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Who's it gonna be in 2012?
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:33 am
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:33 am
Will this year be that we don't have that one player that every one seems to pick on?
I think it might be that year, but a LB seems to be the position that would most likely be that player. But, I think this will turn out to be one of the best LB crews LSU has had, as there is more experience and talent than may be thought.
I think our roster is so stacked across the board, and there does not seem to be that coaches favorite player that makes us all scratch our collective heads.
This is going to be a special team.
I think it might be that year, but a LB seems to be the position that would most likely be that player. But, I think this will turn out to be one of the best LB crews LSU has had, as there is more experience and talent than may be thought.
I think our roster is so stacked across the board, and there does not seem to be that coaches favorite player that makes us all scratch our collective heads.
This is going to be a special team.
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Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:34 am to therocketscientist
Loston?
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:37 am to Jwodie
The National Championship last year sure showed how slow our linebackers were.
I don't know why more teams didn't try a up tempo get the ball out fast style offense like West Virginia did to us. Arkansas was set up well to try it.
I don't know why more teams didn't try a up tempo get the ball out fast style offense like West Virginia did to us. Arkansas was set up well to try it.
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:39 am to Tigercoop40
Did you not watch the Oregon game??? That was the fastest tempo ive seen
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:41 am to therocketscientist
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Will this year be that we don't have that one player that every one seems to pick on?
Is hatcher gone?
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:43 am to TigerStripes30
I think it may be a product of who gets in trouble, does not make grades etc. If any of the main players has an "incident" people will jump on them. Still with 120 18-22 year olds, I think we can expect a few issues off the field and that can be hard to take. Hopefully it won't be a "UGA" thing (they seem to have about 10 players in trouble every year), but time will tell.
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:46 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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Is hatcher gone?
Yep. Hatcher, McCray (I know for a while, but #44 is stained in the brain as teh poster child for this topic for such contributions to this mysterious "why is he on the field in that position?" no matter what he ever does at the next level - he was misused at LSU), Jefferson (in case you have not heard), Richard Murphy,T-Bob, etc...all gone
This post was edited on 6/8/12 at 10:47 am
Posted on 6/8/12 at 10:48 am to therocketscientist
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Is hatcher gone?
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Yep
Not to down the guy, but he really hated tackling
Posted on 6/8/12 at 11:02 am to therocketscientist
Tough to find potential scapegoats on this team right now - no one jumps out at me.
On offense:
- If Clement shows to have unreliable hands, he will get quite a bit of negative attention. This is because we reportedly have no other TE on our roster who can catch the ball - and therefore our staff really has no alternatives.
- Mettenberger, just because the hype/expectations are so high. I am afraid that for many LSU fans, merely being better than Jarrett Lee isn't gonna be good enough. And keep in mind that if Lee had accumulated enough attempts in 2011, he would have led the SEC in Passing Efficiency.
On defense:
- Simon, who IMO is the guy most-likely to disappoint in 2012. I see many guys on this and other sites praising him, and stating very high expectations. But frankly, I haven't seen what they are seeing. No doubt, he excels at defending the deep ball, and opposing teams would be wise to avoid trying to throw over the top of him. But the flip side of that is I do not like his lack of aggression defending short and medium range passes. He gives up easy catches for too often for my tastes.
- Our three main outside linebackers (Jones, Barrow, and Muncie). Even though I don't think many LSU fans have real high expectations for them, but the fact that so many fans are overly-enamored with the 6 true freshmen linebckers coming in, I expect to see plenty of calls to "Stop playing upper-classmen over more-talented youngsters!!!!"
On offense:
- If Clement shows to have unreliable hands, he will get quite a bit of negative attention. This is because we reportedly have no other TE on our roster who can catch the ball - and therefore our staff really has no alternatives.
- Mettenberger, just because the hype/expectations are so high. I am afraid that for many LSU fans, merely being better than Jarrett Lee isn't gonna be good enough. And keep in mind that if Lee had accumulated enough attempts in 2011, he would have led the SEC in Passing Efficiency.
On defense:
- Simon, who IMO is the guy most-likely to disappoint in 2012. I see many guys on this and other sites praising him, and stating very high expectations. But frankly, I haven't seen what they are seeing. No doubt, he excels at defending the deep ball, and opposing teams would be wise to avoid trying to throw over the top of him. But the flip side of that is I do not like his lack of aggression defending short and medium range passes. He gives up easy catches for too often for my tastes.
- Our three main outside linebackers (Jones, Barrow, and Muncie). Even though I don't think many LSU fans have real high expectations for them, but the fact that so many fans are overly-enamored with the 6 true freshmen linebckers coming in, I expect to see plenty of calls to "Stop playing upper-classmen over more-talented youngsters!!!!"
Posted on 6/8/12 at 12:52 pm to kevlanmei
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Mettenberger, just because the hype/expectations are so high
Good point. Let's hope not!
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