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re: Athlon Coach Rankings - Ed O at 81
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:33 am to H-Town Tiger
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:33 am to H-Town Tiger
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As for his "good" record as USC and LSU its fools gold, he beat the teams he should and was 1-4 vs quality teams
I don't know about the USC games but are we really going to give Coach O shite for losing to Alabama last year? We weren't supposed to win that game and we were in it late. Florida game, fine, put that on O. But we beat the tar out of A&M, Arkansas, and Mizzou and the offense looked better than it had in a very long time with Miles. And let's also not forget the bowl win against Louisville. 29-3.
The book is out on O, but his record as interim coach is not fairly defined by his two losses, especially given one was a nail biter to a team we hadnt beaten in 5 previous tries and went to the national championship.
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Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:47 am to ChewyDante
I don't think anyone here expects him to go 3-9, but you don't think it's overly optimistic to expect 10-2 or better knowing what we know now?
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:49 am to ChewyDante
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going to give Coach O shite for losing to Alabama last year?
We has 6 1st downs and 125 yards and ran the same miles gameplan everyone knows won't work against bama. He ran LF right into the teeth of bama's front 7 and gave Guice 2 carries.
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But we beat the tar out of A&M, Arkansas, and Mizzou and the offense looked better than it had in a very long time with Miles. And let's also not forget the bowl win against Louisville. 29-3.
So you give him credit when we looked good against triple digit run defenses yet don't blame him when we don't execute ok offense?
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offense looked better than it had in a very long time with Mile
Are you talking about the games were we rushed 418 yards and 390 yards?
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especially given one was a nail biter to a team we hadnt beaten in 5 previous tries and went to the national championship.
It was a nail biter because of our defense. Every team bama played except Kent State had more yards,points,and 1st downs than lsu did.
If you don't blame O for that then that's fine but you can't give him credit for the good offensive outputs.
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Our 2016 offense during O's interim tenure was all of 30 yards better than our 2015 offense. The 2015 offense went up against significantly better run defenses at Arly and ole miss.
2015 arky was 11th in opponents rushing yards per game
2016 arky was 89th in opponents rushing yards per game
2015 ole miss was 21st in opponents rushing yards per game
2016 ole miss was 117th in opponents rushing yards per game
Add in 2016 missourri that was 118th in opponents rushing yards per game.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 9:59 am to ChewyDante
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I don't know about the USC games but are we really going to give Coach O shite for losing to Alabama last year?
I'm not "giving him shite" I'm just pointing out he was 1-4 vs quality opponents as an IHC. If you don't want to count Bama them he's 1-3. At USC he lost to Notre Dame and UCLA (USCs 2 biggest rivals) both were good, 9-4 and 10-3 but not Bama level obviously.
Posted on 6/29/17 at 11:07 am to ChewyDante
Fair opinion
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