Blake Baker is a failure as DC and taking the next bus

What’s the common denominator?

Yes…and Brian Kelly.

I agree that Baker isn’t the problem. Need we not forget what he did at Mizzou! The common denominator is Kelly (his fingers in game planning) and the subpar players! Not a Kelly fan but like the rest of the safe in some capacity

Baker is trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shite

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The defense has given up 14, 17, 7, 7 14 in the last 6 quarters

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Again I’m not saying the defense has been great.

But a lot of those scores you mention came off of short fields when Nuss and the offense turned the ball over in our own territory.

Yes it’s a team effort and team losses. But the defense has been better then expect for much of the year but far too frequently get set up to fail by the turnover machine running the offense.

At the end of the day, we knew we were missing the players necessary to be successful in the SEC at both DL and secondary. That hasn't changed. Baker has done enough with this group to make us think they were near that level, which means he's done a good job. We just don't have the dudes right now, but they are coming.


Regarding the QB right now, CFB requires a mobile QB now. You don't have to be a runner, but you have to run some. The QBs coming behind Nuss fit that mold. For Nuss to excel, he has to protect the ball in big games and he doesn't do that. We were all high on him earlier in the season, but the reality is that he is what his stats say he is. In SEC games, he's 56% completions with 8 TDs and 8 Ints and a 3-2 record.

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Baker has done a decent job with the talent he has.

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You didn't address the specific defensive issues I brought up...the exact same defensive issues that Matt House was crucified for last season with similar players. Last year, House was blamed...not the players. Ssssoooo, this year Blake Baker gets blamed. Fair is fair. He has done a hideous job. And I didn't even bring up that bizarre and idiotic "I formation" he tried on defense a couple of times. Even the analyst predicted what would happen in the A&M game when he tried it. "They are simply going to run the ball with players that far off the LOS. Next play A&M did and got about 15 yards.

BTW, I included offensive incompetence in my original post...you just went off the subject and didn't even address the defensive issues at all. Baker has done the same type of job that House did. So if you give Baker a pass, you must have given House a pass too...exact same problems. One last point...people keep acting like the defense is talent deficient. You honestly believe that the LSU defense is worse talent wise that some of the other teams that have been able to slow down a running QB and get off the field on 3rd and long against teams? Seriously?

Review film with nuss . Either he improves or he sits . He had a tight end wide open across the middle for a first down , but threw into coverage down the field behind the receiver . He is soft , does not like contact and refuses to run for first downs even if it means we punt . He is not that accurate throwing on the run . Stares down receivers . I think he has talent , but is a priviledged spoiled kid with an over inflated idea of his ability . It is up to CBK to insist that either you do what I expect or you sit . Nothing wrong with that approach .

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Review film with nuss . Either he improves or he sits . He had a tight end wide open across the middle for a first down , but threw into coverage down the field behind the receiver . He is soft , does not like contact and refuses to run for first downs even if it means we punt . He is not that accurate throwing on the run . Stares down receivers . I think he has talent , but is a priviledged spoiled kid with an over inflated idea of his ability . It is up to CBK to insist that either you do what I expect or you sit . Nothing wrong with that approac

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Definitely does not like contact. And people rant on BK. Well, in multiple media meetings, he has mentioned that it would help if Nussmeier would occasionally take off. when given an open field..GN has yet to do that. A QB who REFUSES to run at all is a dinosaur in today's game. And Nussmeier is a brontosaurus. That is a fact!

Also related to defense jacksajester wrote

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It’s not Bakers fault that Brian Kelly in incapable of recruiting above average players on defense.

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Yet, everyone on this forum last season was crucifying Matt House for not being a better DC. Uh yeah, it is exactly Baker's fault that the defense can't defend a running QB or give up so many 3rd and long conversions. Everyone said it was House's fault last season.

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