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re: Kudos to Steve Ensminger

Posted on 12/15/16 at 2:27 pm to
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14454 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 2:27 pm to
"He caught a lot of flak as TE coach..." He certainly did. And look what his tight ends did when he became OC and not having CLM holding them down. We threw more to TEs in these last six games than we did in the last six YEARS. That was SE's fault, that was the head coach who seemingly overruled anything and everything.
Posted by schwartzy
New Orleans
Member since May 2014
9067 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 2:27 pm to
Cam Cameron's plays wouldn't have broken 17 on Ole Miss, and it would have likely been a loss. Thank you Steve for being aggressive and calling basic pass plays
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
22797 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 3:03 pm to
As we al know injuries are a very real possibility in football. I feel better knowing CSE is on the staff. If Canada goes down we will be in good hands.
Posted by tigerfan63
cenla.
Member since Aug 2006
1690 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 3:13 pm to
When Miles was here if anyone was paying attention Ensminger seemed to be the only one on sidelines that had a clue what was going on, especially when it came to time management. Les would still be head coach if he had the sense to get out of way and let Steve run the offense.
Posted by mikrit54
Robeline
Member since Oct 2013
8664 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

Why would anyone downvote this? Ensmingers offense finally made LSU football fun again for most of the season. He was great and should be at LSU until he wants to retire.

Posted by Geauxst Writer
Atlanta
Member since Dec 2015
4960 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 4:10 pm to
He did a magnificent job except for Alabama. Great job and is not getting the praise he deserves.
Posted by mrbayoublu
Acadiana
Member since Jan 2004
2786 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 4:24 pm to
At this time, no one on this staff knows LSU's offensive team better than Steve Ensminger. What an awesome asset to have to help Coach Canada make a swift transition to get all the pieces in place.

Now that's what I call a true Tiger! Thanks Coach Ensminger.
Posted by TiggerB8t
Member since Oct 2013
691 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 4:29 pm to
I know big money was probably scarce with the Miles buyout and bonus for CEO, but I personally thought Ensminger deserved a much larger bonus for effectively revising, upgrading, and managing the offense on his own without a lot of help - a tough task to manage "on the fly" and with so much pressure on all coaches to win out - $67k seems like chump change.
Posted by mrbayoublu
Acadiana
Member since Jan 2004
2786 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 4:39 pm to
quote:

Ensminger deserved a much larger bonus for effectively revising, upgrading, and managing the offense


I absolutely agree with this. The main reason Coach Miles was fired was because his offense sucked, bad. Steve Ensminger changed that, immediately.

So many fans think what Ensminger did was easy, And so many would be wrong.

And I also agree he deserved more bonus money. Bringing the offense to life affected the whole team.

I for one am glad he's staying onboard.
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Member since Jan 2005
24923 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 4:53 pm to
quote:

He caught a lot of flack for his role as the TE coach.


Did you notice how much more we used our TE's once Ensminger took over as OC?
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
Member since Aug 2013
12589 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 4:56 pm to
CSE
Posted by FreeState
Member since Jun 2012
3201 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 5:31 pm to
First of all, glad Canada is on board and surely hope Ensminger stays on as well.

Say what you want, downvote me as well, but I would not have panicked had the OC hire fell through and we were stuck with Ensminger. Again, I am glad we got Canada! But Ensminger could be the OC at a lot of big schools, as he has before, and we would have been a lot better off than we've been in years.

But Ensminger did a tremendous job and the paltry $75 g bonus he got should have been higher.
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22471 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 5:38 pm to
quote:

He interjected life into the offense.
This was very obvious.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
59137 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 5:42 pm to
Steve is a class act, and most people my age and older have a special place in our heart for him already as a QB for the Tigers. Bert Jones was my first hero at the helm for LSU, but Steve definitely places my second. He was a real competitor.

Posted by misey94
Hernando, MS
Member since Jan 2007
23749 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 5:49 pm to
I didn't want Ensminger to get the full time job, but I have nothing but respect for the job he did in a tough spot. A lot of people around here dimissed the success that the team had with him in control of the offense, but we were in a situation where the wheels could have come off, no matter who was the coach. He definitely should be on this staff going forward, if he wants to be.
Posted by Malaysian Tiger
Manila
Member since May 2008
4732 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 7:26 pm to


Steve nice jacket!!!
Posted by Bmath
LA
Member since Aug 2010
18692 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 7:27 pm to
quote:

he's a Tiger no doubt


Guys keep saying stuff like this. He coaches at his Alma Mater. I would hope he was a Tiger.
Posted by Bayou
CenLA
Member since Feb 2005
37044 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 7:28 pm to
Honestly, we will probably never in our lifetime see an OC break so many records as SteveE did in so few games. Thank you so much, sir.

This post was edited on 12/15/16 at 7:31 pm
Posted by eddieray
Lafayette
Member since Mar 2006
18031 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 7:35 pm to
Yep. Completing passes and making first downs and shite. That was awesome.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89790 posts
Posted on 12/15/16 at 7:39 pm to
Great Tiger - when he leaves, it will definitely be a moment of sad nostalgia for me- I've told the story on here before, but before my first game in Tiger Stadium, October 1, 1977, I watched Steve Ensminger warm up as a quarterback. At the last game I watched in Tiger Stadium, I watched Steve Ensminger, as a coach, warm up with the quarterbacks.

Great bookend memories and kudos to a great Tiger.
This post was edited on 12/15/16 at 7:42 pm
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