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re: Gus Malzahn
Posted on 12/7/08 at 12:59 pm to flucobaseball
Posted on 12/7/08 at 12:59 pm to flucobaseball
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You still have to put the points up bro, and that's what we did.
Umm, No we did not. After getting up 30-14 the coaching staff called plays that were an attitude of "lets get a few 1st downs and get out of here with a win". If you had the defense that LSU had this year would you have been happy with a 2 TD lead early in the 3rd quarter to feel good enough that you were going to win the game? I'm sorry but I didn't and if I was coaching I wouldn't either and I would have kept the peddle to the metal and gone for at least 2 more scores to put the game totally out of rich. But, LSU has never been that way; it was the same way under Dumbo Fisher before Crowton got here. It's absolutely absurd. Give me a Play caller that attacks like OU, Florida, USC, Boise State, Arkansas, Texas, Texas Tech, OSU and others do and then I'll be happy. I don't like a passive and playing not to lose mentality and I think it usually causes more harm than good when you play that way and I can think of endless examples of how it has harmfully affected LSU over the years. Even if a team has a great or good defense I would still continue to put nails in the coffin and put away any doubt about the game’s ending result.
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Posted on 12/7/08 at 1:24 pm to Jason
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OU, Florida, USC, Boise State, Arkansas, Texas, Texas Tech, OSU
I think you have a little bit of the grass is greener on the other side mentality. I agree with aggressive playcalling, but there were times last year in 2007 that I felt our aggressiveness was undermined by our execution.
For example, in the UK game, we were up 27-21, and Flynn underthrew Lafell on a deep post that ended up being intercepted. Our playcalling at that point was still aggressive, but it was a poor execution that undermined it, and led us to have very little confidence in the rest of our play calls for that game. In another example, after Bama had just extended their lead to ten points, Flynn hit Byrd on a beautiful fade for a TD. The execution and aggressiveness were on the same page, and we called and played aggressively for the rest of the game. If anything, I think we should criticize Miles/Crowton for getting too gun-shy when things go wrong. While I think Miles is in general a conservative coach, we still have been aggressive. Sometimes, I think the playcalling reflects how little confidence the staff has, rather than an innate lack of aggressiveness.
Perhaps you could elaborate with some examples of your point. Maybe I am misunderstanding.
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