re: How much of the problem is that we brought in pelini

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Bo puts together a single gameplan and no adjustments needed. Aranda had 5-6 gameplans with several nuances for each one and adjustments.

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You think the reason our guys are confused all the time is because the game plan is too simple?

I think a lot of you are going a little overboard with this dumb jock/one trick pony characterization of Pelini. He was an NFL position coach (DBs and LBs) for 8 years before he got his first DC job in CFB. He coached against spread offenses (including Mike Leach’s air raid) in the Big 12, both before and after his first stint with LSU. He coached against spread offenses (Mullen/Urban, Gus Malzahn) in the SEC while he was at LSU. He coached against spread offenses (including Tom Herman at OSU) in the Big 10. When he was head coach at Nebraska, his own team ran a spread system.

I say this not to absolve Pelini of his guilt when it comes to our defensive performance, but to point out to our fan base - spread offenses aren’t exactly a new thing, despite being a recent trend among top-tier SEC teams.

Which brings me back to my original question - do you really think simplicity is our problem? Because Orgeron implied the exact opposite. If our defense is too simple, then we are really fricked considering our guys barely know where to line up. If anything, I suspect the real problem is that Pelini tried to do too much, too soon. With an inexperienced defense that was in their first year of a new system.

It’s still a coaching problem, to be clear, but I don’t know how anyone can really evaluate the scheme at this point.