re: Rabalais “There’s only one way Kelly can stop the ridicule”

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It was game 1, season 1 for Kelly with a roster built by necessity through the transfer portal.

I don't know what people were expecting. Our line was worse than I thought but otherwise I wasn't shocked we didn't go out there and beat the brakes off of Florida State either.

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Pretty much exactly this is what I expected and have been telling my buddies.
Only other "surprises" for me:
-CBs for game 1 played better than I expected
-WRs for game 1 played worse than I expected
Both of these are just as easily to do a complete 180º as they are to continue this way.

Easiest way to stop the ridicule is to fix the fundamentals that Kelly's reputation is built on.
-No dumb penalties (Gaye)
-Eliminate poor tackling
-Adjust your offensive scheme to your o-line (shorter routes, screens etc)
-Blocking on XP/FGs

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It was game 1, season 1 for Kelly with a roster built by necessity through the transfer portal.

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yep. And if does what needs to be done, this year, and makes that game look like a fluke by eliminating those mistakes (i.e. never to be seen again) a trophy, this year, is not needed.

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I don't know what people were expecting. Our line was worse than I thought but otherwise I wasn't shocked we didn't go out there and beat the brakes off of Florida State either.

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Keep in mind, just a little context, that might be one of the best DL's we face this year with an above average LB corp that played above their mendoza line (because we made it easy for them) in that game.

So the context is that just might be the floor for the OL. And it was bad, but we've seen worse and the offense had several opportunities.

- 1st game, 1st time OC'g, 1st time at C, 1st snaps at OG at Div-I level, freshman LT.
- first time they've played together
- a future NFLer on DE and probably, nay- likely, 2 in the middle.

JD has some significant improvement, but he made hay.

If this is the worst we will see, with the appropriate personnel changes, it's not really that bad.

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I don't know what people were expecting

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Did that look like a well-coached coached team to you?

...or did it look like a well-coached team that unfortunately came up short in the end?

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don't know what people were expecting. Our line was worse than I thought but otherwise I wasn't shocked we didn't go out there and beat the brakes off of Florida State either.

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This

People think that simple hiring a great coach was going to magically fix the issues and ignore the monumental rebuild. The roster wasn’t this bad when Saban took over, but after 8 months on the job, ppl expected LSU to go out and beat the brakes off FSU.

Failure to stop FSU on 3rd downs cost LSU the game IMO, due to poor tackling, injury, and the ejection.

I know...hot new take.