The O line is simply not good

Joe had time to throw last night. I thought they played pretty good.

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but the blocking last night against Rice was atrocious.

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what game did you watch?

Imagine how many games LSU would have won with a good oline

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Cregg hasn’t been the homerun hire I thought he’d be.

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We're not getting a push. I'm not sure how much Is technique and how much is strength.

Did OP re-watch the Bama game last night?

Downvote for implying blame on someone other than the coaches.

Whether its scheme, technique, strength and conditioning or fundamentals, all are the fault of the coaches. The position coaches for not coaching these guys up and the coordinator for not recognizing this and adjusting his scheme to compensate.

I don't want to hear that it's the players because...

1. You would have to assume that it's every player on the offense because they're all failing. What are the chances of that? You're telling me that every player is failing to hit the gym, execute or understand the offense? Every player in every position group on offense? Not a chance.

2. You would have to assume that LSU has no talent on the offensive side of the ball. And by no talent I mean less talent than 102 other college football programs in the country. Also, not a chance. This is a really easy one to debunk. Just go look at the recruiting rankings the past few years. I'll give you a hint, LSU averages the #8 recruiting class in the country.

This lack of execution excuse and blaming the players is the same shite that got Less Smiles shitcanned. I have a feeling it's going to be the same thing that gets Captain Orgeron shitcanned. These are the kind of excuses people make when they're out of answers and have no idea how to fix the problem.

To the rest of us, the answer is obvious. Stop hiring your friends and people you're comfortable with and start hiring people that are competent at their jobs.

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Downvote for implying blame on someone other than the coaches.

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Not what he did.

Why did you assume that?

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anytime I see someone on here post something criticizing the players I automatically assume, rightly or wrongly, that they're trying to deflect blame away from the coaches.

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Which seems extremely important to some of you...

He didn't place blame at all. He posted facts.

This is the number one problem of our offense. Yes they are young and have been often injured. But they should be greatly improved at the end of the season but have only modestly improved.

Yes, the running backs are not as great as our last two, but better and more consistent holes would vastly improve our running attack.

Yes our QB takes a little too long in the pocket than he should, but poor perimeter blocking and blitz blocking impairs the passing game.

Yes our receivers take to long to get open and drop the ball too much, but less of a pass rush would improve accuracy, give the patterns more time to develop, and decrease the drop percentage.

So why are we 9-2? Very good defensive play combined with an unpredictable but clunky offense. People love to rag on the OC, but diversified play calling has been the saving grace of the offense. Would better running backs help? Yes. Would faster more sure handed receivers help? Yes. Would improved QB accuracy help? Yes. But better O-line play would improve all of the above.

The O-line is not terrible. But it’s not very good either.

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Not what he did. Why did you assume that?

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Just look at his binder avatar. He is an O hater. Anything less than 100% of the bad being O’s fault is unacceptable, but he balances that with 0% of the good being assigned to O!

I’m not an O pumper, but I am content with the current recruiting, the unpredictable and more balanced offense, the 9-2 record, and the top ten ranking. Now give me 10-2, a bowl win, and a top 5 finish and my contentment will turn to happiness, but not bliss that only occurs with a Naty.