why is les miles so jaded on offense?

there used to be a time when les miles had good offenses here at LSU, (05-07). we had really good, championship defenses then, too. so my question is, what changed since then? is it the QB? is it the OC? why are we so determined to run, run, run, punt and lean on the D so much?

im not saying we need an oregon/OU type offense, just something with a respectable passing game. itll keep other defenses from putting 9 in the box, and we can still pound the ball with big backs and a big OL. i think our pound the rock, ball control mentality is enough to win alot of games, but i dont think this offense is championship caliber, but i think it can be. thats why i dont understand why the coaches(miles!) are so adamantly against passing the ball.


for example, whens the last time we ran a screen? the last one i can think of specifically was against tOSU in the BCSCG (to chuck scott up the middle, runs down the sideline as hes stiff arming malcolm jenkins). weres the bootleg game? those are easy passes, but we dont run them. we run play action, but its hardly effective when we run the pitch lead- no pitch back to the RB, PASS! do we have a draw in the playbook other than a zone read we almost always hand off to?

im just curious why hes so willing to devalue such an important phase of the game. i know our defense is amazing. they look like a special group. but why cant we pair them with an average offense? why does it have to be only defense/special teams and offense dont frick up? whay are we determined to run a 1950s style offense? IMO, its different if hes a defensive guy, and doesnt trust QBs, and he just wants to use the D to win ball games, but les is an offensive guy, yet doesnt want to maximize the offense. i just dont get it...

i know, i know. :rantard: and tl;dr and PIIHB and DWI