re: Someone make me feel better about Brossette

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I am getting an uneasy feel that reminds me of Les Miles playing players he likes, vs the best we have.

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A. LSU has four unproven RB's (two being true freshman). How does any fan know who is "the best we have" at this point?

B. Ogeron has seemingly gone out of his way to criticize Brossette. I don't think there is any "favoritism" there. Do you remember the "I didn't know our third string RB was going to get the ball" quote? He didn't even call the kid by his name. Or this year when O said Brossette was going to be a "great" player, then immediately stopped himself to change that description to a "good" player? I don't get any sense whatsoever that O would play Brossette just because "he likes" him. In fact, just the opposite.

Brosette was buried behind two of the best RB's LSU has ever had, plus a pretty damn good third back (Darrell Williams). That's not to say Brossette will be great (or good) by any means. It's just that the opportunities over the last 3 years have (understandably) been few and far between. Then when he's had his chances, he's had some fumbles. Most notably vs. Troy. I think O kind of hung too much of the blame on that one play when it really was an overall team AND coaching staff debacle.

He doesn't appear to be a guy who is going to create his own space (like Guice) or someone who has the power/speed combo of Fournette (who does?). He reminds me a bit of Alfred Blue. A bit of a straight-up running style who kind of glides and makes subtle cuts. He definitely needs the O-line to give him a seem, but he's generally able to get through it for success when they do. No one expects him to set the world on fire, but assuming he can hold onto the ball, he can probably be a serviceable back.