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If my memory is correct. LSU hasn't seen OL recruiting under Kelly this good since Saban.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 2/12/24 at 1:18 pm
Even with Heard Leaving Kelly in 2 years has beat anything Miles did. I understand Miles got a guy here and there. Mike's OL recruiting was very underwhelming over the years.
Now DL is another topic about Kelly. With Bo on board I expect that to be very good from now on.
Now DL is another topic about Kelly. With Bo on board I expect that to be very good from now on.
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Posted on 2/12/24 at 1:23 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
When your future 5* LT leaves and it’s really not that damning, you know that position is a serious strength
Posted on 2/12/24 at 1:28 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Miles had some good lines
Keep in mind, we were also running I-form 9 guys in the box when Miles was here and we still had guys pushing and setting the LOS.
But Yeah, Kelly has this thing rocking and rolling
Keep in mind, we were also running I-form 9 guys in the box when Miles was here and we still had guys pushing and setting the LOS.
But Yeah, Kelly has this thing rocking and rolling
Posted on 2/12/24 at 2:06 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
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Even with Heard Leaving Kelly in 2 years has beat anything Miles did. I understand Miles got a guy here and there. Mike's OL recruiting was very underwhelming over the years.
Les didn’t know what a true LT was. He just thought any big guard could fill that position.
In his defense, he did come from the “3 yards and a cloud of dust” style football and that was ALL he was going to run. In that case, having big unglies was necessary to open gaps for running backs. That’s a fine way to play football if you can out physical your opponents. The issue came when Saban came in and had just as dominatingly big defensive lines and you ended up with games like the 2011/12 season where field goals determined the outcome. The difference though is Saban adapted once he figured out he couldn’t out muscle Les on a consistent basis.
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 2/12/24 at 2:49 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Miles may have not have gotten the sexy commitments on the O-line all the time but he definitely found the guys that could hold and push the line of scrimmage. We ran the ball pretty easily during his time here. His issues was getting quality QBs.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 2:56 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Les had solid OL most years.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 3:38 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Kelly has delivered excellent o-line play throughout his career and he often did it without elite recruits. The future is bright.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 4:05 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Now time to get the D-line on that level
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:26 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
The fair knock on Les was that he couldn’t land Cam Robinson and the kid from Thibodeaux that went to Auburn. Les put together solid o-lines, but missed some huge La recruits
Kelly has landed the big names. It can’t hurt that Ben Bordelon has an interest in these lines being good.
Kelly has landed the big names. It can’t hurt that Ben Bordelon has an interest in these lines being good.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 11:19 am to DeafVallyBatnR
Les 2011 Line is one of the best in school history. It’ll get overlook because of the lack of players drafted but that was one of the most fundamentally sounds units the program ever had.
Posted on 2/13/24 at 1:20 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Well, we recruited a truly great offensive line that took the field in 2019, but a lot of those guys were not super highly rated. A lot of fans think Burrow made a good line look great. They are wrong. The NFL chops of that line exceed any line in LSU history. Cushenberry and Damien Lewis are solid NFL starters. Saahdiq Charles and Ingram are also starters. Deculus is also on an NFL roster.
Four guys starting in the NFL and another is on an active roster! That was a great offensive line that was considerably better than any Saban offensive line at LSU. If this isn’t enough for you go back and rewatch that 2019 Alabama game. That offensive line mauled Bama’s defense.
Four guys starting in the NFL and another is on an active roster! That was a great offensive line that was considerably better than any Saban offensive line at LSU. If this isn’t enough for you go back and rewatch that 2019 Alabama game. That offensive line mauled Bama’s defense.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 2:31 am to DeafVallyBatnR
Kind of an unfair metric when you consider what Louisiana has produced the past couple of years. It's rare to get a Will Campbell in LA. But it's super rare to get him and Emory at the same time.
We're lucky
We're lucky
Posted on 2/14/24 at 10:45 am to DeafVallyBatnR
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this good since Saban.
I don't remember Saban's OL recruiting being that great. Not that it was bad, just not better than what Les did.
Definitely like what we're doing now.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 2:20 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Lot of talk about Miles’ lines here but the reason that a) his lines got push and b) play action passed rarely worked is he fielded 5 guards with one who snapped.
Outside of Collins we rarely had decent tackles in that era.
Also, Grimes seemed to take a lot of project players who usually didn't work out.
Outside of Collins we rarely had decent tackles in that era.
Also, Grimes seemed to take a lot of project players who usually didn't work out.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 12:12 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
If it's 1 thing Kelly knows how to do it's find top OLinemen, unlike his predecessors. His OLines at Notre Dame were some of the best OLines around, and everywhere else he's coached at really.
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