re: 3rd and Chavis was squashed this year

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Casual fans are infatuated with "schemes" because they really don't know what "schemes" are and if you put them in a film room and showed them 5 teams running 5 different "schemes" they wouldn't be able to identify the differences. Until you learn more about football you should refrain from being critical about the coaches strategies.

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This.

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Actually we were ranked 20th in the nation in 3rd down defense this year, so I stand somewhat corrected.

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Somewhat?

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We were 34th last year, which was better than I would have guessed.

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You don't say

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There has never been a scheme that has made a tackle. Players make tackles, period. You don't stop the spread with some magic scheme. You stop it by your players executing the defense and making tackles.

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Some tackling situations are easier than others. Good schemes maximize those and minimize others.

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If there was some magic scheme out there to stop the spread, it would be on film and every DC in the country would have copied it.

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I don't doubt that scheme alone is not the answer. Obviously, some athleticism comes into play. But with our talent only the scheme is lacking. IMO, AU's O talent > than our D talent. But I don't think that was the case against OM.

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Casual fans are infatuated with "schemes" because they really don't know what "schemes" are and if you put them in a film room and showed them 5 teams running 5 different "schemes" they wouldn't be able to identify the differences. Until you learn more about football you should refrain from being critical about the coaches' strategies.

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Here’s how I know our scheme failed against AU and OM: against AU Les gave up on the D when it was 4th and 6 on our 26 with 3 TO’s and 3+ minutes to play in a one-score game. Against OM, we had to score 40+ points to win. Let that sink in: “to defeat Ole Miss we will have to score over 40 pts to win.” That’s really a sad commentary on our D against that type of O.

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3rd and Chavis was squashed this year

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FAIL!

2284 u are a fricking idiot!

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There has never been a scheme that has made a tackle. Players make tackles, period. You don't stop the spread with some magic scheme. You stop it by your players executing the defense and making tackles.

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THIS + 1,000,000,000

It always amuses me to see the schemetards go off about scheme, which actually proves they know nothing about football and never sniffed the field, if they ever suited up. The scheme isn't very important, as long as the talent to run a specific scheme is there. LSU (and most big conference schools) have the talent to run whatever scheme they want to run. Football is a game of mismatches between individual players, identified in game planning by coaches and are set up throughout the game by the play calls. Execution is the player doing what he's been told to do all week. While we didn't do well against the two big athletic qb's we faced this year, who did? While the school of thought on Chief's scheme isn't what I would use if I was the DC, no one that has even the most basic understanding of the game will question its effectiveness - when executed properly. It's just that Cam and Massoli were mismatches we simply didn't, or couldn't, beat. And not because of scheme.

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3rd and Chavis was squashed this year

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resurfaced in last 4 games.

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It always amuses me to see the schemetards go off about scheme, which actually proves they know nothing about football and never sniffed the field, if they ever suited up. The scheme isn't very important, as long as the talent to run a specific scheme is there. LSU (and most big conference schools) have the talent to run whatever scheme they want to run. Football is a game of mismatches between individual players, identified in game planning by coaches and are set up throughout the game by the play calls. Execution is the player doing what he's been told to do all week. While we didn't do well against the two big athletic qb's we faced this year, who did? While the school of thought on Chief's scheme isn't what I would use if I was the DC, no one that has even the most basic understanding of the game will question its effectiveness - when executed properly. It's just that Cam and Massoli were mismatches we simply didn't, or couldn't, beat. And not because of scheme.

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It's not just the "casual" fan and the "schemetards" who recognize that Chavis's approach to spread-option O's is fundamentally flawed. This was my first comment to my friend walking out of TS after the OM game. It was also Gordy Rush's first comment on the post-game show.

Most would agree that there's not that much difference in talent between us and Bama on D. Bama gave up 567 yds combined to AU and OM (compare to 526 yds alone to AU and another 420 to OM).

I for one am really surprised that Tiger fans have acquiesced to such low expectations for our D. Chavis is a good DC. He could be much better if he re-thought his approach spread O’s.

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Lest someone think I'm being unduly critical I thought our D (less #37) did OK against Arky

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I agree. We did a lot better against Mallet this year except for those two fluke plays that doofus safety allowed.

Even going bake to Pelini, our defense seems to get progressively worse as the year goes on. Our secondary was super exposed as a one trick pony against Ole Miss and Arkansas. Alabama rolled down the field on us at times and Auburn let everyone know we couldn't tackle.

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our defense seems to get progressively worse as the year goes on.

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our guys look so beat up and tired. I know les has made some changes to the 4th qtr program, and wish they would make some major changes with it. Go back to having a martial arts instructor and yogalates.