re: Offensive Coordinators for LSU

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Sure somebody will take it but two things:/quote]

[quote]1. Look at LSU's last three OCs. Do you think they had full control of the offensive play calling? Does an OC want to be the head of an offense where he can't call his own plays?

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This is a double-edged sword. If the offense stinks, nobody blames the coordinator: the offense was terrible in '09, '10, '11, '12, '14 and '15. Nobody blames the new guy for the old problems.

On the flip side? If you become the OC for LSU and turn the offense around, you're going to get serious job offers.

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2. The head coach is clearly one 4 loss season away from being fired. Based on recent seasons that could happen next year. Do you want a one year deal?

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LSU can pay more for assistants than some coaches can pay for head coaches.

One year at $750k? In a low-tax state like Louisiana? There are probably assistants in California making $250k and getting taxed at a much higher rate.

It's not ideal, but it's not a dire situation, either.

Take a chance on Ken Dorsey

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Major Applewhite?

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Yep hire the OC that helped Mack Brown run Texas into the ground. Brilliant tDUCK.

frick it don't change shite all is well

STERLIN GILBERT

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It’s incredibly difficult – if not impossible – for an offensive coordinator to have a better season than Gilbert did at Eastern Illinois in 2013. In FCS, no team gained more yards than Eastern Illinois, no team scored more points than Eastern Illinois, and no quarterback threw for more yards than Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Graoppolo. 

Let’s start with Garoppolo. The senior connected on 375-of-568 passes for 5,050 yards with 50 touchdowns against nine interceptions (a 168.33 pass efficiency rating) while adding 209 rushing yards and four scores. For his efforts, Garoppolo was named the Walter Payton Award winner as the top player in FCS. 

As a unit, Eastern Illinois led FCS by averaging 589.5 yards of total offense per game, placed second nationally with 372.4 passing yards per game and ranked 20th in FCS with 217.1 rushing yards per game. Gilbert’s unit was the only FCS offense to rank among the top five nationally in passing offense and the top 20 nationally in rushing offense. 

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Tulsa 2015
Dane Evans
Passing - 278/441 (63%) 3958 yards (9.0 ypa) 22 TDs 8 ints

Art Briles, Dino Babers, and Philip Montgomery disciple.




TYSON HELTON
UAB 07-09 (2 1/2 years starts)
Joe Webb
Passing - 435/741 (58.7%) 5345 yards (7.2 ypa) 36 TDs 25 ints
Rushing - 492 car 2736 yards (5.56 ypc) 23 TDs
Receiving - 32 rec 471 yards (14.7 ypr) 4 TDs

Western Kentucky 2014-2015 2 year starts
Brandon Doughty
Passing - 679/996 (70%) 8907 yards (8.94 ypa) 91 TDs 16 ints


He turned these QBs into stars. He also was a very successful S/T and TEs coach at Hawaii, Memphis and Cincinnati.

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In 2001, Helton's first season as a full-time coach, the Warriors led the nation in kickoff return yardage and broke the NCAA record for average gain per return (30.3). Under Helton, return specialist Chad Owens tied the NCAA record with two kick returns for a touchdown in a game and also broke the NCAA record for most yards gained on kick return.

In 2005, UM kicker Stephen Gostkowski, now with the NFL's New England Patriots, was responsible for nearly one-third of the team's scoring and was named the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year.

The 13-year veteran coached First-Team All-American Athletic Conference selections Blake Annen (TE) and Ralph David Abernathy IV (KR) in 2013. He was also part of a staff that produced the most prolific offensive unit in Cincinnati history. The Bearcats set the school record with 6,137 yards of total offense and led the American Athletic Conference, averaging 472.1 yards per game.

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Major Applewhite?

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Saban couldn't wait to run him off.

A sober Steve Sarkisian would be a solid pro style OC that can legitimately develop a QB.

i was glancing at offensive team stats and i tried to keep style in mind + availability and i ran out a few possibilities

Tyson Helton (Western Kentucky)
Kevin Johns (Indiana)
Clay Helton (USC)
James Coley (Miami)

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A sober Steve Sarkisian would be a solid pro style OC that can legitimately develop a QB.

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Too close to Bourbon St!

ETA - should we be looking at someone willing to be a geobachelor for one year?

Kevin Johns might be a good hire. Indiana was better than most people realize