re: We don't need a "Wizard" at LSU...

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think Gary Crowton's offense is too complex, and thus is the reason he hasn't had the success at LSU that we all had hoped we would have.

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You are overthinking things and being reactionary. The issue isn't that the scheme is too complex. The issues have been the following:

1.) LSU has had significant, tangible issues over the last 2 years that have affected the offensive performance (OL and QB). Simplified offensive scheme or not, you still fail because of these issues.

2.) The Offensive coaching with respect to the OL has been poor, IMO. I will go to my grave believing that there was a disconnect between Crowton and Studrawa. Studrawa was either unwilling or unable to implement the blocking schemes that Crowton needed for his modified offensive attack. And Crowton was either unwilling, or unable to identify the problems and make sure that they were fixed.

Just because there is a problem does not mean that the solution is to have the pendulum swing in way the other direction. If all you do is simplify the offense, you get nowhere, IMO.