Play Calling Question

great question, but i dont think anyone out there knows..

That's the million dollar question.

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ts not that. I talked to a friend of mine last nite, a high school O-coordinator and definite future head coach.

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when we were in shotgun on 4th and inches.. what the hell was that?

There is no identity.
The Coaches can't game plan without an identity.
The players can't execute unless coached up.


If Miles keeps beatin' his head on the same wall, he'll bleed, but he thinks he'll eventually break through. The question is, will anyone be around to watch it?

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ts not that. I talked to a friend of mine last nite, a high school O-coordinator and definite future head coach.

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You got a problem with this?

Where is the old LSU tigers. We are playing like a little kity

the limited playbook is pretty boring. My biggest question about playmakers is why are we not getting the ball to dickson more. this alone would help jefferson develop a little more. he has 12 receptions all year!

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It seems that the players were having a lot more fun then.

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As well as the fans, or so it seems....

[quote]Is it play calling, or do we just not have the talent to be a little ballsy anymore? What happened to the LM that insprired the little squirrel picture (LSU hat and gigantic balls) that was going around not too long ago.... [/quote

It's a good question and I think we are all perplexed by our lack of production on offense. IMHO, it all boils down to an underacheiving and over matched offensive line plus a seriously flawed qb prospect. You quite rightly use hester as the missing 'playmaker' example but any serious evaluation of why we are less sucessful now, than then, will lead you directly to the oline. If you go back to the videos of '07 you will see we more times that not owned the line of scrimmage...add quinn johnson to the mix and you can see why hester, scott and williams had holes, creases and many times were not challenged until they reached the second level. Now, regretfully, our backs are barely getting the rock before they have to break or avoid tackles. JJ, who is a talented and intelligent prospect, has got to understand that his mechanics just ain't cutting it. two weeks ago the advocate had a very telling picture of JJ throwing the football. what I saw was not good. he looked more like jim palmer or goose gossage unleashing a fastball than dan marino or jon elway throwing darts to receivers where only they could catch the ball. We've all heard the phrase, "he has a quick release" and it always refers to highly accurate qbs who get the ball to their playmakers as they clear and in stride. I believe in our coaches because I think it is ludicrous to think they suddenly forgot how to teach the skills that have been so successful in the past. I also hope that with these two weeks we've had to regroup that those same coaches have reopened position battles and that a more competetive nature in practice will bring us either better play...or new faces getting a chance to prove their mettle.