re: Those that want a change at OC - that means you want a different system right?

Don't think playcalling was bad save for a few situations this year, I will say the flow looked to be disrupted at times when we went too heavy running or passing.

Running the ball looked to be like going head first into a brick wall at times and they kept on trying to do it. I get the need to establishing the run, but there's gotta be more creative ways to do it out of the limited sets that we employ.

Give me more mismatches with tight ends and linebackers, misdirection.

Hell gimme a 2 man cross route like bama does so well that nobody can apparently cover.

We need a run game coordinator

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was basically the same system as the year before lol u people are silly

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This was more 2018 SE offense than 2019 Brady.

How many times did you see the RB motion out of the back field, to help identify man or zone? Then realize LSU did this and went empty over 80% last year.

How many times did you see deep sideline routes or 5-10 out routes to the far side hash (NFL route)? SE loved it in 18.

Think back to Mizz game with MB. They kept blitzing and SE answer was to roll the pocket away from the blitz. That cut the filed down and limited play calling. Very similar to 18 vs Fla.

Offense has a few concepts from Brady, but 2020 was more in line with 18.

You’re out of your depth here if you think what we ran in 2020 was the same system we ran in 2019

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I want an OC to run his system, know how to scheme,not only other teams but to scheme around LSUs weaknesses.

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I want LSU to keep the system they have while working on making the running game more dynamic within that system. You don't wholesale change offensive systems that work and are this explosive in the passing game if you want a shot at competing for championships in two years. You want to evolve and not burn it all down. Wholesale changes also affect the QBs with having to learn a completely new playbook likely with new terminology. Brady built the playbook, but E decided which plays to run in certain situations this year which was the biggest glaring difference from Brady during the 2019 season.

I never took it that Emsminger needed someone to call 3rd down an red zone, was just an arrangement they came up with to give Brady play calling experience. LSU led the nation in yards on 1st down last year. This keeps getting ignored.

I assume they just kept the same arrangement when Linehan came in, and obviously he's no Brady. I felt they should have let Emsminger call all of the plays, but of course those that don't like him will assume it's because they didn't think he could handle it.

Where is the empty narrative coming from?

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Where is the empty narrative coming from?

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There was an Advanced stat article on 19 offense that broke down the personnel groupings, formations, etc and gave the %. I’ll see if I can find it and link.

Try to remember how many times you saw LSU empty, or 1 RB and the RB motioning out to empty set (get D to show man or Zone), bunch formations this year?

“ STEVE ENSMINGER: We talked about it before the game. I tell him, I know what my strengths are and I know what my weaknesses are. Joe is better with our compact packages. Joe is better at our empty package than I am. So I tell him, we talk about it before the game, Look, when I want to go empty, be ready. If it's third and whatever, and I have a call, I make it. If not, I tell him. He has it all highlighted. I'm like, Take it.

We can go to empty right now. I said, Joe, I'm going empty. Take it, he's ready for it.

Compact meaning our bunch packages, a condensed formation, stuff like that. He's better at that than I am. I know it. I tell him, Hey, I want to go whatever it is, bunch, pack 'em all in here. I said, Call it. He's ready for it.”

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It was basically the same system as the year before

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not really. it was like 75% of the Brady system. just much safer and more vanilla/telegraphed

the playcalling was inferior and the formations were a lot more vanilla/plain

E calls the game like an old school OC where he goes by gut thinking that he'll catch the right D and attack it with his playcall

what we missed was a philosophy of scheming guys open and into space. lots of creativity with formations left with Brady. we need that back

Man it's easy. Jeff Lebby from Ole Miss or Phil Longo from UNC. LSU could easily afford either one, and neither is tethered to their current school as an assistant head coach.

Lebby put up insane offenses at UCF, and then in year one at Ole Miss, their offense went from 81st in scoring and 26 in total the previous year, to 13th in scoring and 3rd in total offense this year. These are his leaders in offense

Corral 71% 3000 pass yards 10.6 ypa 27 TD 14 int, 470 rush yards 4 TD

Moore (only 8 games) - 86 receptions 1200 yards 8 TD
TE Yeaboh (only 8 games) - 27 receptions 524 yards 19.4 yards per reception, 8 TDs

Longo took a UNC offense that was 31st in total offense to 12th in 2019 and then 4th this year. He took a 78th scoring offense and turned into it 30th in 2019, and then 6th this year. These are his leaders in offense

Howell 69% 3352 yards 10.6 ypa 27 TD 6 int, 120 rush yards 5 TD

Carter 156 carries 1245 yards 8.0 ypc 9 TD, 25 rec 267 yards 2 TD
Williams 157 carries 1140 yards 7.3 ypa 19 TD, 25 rec 305 yards 3 TD

Brown 55 receptions 1120 yards 20.0 ypr 8 TD