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2007 Offense and Gary Crowton

Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:35 pm
Posted by bayouballs
Member since Apr 2012
505 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:35 pm
I forgot just how dominant our offense was in 2007, especially after watching the home game against VT. WOW WE WERE STACKED!

Why were there so many Gary Crowton haters? I loved that Oregon style offense!
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Posted by Hugo Stiglitz
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:35 pm to
Ban yourself
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:36 pm to
Weak-side Option
Posted by Camp Randall
The Shadow of the Valley of Death
Member since Nov 2005
15605 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:36 pm to
If that is the only year you watched I could understand your position. Did ya happen to watch any other years?
Posted by ATLTiger
#TreyBiletnikoffs
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:36 pm to
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Why were there so many Gary Crowton haters?


quote:

2008, 2009, and 2010 Offenses and Gary Crowton
Posted by Chimlim
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2005
17715 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:49 pm to
40 seconds to go, no timeouts, down by 2. About 20 yards away from FG range. Call a RB screen to the middle of the field. Cannot stop clock. Time runs out.
Posted by c on z
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Posted on 5/8/13 at 12:51 pm to
Posted by wadewilson
Member since Sep 2009
36637 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 1:02 pm to
This is the kind of shite that makes this website totally worthless for a sports fan.
Posted by Beltway Bengal
Potomac, Maryland
Member since Feb 2004
519 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 1:08 pm to
quote:

Why were there so many Gary Crowton haters? I loved that Oregon style offense!


Lou Tepper called a good defense for the Indy Bowl against ND. I thought "this guy is going to be great." And then I saw the results when he ran his own system.

Crowton did a great job in 2007 taking over a team that was in place with a QB whom Jimbo had tutored. But the QB's did not progress under Crowton and we had too many fire drills such as the sequence at the end of the Tennessee game in 2010. I was very ready for him to leave LSU, but was chagrined that he came to Maryland. To my surprise, despite a good returning QB in Danny O'Brien, Crowton had no success in College Park.
Posted by jrevonte
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2011
1801 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 1:10 pm to
Ryan Perriloux fricked over Gary Crowten when he go himself kicked off the team...
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
64160 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 2:56 pm to
I remember halfway through that season a poster came on here and posted a long, detailed analysis of how Crowton offenses were amazing the first year, then regress year by year until they are absolutely putrid.

I still remember it because everything he said was absolutely true.
Posted by Sheetbend
Member since Apr 2013
1267 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 3:52 pm to
I don't think Crowton handled the QB fiasco situation well. He forced Lee to make throws down the field he wasn't ready for and was responsible for the pick-6 disaster that year.

After that, Miles probably lose confidence in Crowton as an offensive coordinator.
Posted by stho381
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2012
4628 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 4:12 pm to
quote:

Why were there so many Gary Crowton haters? I loved that Oregon style offense!



skip forward 2 years and get back to me after watching those highlights.
Posted by Mayhawman
Somewhere in the middle of SEC West
Member since Dec 2009
10097 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

I loved that Oregon style offense!
You must have my tigers confused with the plains species.

2006 O was no slouch and '07 a continuation of what was already in place.
The offense went south once The Wiz actually started trying to mold it.
The O got progressively worse, and toward the end of 2010 he was handcuffed.
It was then you saw what was the beginning of the 2011 beast that made Ds quit.
Posted by TigerTerez0307
Member since Apr 2013
617 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 10:04 pm to
Crowton & Miles were like oil and water, they just did not get along at all.. Miles wanted ball control and play good D, Gary wanted to light up the scoreboard. Problem was LSU was going thru the Co DC train wreck and LSU defense was just not up to the job. Crowton last game vs tamu cotton bowl when (forgive me) JJ threw bomb after bomb Crowton ran the offense his way that night. All The Mad Hatter talk was because of Crowton those were his plays and his calls in those games. Ask yourself since Crowton left when was the last time you seen LSU pull off a great trick play?
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164354 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 10:17 pm to
The offense was too complex for our players. We had illegal formation penalties out the arse in 2007.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 5/9/13 at 6:48 am to
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I loved that Oregon style offense



It only works IF you have a QB that can run it...........
Posted by Vegas Bengal
Member since Feb 2008
26344 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 7:13 am to
A good coordinator recruits athletes to fit his scheme. Like Chavis. So what was Crowton's excuse?
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68941 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 12:56 pm to
Wasnt his offense. O gets worse every year under him at every freaking stop. The crazy sub packages were too much for the o to handle, resulted in delay of game penalties and substitution infractions out the arse.


The dude took the reigning Acc frosh of the year and turned him into a bench warmer. But its ok, he got to ran LSU's Offense at LSU and run his at MD. Where he got fired from.
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