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Rotation - Can Les phase the team back to elite level?

Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:34 pm
Posted by Football_Freak
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:34 pm
2011: Offense = C Defense = A+
2012: Offense = B- Defense = B+
2013: Offense = A Defense = B

2014 and 2015 will be interesting.

When can we expect CLM to phase us to a comprehensive roster across-the-board?

In 2014, the QB situation is a huge wildcard. Potential, yes, but anything but a certainty. The OLine should be in great shape, and LF and Magee/Hilliard will rock it in the ground game. WR's look promising, but an assertion is the best one can offer from the receiving corp. The DL is anything but a certainty, and the LB crew better somehow improve vastly. The DB's are looking to be exceptional. The schedule is very favorable, but 2014 is otherwise hardly a team with enough pieces in place to contend (aside from the easy schedule, that is)

Then comes 2015...the year many think will be "the year" (even though we are beyond the BCS era, it is the "4-year pattern" year)...BUT, will the Oline be depleted or too inexperienced? No team with a re-building or inexperienced/young Oline is going to compete for an SEC or NC. Otherwise, the overall LSU team could have all the pieces in place. Could the Oline be phased with recruits and JUCO players to be adequate?

To win it all, you have to phase your program recruiting to be solid across the board.

What year can we reasonable project being back to that comprehensive level to put it all together.

Is 2016 the most reasonable time to expect to phase things to true contending for all the marbles?
This post was edited on 1/16/14 at 10:36 pm
Posted by DanglingFury
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:39 pm to
Damn man, you know your shite. So impressed.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:42 pm to
The team is at an elite level right now.
Posted by zoom
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Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:43 pm to
2013 defense gets a B?

Posted by Football_Freak
Member since May 2012
2410 posts
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:44 pm to
quote:

The team is at an elite level right now.


Nope. The Program is elite, but the team is not.
Posted by Football_Freak
Member since May 2012
2410 posts
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:47 pm to
quote:

2013 defense gets a B?


based on how the finished statistically. You gotta realize that each teams fan base hyper focuses on the issues with their defense, and forgets (in a relative sense) that all teams have some issues. I give them a B, even with the poor LB play and the occasional disapointment.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:01 pm to
team is elite. coaching is not
Posted by LSUNV
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:04 pm to
Better analogy
Posted by Gumb0
West Palm Beach
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:10 pm to
2011 avg like 40 pts a game, although defense played a part in that, just saying.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:13 pm to
quote:

2011: Offense = C

Lol that team destroyed people on the ground.
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:16 pm to
2011 Offense was better than 2012.

2013 Defense doesn't deserve a B.
Posted by DanglingFury
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:19 pm to
quote:

2011 avg like 40 pts a game, although defense played a part in that, just saying.


Sorry our defense was incredible, and our offense took advantage of that?
Posted by LSUregit
Member since Dec 2013
1620 posts
Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:19 pm to
Clueless
Posted by Gumb0
West Palm Beach
Member since Dec 2013
223 posts
Posted on 1/16/14 at 11:24 pm to
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Sorry our defense was incredible, and our offense took advantage of that?


I'm saying idk how that offense was a C when we averaged 40 pts a game?
Posted by RBWilliams8
Member since Oct 2009
53417 posts
Posted on 1/17/14 at 12:05 am to
Did the offense average 40 a game? Bc out defense scored a LOT. Serious question as I don't know if the O scored 40/game. They got more help than any I remember.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41180 posts
Posted on 1/17/14 at 12:16 am to
quote:

2013: Offense = A Defense = B


2013-14 Offense = #26

2013-14 Defense- #20
Posted by BRAVEHEART
Member since Aug 2012
1525 posts
Posted on 1/17/14 at 1:02 am to
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The team is at an elite level right now.
Yeah boy, L.S.U. football basking in the glorious "Elitism" of being #14 in the Country, #3 in the S.E.C. West and High Protein Food Bowls (Chicken and Steak) attendee. Elite? I think not.
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76281 posts
Posted on 1/17/14 at 1:03 am to
It must've been a year of great offense, poor defense, or a combination in college football. Bc 2013 defense was not a solid group, despite that ranking.
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68583 posts
Posted on 1/17/14 at 1:59 am to
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Elite? I think not.


Who is? Certainly not a crimson team that is on a 2 game losing streak. Not an auburn team that went win less the year before and got manhandled by lsu.
Posted by tigerswin03
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Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:30 am to
the defense played good towards the end of the year (2013)and I would give them a b with the loss of players the year before....

hell two of the losses was by 6 points combined , and I hate to play the what if game but had we returned all the early departures from the year before it could of been us in Pasadena.....

in the end finishing in the outback sure doesn't make it a great season but it could have been a lot worse.....

as far as 2014 goes if the defense continues to improve and can get back to an elite level I think we could end up in that final 4.....

the offense should be able to run the ball and if they do not turn it over lsu will be a hard team to beat....
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