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Burrow and Daniels covered up a lot of warts

Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:36 am
Posted by RidiculousHype
The Hatch
Member since Sep 2007
10691 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:36 am
Without them, no 10-win seasons since 2013:

2014 8-5
2015 9-3
2016 8-4
2017 9-4
2020 5-5
2021 6-7
2024 9-4
2025 5-3*

This spans 2 AD’s, 3 head coaches, 6 OC’s, 5 DC’s, Jake Flint and yes the great Tommy Moffitt.

When we don’t hit on a future top-5 NFL QB in the portal, we’re average. Pretty sobering.
Posted by easy money
Member since Feb 2005
15028 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:38 am to
Daniels is the only reason LSU had a winning record BK’s first two years.
Posted by White Tiger
Dallas
Member since Jul 2007
15101 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:39 am to
The program truly sux. That is the ugly truth.

Posted by tigerfan88
Member since Jan 2008
8685 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:39 am to
2013 we got the tenth win in a bowl game. Same with three of the four burrow/daniels seasons.

We have one, literally one, season with less than three regular season losses since 2012. That’s well over a decade.

The fact that it was the greatest team of all time has papered over what has been a major general decline into a mediocre sec program
Posted by GeauxLSU4
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2012
11901 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:42 am to
Which begs the question, why is it so hard to win here consistently? Players, resources, support are all there
Posted by tigabait01
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
4884 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:44 am to
Cronyism
Posted by RidiculousHype
The Hatch
Member since Sep 2007
10691 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:44 am to
quote:

2013 we got the tenth win in a bowl game. Same with three of the four burrow/daniels seasons. We have one, literally one, season with less than three regular season losses since 2012. That’s well over a decade. The fact that it was the greatest team of all time has papered over what has been a major general decline into a mediocre sec program


Exactly right.

Similar to how Auburn hit on Cam, except we did it twice. We just happened to have the worst defense in school history the 2nd time
Posted by tigerfan88
Member since Jan 2008
8685 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:48 am to
We haven’t hired a good coach since Saban. Les was competent in his own way, but largely rode Saban’s coattails as far as program organization and discipline. But if Les hadn’t come to a team and program built by prime Saban he would’ve never won more than 9 games.

O and Kelly are just abject disasters for entirely opposite reasons, luckily O hit the jackpot in 2019 with Burrow/Brady and receiver talent plus Aranda being competent on one side of the ball.

We haven’t had a head coach who’s considered tactically or schematically involved/competent on at least one side of the ball in 20 years.
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 9:50 am
Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
11505 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:51 am to
Underwood would have filled the void. Next time pay the boy if you want to win.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12537 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:52 am to
Well yeah. A top QB will do that. What is Vandy without Pavia?
Posted by coolmonk
Member since Jan 2007
1192 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 9:54 am to
Because LSU keeps hiring coaches that are past their prime. Much rather take a 5 year shot on younger and innovative, but hasn’t had the opportunity to be head coach at a program like LSU
Posted by vidtiger23
Member since Feb 2012
7575 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:02 am to
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Which begs the question, why is it so hard to win here consistently? Players, resources, support are all there

It’s 3rd in the SEC for that time range behind the obvious Bama and Georgia. Everyone struggles to win 10 or 11 games consistently.
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 10:03 am
Posted by Run DMC
somewhere in Louisiana it's tricky
Member since Jan 2007
6194 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:43 am to
quote:

Daniels is the only reason LSU had a winning record BK’s second season.


FIFY

Daniels was beyond mediocre most of Kelly’s first season.
Posted by John cocktoasten
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2018
441 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:47 am to
Same for every team. QBs matter. Good ones elevate others despite the formation or play that’s called. We don’t have one of those.
Posted by brennans flip flops
Georgia
Member since Jan 2022
780 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:53 am to
Same I like Memphis HC
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
23144 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:55 am to
agreed.....bama and georgia never seem the dip nearly as low and LSU....
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:56 am to
quote:

Because LSU keeps hiring coaches that are past their prime. Much rather take a 5 year shot on younger and innovative, but hasn’t had the opportunity to be head coach at a program like LSU

Like McMahon?
Posted by lukestar
Parts unknown
Member since Dec 2004
3518 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:56 am to
Underwood would have filled the void. Next time pay the boy if you want to win

Underwood was not coming to LSU…He used LSU to get a pay day from Michigan!
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 10:58 am
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
78849 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 10:58 am to
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We have one, literally one, season with less than three regular season losses since 2012. That’s well over a decade.


We had only one season with less than 3 losses in the Saban era.

2 or fewer losses is a good season.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
35604 posts
Posted on 10/26/25 at 11:02 am to
Maybe you are finally seeing the truth about LSU.

LSU is pretty Good SEC program that periodically backs into great seasons. We are better than average, but we are not Alabama or Ohio State level consistently
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