Ed Orgeron: "We Didn't Play Good Defense Last Year, Thats Why Bo (Pelini) Is Here"

Probably not happy with Baylor recruiting narrative? Could Aranda be talking smack on recruiting trail?

Hard to argue. examples? Texas got back in a game that was over because of the defense Alabama threw two bomb TDs to Smith due to defensive brain farts (from the sideline) Ole Miss QB/RB make LSU look silly in the second half

Wow Coach O really through Aranda under the bus for no reason. Aranda was so terrible that he got a head coaching gig with Baylor.

The problem with the D last year was they never dominated From fart to finish until the aTm game. After that they were lights out. Texas and Bama ran up and down the field on us in the second half. Florida did the same in the first. And we gave up 38 pts to Vandy ( I know two of their scores were the offenses fault, but still that’s 24 pts we gave up defensively) And that ole miss kid ran circles around us. Nothing against Aranda. BuT I think the D will be fine esp with Bo back at the realm. Should be fun to watch.

Although the defense did come on strong for the stretch run, it is fair that "we" did not play well on defense for the whole 2019 season. There were some injuries, some scheme/personnel issues that all contributed to this. This is a situation where building up one coach (Pelini) comes at the cost of his predecessor (Aranda), and I'm torn because I think those are 2 of the 3 best DCs in LSU history (Charles MF McClendon being the other).

Calm down it's coach speak designed to motivate the players and coaches here now.

He is being salty at Aranda taking a HC gig at Baylor. Prior this this last year, Aranda was the man who made LSU look respectable. He got more LBs drafted than any coach in LSU's history. He certainly lost part of his knack last year, but I believe that he was focused on getting out of Baton Rouge this year. But buw...O making that statement is pure dog shite. you should never throw someone under the bus, specially when they helped you during your bad time. O was known to be a shrimp boat captain among my colleagues prior to this year. Aranda helped him not look aweful.

"We're 4-deep on the DL." Excuse me while I attend to an explosion that just occurred in my pants.

By week three the Rant will be lamenting how losing Dave Aranda killed us.

He’s right. Rewatching the games so many times during this covid shit, yeah there many head scratcher moments by the D in key plays, even the announcers calling it out. If you rewatch the big games you can’t miss it.

Really?? "That's why Pelini is here??" LOL So, all that praise Aranda got was not due, he got all that damn money for nothing then if you say some crap like that. Also, Pelini may be a good DC, but when he was DC for Miles he wasn't all that to me. I know people on here may disagree with me, but the year Miles luckily got into the NC game with the best team in the country, and won his only title against Ohio State, Pelini's defense struggled. They couldn't stop a average Kentucky team from scoring and beating LSU in 3 OT's. Then they lose an embarrassingly home game to a bad Arkansas team in 3 OT's again with McFadden running all over them from the Wildcat. Smh

He's absolutely right. We need to get back to that smash mouth LSU Defense.

I love O but he has lost his mind. That D at the end of the year and when healthy was as good as anybody in the country.

The defense started off very poorly. However week by week they got better. By the time uga Oklahoma, and Clemson came around they controlled the game pretty easily.

I wonder if this means Aranda was pushed out? Hmmmmm....

LSU defense was ok but not good under Aranda any year.

What an idiot. Throw your D and former DC under the bus when you run the table.

Defense was very Jekyl and Hyde last year. Overall, I had no problem with Aranda...god knows he kept us in and won games before we had an offense. Wasnt a big fan of 3-4 but I appreciate Arandas overall tenure

I don’t get it. It sounds like a shot to me. The defense was on the field a lot (thanks to our quick strike offense), was inexperienced in spots (which later became strengths...Queen and Stingley Jr.), and was banged up in key spots (Delpit). Thank Aranda, wish him luck (as long as it doesn’t interfere with the interests of LSU), and talk about a great hire in Pelini.

The country is fricked and going to be so mad when LSU is at or near the top once again.