re: Why doesn't Aranda ever get any blame?

Yea O shouldn’t have paid aranda all that money. O is having a rough time with his coordinators

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Our defense was lit up at times this year. Is it simply because we keep getting told that he's a defensive genius?

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because if we’re looking at flaws in this team, defense is not even close to being at the top of the list.

Offense has been downright putrid.
Return game has been non-existent.
Defense has been solid, but not really “elite”.

so yes, there is definitely room to criticize the D some.
but there are other issues that are a much bigger weaknesses than the defense has been.

Because we have gone 21 straight in the SEC without anyone scoring 30 on our D before Saturday. I would be willing to bet your next $500 paycheck that Aranda is more upset about the game than you.

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Our defense was lit up at times this year

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Define "lit up". Aren't you blaming him

Because generally speaking he does a decent job, and normally our defense keeps us in the game.

You say our defense couldn’t get any stops in OT, but we held them to a couple field goals and we didn’t have like 2/3 of our best CBs in the game.

Also I really Our defense scored a TD, and honestly I think Made multiple plays that won the game that the refs botched.

I am Not really gonna blame any but the refs for losing this game.

Also we never got “lit up”

Because even though he has to work with an offense consistently ranked in the bottom half of college going three-and-out constantly, he still manages to get top 30 defenses every year.

Offenses and defenses on the same team can feed off of each other. When good defenses get turnovers and force a lot of three-and-outs it makes the offense look better because they have short fields and get more possessions throughout the game. Likewise, a shite offense can hurt good defenses by not possessing the ball and causing the defense to constantly be on the field all game.

Take out that 7 overtime game that just occurred, because it's skews the stats, and go look at where LSU's offense and defense ranked in multiple categories before the Texas A&M game.

There you will find your answer as to why nobody is bitching about Dave Aranda. There is only one problem with LSU and it's been the same problem going on 11 years now.

You have to be blind if you don’t recognize the fact that the defensive effort LSU has put forth in the last two years has dwarfed the offensive effort LSU has put forth in the last two years.

Are you saying that when the LSU defense ranks in the 30s and the LSU offense ranks in the 70s, we should put more blame on the defense??

Y’all can’t be serious about the scoring in OT. I can understand the last touchdown to tie the game but one has to be retarded to not understand that defense in that many OTs is non existent the vast majority of times.

aranda gave us a chance to win with a possession with 2:40 left in the game

I agree the defense did not play great. Gave up big play after big play.

The blame game. Oh well. So blame him. What does that get you? He's the smartest coach on the staff. LSU thought enough of his importance to give him a hefty raise and make him (I think)the highest paid assistant coach in the country.

Orgeron is the head coach. He isn't as smart as Aranda, at least not as to how to run a defense. If you want to run off Aranda, fine. What are you left with?

Orgeron is the head coach, which means ultimately, he is responsible for everything in the football program. Don't like a coordinator or assistant? Who hired/retained them? Don't like the offensive linemen? Who recruited them?

The book on Ed Orgeron has not yet been written. He may go down as a relatively mediocre, average head coach and win 9 games, maybe 10 every other year or so, or, maybe tank and win 6 or 7 games. Or he may recruit lights-out, and lead the team to an SEC championship berth. I'd say, he has another 2 years to show some serious progress. I question whether he should have been hired as interim HC, and HC, in the first place, but, it is what it is and for those of you who live in the real, not fantasy world, he isn't going to be fired after a 9, potentially 10 win season. Hope springs eternal and we'll see what next year holds when it gets here.

But to answer your question, what would be the purpose of assessing blame on Coach Aranda at this point in time?