Interesting Insight on LSU O and OC situation on McShay Show

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I’m typically a pretty positive spin fan but struggling to find silver linings after Saturday.

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I'm in this boat, too. I'm a sunshine pumper through and through, but only thing I can hope for at this point is that Nuss gets healthy in the bye, some necessary offensive adjustments get made, and Caden Durham returns to help get the running game going. Other than that, I don't know where this offense goes. Seems like the wrong people are in charge.

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I'm in this boat, too. I'm a sunshine pumper through and through, but only thing I can hope for at this point is that Nuss gets healthy in the bye, some necessary offensive adjustments get made, and Caden Durham returns to help get the running game going. Other than that, I don't know where this offense goes. Seems like the wrong people are in charge.

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A bye week for rest isn’t gonna fix whatever injury he has, he can’t make a 30-40yd throw with zip. There were 2 opportunities Saturday, 1 to Thomas and 1 to Hilton that would have been easy TDs last year. Both throws were 10 yards under throw. To me, it’s a bigger issue than they have eluded. Meaning, they thought, including Nuss, they could nickle and dime teams to score 24-30points with out taking big shots down field bc the defense would keep teams in check. Problem is, removing SE game, offense is struggling to get to 18pts.

Best move is to announce whatever tear, pinched nerve etc, and say he is going to rehab the next 3-4 weeks or year and get ready for the draft. It’s obvious he’s a shell of himself. If he keeps going out there like this, his 1st round draft stock is tanking to 6th.


The OC is also god awful. After 5 games no one has a clue what he’s trying to establish or the strength of the team. Usually you can understand play calls or scheme to set up the next play or exposing Defenses weakness. Seems like a 10yr old playing madden just calling random plays.

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Paraphrasing but they essentially blame the OC as the main culprit for LSU’s offensive woes.

The interesting comment is when they allude that in coaching circles, a lot of people were surprised there wasn’t a change going into the season.

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Sloan needs to call better plays at times but there was so much BS that happened in the game that I'm going to distribute blame equitably

We need to fix this OL, they're talented for sure but a front 5-6 should not be getting pushed around by a 3-man-front, that's embarrassing

Nuss needs to ACTUALLY get healthy, hopefully 2 weeks off ensures that

We need to commit to running the ball and that ties to opening running lanes between tackles, we can't open lanes, we're cooked

We can't rely completely on our defense to get us to the CFP

We should've hired a real offensive coordinator, promoting Sloan was a reach, he was only the OC at Tech and wasn't even that great. More a QB guru and should remain as such at a place like LSU.

If we see 3 man rushes for a few series, we have to be able to say "lets run on 3rd and medium. Also, I want to say I heard someone say that we had 2 RB carries with actual RBs in teh first half? Thats retarded.

We need to change out Sloan and Davis.

I think we've seen enough of Brad Davis. He's had 4 years and he needed JD to make the run game not suck.

For every negative comment about Joe Sloan, there needs to be an equal amount of reflection and acknowledgement of the pitiful job Brad Davis has done for multiple seasons. It isn't just a Sloan issue although he has to go as well.

Our RB room is depleted. We should have had at least two more bodies (Holly and Lindsey), but that didn't work out. But that's not an excuse for our offense this year. 23 points versus La Tech ,13 points versus Florida, and 19 versus Ole Miss is fricking unacceptable with the roster we have this year.

I don't understand Kelly's thinking.

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Our RB room is depleted.

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If you run 2 RBs in teh first half, you're not trying. Damn "depleted".

Running 39% vs a bad run Defense isn't the way to win football games. Sloan doesn't read defenses during games. We are inept at seeing what they defense is doing and attacking.

There is lots of blame to go around, including Nuss. I watched a lot of plays from Saturday. His reads and decision were awful. The failed two point play was a RPO and should have been thrown to the right side, not handed off 7 yards deep in the backfield. The crossing routes under the dropped back defenders was there all day. Nuss repeatedly threw to deeper covered receivers. And of course the opportunities to run when there are only three men rushing and ten yards of field to the next defensive player.