Offense still has work to do and thoughts on new offensive coordinator

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I don't think Saturday we saw the full version of what Cam wants to accomplish come SEC time. It was still a hell of a lot better than we have grown used to when watching the LSU offense though. I think Cam knew TCU was a skilled opponent and wanted to make sure we didn't beat ourselves with mistakes. With Mett showing he can make the correct reads and has learned when to scramble, when to throw it away, and when to fire it in I think we will see the full out offensive attack be put into place over these next few games. With our opponents we should be able to afford a few mistakes if we make them, so we should be full throttle. Hopefully the offense gets rolling and builds tons of confidence heading into the heart of the schedule. If this is the case I can see some great things happening this season. A NC is going to be tough, but hopefully we can be in the very thick of things for the SEC title.

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Nice work. The game plan seemed to be: Let Mett open it up but don't gamble the game away to an otherwise solid defense. Mission accomplished. Now, three games to fine tune and add in screens, tight end looks, and maybe a misdirection run or two?

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Truth is Mett and ODBJr. and Landry were phenomenal in G1 and you can tell they worked a lot in off season on their timing and routs. Offensive line held up well. Mett was money on 3rd down! That's the good news.

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This was the real difference. Mett is no longer a first year starter, made all the right decisions, had fantastic protection all night, and his receivers are playing in their more natural positions.

There wasn't some huge change in our philosophy.

I posted this yesterday in response to BRAVEHEART, who I can only presume is a die hard Miles hater, but of course, he never responded. I figure it's appropriate for this topic as well.

Great things to come now that we are 100% removed the 08-11 issues at QB:


Response to BRAVEHEART:

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All the constant denial from that clique of Miles Apologists, Pumpers, Cheerleaders, Buttock Smoochers and Worshippers has proven to be just exactly what most of us always knew. We were running an outdated 1970's Big10 style conservative offense with plays being scripted by Bo Schembechler himself.

In walks Camerban and the offense is like night and day immediately.

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I hate to break it to you and your ilk, but your desperation to validate your idiotic criticism of Miles the past 5 seasons just proves how wrong you've been.

The "outdated 1970's Big 10 style conservative offense" you try to pin on Miles is the EXACT same offense Cam Cameron has made his living on.

You see, what clowns like you will never admit is it's not that Cameron walked in and totally threw out the offense like it was "night and day", but it is that we finally have the personnel to run the same offense in right way, namely a true SEC quarterback.

The offense we saw Saturday night was the EXACT same offense we ran to perfection to dissect Saban and Bama last November, as well as MSU and OM. The only thing different between Saturday and last year was that we now have a monstrous offensive line, the same thing that has made Alabama so difficult to stop the past 5 years, and the added weapons at receiver allowed Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham to play and thrive in their natural positions.

I started a thread about this inevitable improvement on December 7th of last year, "infamously" , before Cameron was even fired from Baltimore. I doubt you'll care to read it, but just in case I'm wrong about you, HERE IT IS

Of course, Mett also looked like a seasoned veteran instead of the still learning first year starter as well, and that is where Cam's presence will be felt most. While Mett would have improved this year anyway, Cam is a phenomenal teacher of the quarterback position, and Mett's progress is that much more impressive under Cam instead of a good QB mind in his own right in Krag, but nowhere near Cam's ability to mentor a QB. Cam's influence is already being felt, and will only be felt more as Jennings, Rettig, and Harris move through the program with under his tutoring.


Haters like you will refuse to see that the reason Cameron was such a fantastic hire is BECAUSE HE AND MILES' PHILOSOPHIES MESH SO PERFECTLY TOGETHER.

Your claim of "night and day" difference in the offense refers to PRODUCTION, not philosophy, and the production at the end of the year in 2012 was virtually the same as last night, without Cam.

Like I said, Cameron was a HUGE signing, but not because he is cleaning house. It's because he's a great teacher and football mind, and his pedigree of success in the NFL is unmatched by every single coach in college football, including Nick Saban. Yes, he will provide an improvement in play calling, but Miles hasn't called the plays through your blue period of criticism anyway.


Face it, you've been wrong about Miles all along. Crowton destroyed Jarrett Lee in 08, and JJ in 09, and the only thing that kept the program afloat was Miles recognizing that the only strength that this team had left was hunkering down and running the ball to hide our QBs.

That self aware philosophy got us 11 wins in 2010 and an undefeated SEC Championship in 2011 with two QBs that had been stripped away of any potential they had to be great in the SEC. That was not due to Miles' pro style philosophy, but Gary Crowton's stupendous schemes in 08 once he moved away from the pro style foundation laid by Jimbo, which was also a perfect fit with Miles, that was used so well in 2007.

Cameron and Miles are cut from the exact same cloth, and only your pathetic resentment, bitterness and refusal to admit that you were wrong about our coach for 5 years will keep you from admitting that simple fact.


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However, I loved what I saw out of Magee

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This is one of the great coaching decisions that Miles will never get credit for - he's been the biggest fan of Magee, at least among the coaches, and he finally got his chance to stand out. Honestly, he would have had 3 or 4 carries had Hill played.

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Hope to see LSU open up the play book and give all the defensive coordinators in the SEC something to really think about

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Prepare to be disappointed until Auburn at best maybe even UGA.

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No screen passes completed and little use of the tight end(s).

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I think the 'little use of tight ends' is misleading...Mett did pass to the endzone to a TE.

But you are correct. These are two very big issues that Cam has already stated he wants to be weapons for the O....screen pass execution and effective use of TE's

I agree to an extent, Crowton sucked as a teacher, but the talent at the position also sucked. JJ was the worst QB we had since Marcus Randall, but you never saw Randall pouting like a spoiled child. JL with better coaching may have been more productive. Bottom line Mett is better, Cam is far better than what we have had for the last five years.

No toss dive: check
No short side option: check
Mett looked calm in the pocket and was decisive on his reads: check
Offensive line looked good: check
Just need to get the backs and TE's more involved in the passing game and improve pass catching a bit. Travis Dickson should help with that when he returns.
We good. It'll come with time. We have us a contender, Gentlemen.

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Soon to be "wide open"

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Keep dreaming