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There are no long term problems with this team
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:04 am
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:04 am
We have solid, and in some positions, elite talent. Harris, Dupre, Fornette, Williams and Quinn are top rate offensive skill players who are seeing significant time as true FR. The rest of our WRs are RSFR and SOs. Same can be said about our talented secondary (with a few JRs thrown in). We have several guys on DL and LB that have not (yet) put it all together but will. OL has been a little disappointing in that it is not dominant (not sure why).
People who say the program is in decline are just wrong. This is not the year for a championship (and we may even go .500) but we will see flashes from the new guys who will build it into consistency next year.
People who say the program is in decline are just wrong. This is not the year for a championship (and we may even go .500) but we will see flashes from the new guys who will build it into consistency next year.
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:05 am to Manswers
LSU has all the pieces to be a very good team.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:05 am to Manswers
Don't bring common sense up in here. GTFO
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:06 am to Manswers
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We have several guys on DL and LB that have not (yet) put it all together but will. OL has been a little disappointing in that it is not dominant (not sure why).
you can have 5 NFL read lineman, if a QB can't get the D to respect the pass, it will be very difficult to run it. I don't think our o-line sucks, I think teams are putting 8-9 in the box and calling run blitzes.
also a lot of our future key players played high school football under a year ago. Once they get use to college speed and strength I full suspect our team will greatly improve.
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 9:08 am
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:06 am to Manswers
Uhhhhh, yes we do. The long term problem is a head coach that refuses to alter his offense to the personnel he has on the roster. He's making shot-gun/pistol/spread QBs run an under-center offense. It's one be square peg in a fricking round hole.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:08 am to Manswers
Except for a 1970s Big 10 Power I offense.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:08 am to Manswers
Love it.
Look, six years ago Dan Mullen's Gators put 44 on an inexperienced Chavis LSU defense. Saturday night, Mullen's Bulldogs put 34 on a similarly inexperienced Chavis defense. This pattern, while not always the most fun to experience as a Tiger fan, has been processed multiple times.
We've all seen what an experienced Chavis defense can do. Patience is a virtue. Cheer on these young'uns. They'll be fine.
ETA: I am removing myself from consideration for the position of ghost-writer on the John Chavis biography.
Look, six years ago Dan Mullen's Gators put 44 on an inexperienced Chavis LSU defense. Saturday night, Mullen's Bulldogs put 34 on a similarly inexperienced Chavis defense. This pattern, while not always the most fun to experience as a Tiger fan, has been processed multiple times.
We've all seen what an experienced Chavis defense can do. Patience is a virtue. Cheer on these young'uns. They'll be fine.
ETA: I am removing myself from consideration for the position of ghost-writer on the John Chavis biography.
This post was edited on 9/22/14 at 9:18 am
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:10 am to Manswers
we need to make changes to the d and i think we can be ok. 2010 had its fare share of problems and weak spots but we found away to fix it until the arkansas game.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:10 am to Manswers
That's fair, but other teams are winning with young players. There are several young teams in the SEC. Our young players are rated higher. So if we have better players it has to be coaching. It's no excuse for us not to look competitive for 3 quarters. The future is in the future we need to compete now
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:10 am to Manswers
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People who say the program is in decline are just wrong. This is not the year for a championship (and we may even go .500) but we will see flashes from the new guys who will build it into consistency next year.
Can't say I buy this just yet, the Auburn game answers this for me. It is not necessarily a win that determines this for me, it is the level of play.
I surely do not count the CRAP games like New Mexico St to answer these questions.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:14 am to Manswers
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People who say the program is in decline are just wrong. This is not the year for a championship (and we may even go .500)
I hope you mean .500 in SEC play. If we go 6-6, tDecline is very real.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:24 am to Manswers
2012 was a down recruiting year so that's contributing to our current struggles.
Attrition to the NFL. This es contributing to our current struggles.
The recruits at DT are a disappointment. We should be seeing more production from Herron, Gilmore and Bain...of course we can't get Valentine cleared by the SEC. That is contributing to our current struggles.
QB play is lacking and exposes any weaknesses that we already have. Jennings has topped out IMO and he only does three things well (hand the ball off, listens to coaches and throws a nice deep ball) and one thing okay (makes plays with feet). Harris definitely has more upside but it's easy to see why he hasn't received as much playing time as Jennings. His inexperience hampers his ability to read defenses. But it is however clear that Harris has the most upside of all our QB's. Poor QB play can expose a teams weaknesses and good QB play can mask or cover for team weaknesses. It's the most important position on the field at every level. It's like the position of pitcher in baseball...it's that important.
The OL is under performing but I believe the OL whoas can be fixed and will be fixed. However without improved QB play, OL improvement will be more difficult. It's important that both positions improve together.
It's going to be a very long year if the QB, OL and DT positions don't get fixed.
Attrition to the NFL. This es contributing to our current struggles.
The recruits at DT are a disappointment. We should be seeing more production from Herron, Gilmore and Bain...of course we can't get Valentine cleared by the SEC. That is contributing to our current struggles.
QB play is lacking and exposes any weaknesses that we already have. Jennings has topped out IMO and he only does three things well (hand the ball off, listens to coaches and throws a nice deep ball) and one thing okay (makes plays with feet). Harris definitely has more upside but it's easy to see why he hasn't received as much playing time as Jennings. His inexperience hampers his ability to read defenses. But it is however clear that Harris has the most upside of all our QB's. Poor QB play can expose a teams weaknesses and good QB play can mask or cover for team weaknesses. It's the most important position on the field at every level. It's like the position of pitcher in baseball...it's that important.
The OL is under performing but I believe the OL whoas can be fixed and will be fixed. However without improved QB play, OL improvement will be more difficult. It's important that both positions improve together.
It's going to be a very long year if the QB, OL and DT positions don't get fixed.
Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:32 am to Manswers
No question inexperience and youth is not a positive for this team and they will get better. But there's a lot of growing pains to come.
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