re: Coach O - The "Proof is in the Pudding" Assessment.

I'll play

On recruiting:
"O followed Miles, Herman followed Strong? O was already on staff.... My gosh, lets dont twist and justify things to fit our BIAS, huh?

My take: Herman was in Houston, not Idaho. He had massive amounts of support and positive publicity. Yet, he didn't seal the deal.
Coach O was roasted by the tards in the area, including on this site). Negative recruiting does occur and this day of social media (including TD), some our "fans" realistically should have been called saboteurs. Did it cost us recruits, who knows for sure, but it certainly didn't help.

On our offense vs. BYU
"When you have no offensive production and a team like LSU scores 27 points against a tired undermanned defense, doesnt make the LSu offense an A,B,C,D or F. At this point, its a TBD."

My take:
The offense was improved over the archaic style we suffered through under Les. I say that because we basically ran the same offense after he and Cam were gone, we were just more effective in terms of play calling imo. Jet sweeps kept the BYU linebackers at bay as they couldn't run blitz non-stop. This allowed us to dictate the point of attack and run downhill. The fact that they held us concerning big plays tells you how good their front seven actually is (top 10 nationally last year and returning most of the key players!).

On Coach O:
The OP's point is that so far, Coach O has done a good job. " No he hasnt done a good job. An OK job is a fair assessment.

My take:
He took over under difficult circumstances last season and performed well imo. The loss to Florida was a game in which we dominated. One big play and some costly turnovers doomed us. EVERYTHING that could go right for Florida went their way. shite happens. As for Alabama, we were in a 3-0 game. Would you have risked losing the game trying to make something happen? Or do you try to grind and find a way or even get lucky? He chose the latter. It didn't work. Then again, the gumps are chumps right?

The future:
When he wont be able to just ride the coattail of another's work. Anyone can take over a well ran dept for a yr or 2 and have success.

My take:
Saying Les is responsible for the success under Coach O to this point is laughable. A well ran department? You do realize how big of a shite show the last few years have been right? Our offense was a dump truck in a race against a sports car under Les Miles. Under O last year, that dump truck got a makeover, but it was still a dump truck...just a fast one. Now we actually have an OC that looks like he knows what the hell he is doing. I agree the jury is still out, but if you can't see the MILES (no pun intended) of improvement, then you may as well mail in any optimism for our Tigers. I wanted Les gone awhile back, but I totally respected the positive aspects of his tenure. Coach O has been shite on since day one by some of our "fans". You do your thing and I'll do mine. Me, I like our chances. Let's see how this plays out.