re: I had a conversation with a prominent coach in this state last night.

2012-2013 were the most damning to me. Since Flynn left the offense sucked, and we kept thinking it was a QB issue. That Hatch, JL, JJ were the problems. That the program was derailed by Periloux. Then in 2012 Mett starts and the offense STILL sputters. Mett was a junior, did a year at UGA, played great in JUCO and got a ton of reps, and had a year on the LSU bench to learn the playbook. He was our savior and the offense sucked out loud.

2013 comes around and the offense is much better, yet still sputtered against Bama and still failed against Ole Miss and still was middle of the SEC pack statistically. We can look back now and realize that 2013 offense featured NFL skill players who simply were so good that any scheme should've worked terrifically, even this scheme which was often Mett tossing it up and letting ODB or Landry make a circus catch.

If THAT skill talent still couldn't cut it against a Bama team that finished with 2 losses and was waxed by OK, then there's zero hope of ever beating Bama again.