach for a change. Coaches aren’t perfect. It takes a lot of experimenting sometimes and learning when the lights come on. You can’t learn something real about your team in practices. It takes opposing teams to learn. This team will get better. One thing y’all will have to understand is that this years defense will NOT be this dominant force, they will be a bend but don’t break defense. The DL is very very good but it will take some games to get where we need and want them to be. The linebackers are talented also but this will take time. The secondary will have to be creative along with the rest of the front seven to be a decent D. Here’s what we should start to see, we should start to see a more stingy defense against the run, we will take some lumps in the passing game, especially short game and around our edges in the run sometimes. They should get better in the front seven and the secondary should start to get it, then we should see more TO’s toward the middle and end of the season and into next. We should start to see new starters emerge into next season as well. This is building into next year as well as this current year. We’ll be better off for it at the end of the season and into next.
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Shovelhead9 months
This should have been known and understood before the season began, coach.
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pkf4lsu9 months
Exactly. Why was he an “experiment” after you saw what he was capable of last year. Sounds to me like House wanted to try something and BK said “enough is enough”
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Shovelhead9 months
My problem is not that he tried things and failed. My problem is that this should’ve been failed tested in camp, in spring, in the bowl game, anything but during this season.
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Juan Betanzos9 months
The bigger concern for CBK is his DC. WTF is his plan? Experiment every week?
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sportjunkie699 months
JHC they're just figuring this out?! That doesn't bode well for the future of the defense. This should have been the plan from day 1. Against FSU he should have been told lineup wherever you think you can establish an advantage and go at it.
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tigerbite29 months
So....Perkins basically played the games with one hand tied behind his back?? NOT smart Bk....This falls squarely on YOU!!!
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PurpleTigerPimp9 months
I agree it falls on him. Unlike his predecessors, he is making the changes.
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Smurph339 months
Three exclamation points, relax…!!!
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texastigerr9 months
Yes it should have been planned right "before" FSU and he doesn't need to share the plan. Just make a plan and show us in the game.
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Mouche3379 months
Just use him like y'all used him last year!!! Quit trying to be cute and fancy with the way he used!! he was one of the best defenders in country last year!! how y'all played him last year worked!!! while are you trying to change ie!!??
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DemSaintsDoh9 months
Then why not put him on the line where he wreaks havoc, BK? I get paid zero bucks to have that info over you. That is a disheartening thing.
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I20goon9 months
You don't use a missile like a gravity bomb.
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Boudreaux Jones9 months
Still amazed Perkins and Maason Smith only had 1 tackle EACH against Grambling.
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CanebreakCajun9 months
Release the Kraken dammit!
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Strannix9 months
Clown world
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Covingtontiger779 months
The Plan? As though it’s some complicated premise to come up with.
The Plan, Kelly, is simply, “see ball, go get ball.”
Not that hard
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Morpheus9 months
I’m not sure what’s going on but sounds more controversial than it needs to be. Play around this guy’s natural instincts. This guy is the best play maker on the field. Lets him make MF nervous when he is loose.
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ZenFNmaster9 months
36 previous comments and only 1 sensible 1. Thank you BayouBengal99.
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tigersquad899 months
The only part I hate about this quote is how he defended his game one use of Perkins at the end. Just say we messed up. Don’t say we messed up but we made the right decision. Just say you messed up and are fixing it. It’s that simple. That’s all fans want to hear
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