re: Brian Kelly expresses excitement for LSU's depth at running back

I wouldn’t call that “excitement”

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Brian Kelly expresses excitement for LSU's depth at running back

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No he didn’t.

I listened to it—it sounded a lot differently than it reads. He was fairly satisfied with where we are now after Cain finally had a more physical practice. Kelly stressed “he just hasn’t played a whole lot of football,” (due to his injury) and indicated he’s been a little timid, not trusting his body fully, but is getting better and had his best practice Saturday.

He kind of avoided Goodwin, saying something like “he’s gonna play a lot of football for us.” We’ve seen reports of Goodwin making a lot of plays lately, but I think Kelly’s remarks on him after the scrimmage were due to him being a little banged up—he didn’t practice when the media was there and may have not scrimmaged.

He mentioned Emery and his grade issue (without mentioning it), but didn’t talk about him as a RB specifically.

He mentioned Josh Williams as being maybe the most consistent back. I think he’s better than most give him credit for on here—those that even acknowledge his existence—but he is what he is,

He even mentioned a walk-on whose name I don’t know as performing well.

He talked about how they were going to be a committee, and that they all had different skill sets that complimented each other. He didn’t express anything near “excitement,” however. If anything, it was more “relief” that Cain was finally starting to step up and be more physical. And just because we’re gonna use a committee doesn’t mean we have “depth.” We don’t. At all.

This would not be a RB group at Notre Dame to be excited about, much less at LSU with not only our tradition, but with having to make it through an 8-game SEC schedule. Our RB depth is a weakness of this team that, unless we’re EXTREMELY lucky, is likely to rear its ugly head toward the end of the season. I appreciate all your posts, Captain, but if you’re gonna misrepresent what Kelly said like this, I’m not sure we can trust your threads anymore.

I agree on average.

I was on the "Emery is RB1 no matter what" train earlier. But I've heard people talking about how well Cain is doing and how Armani is looking really good. I like how much access the media is getting.

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We have as much talent in the backfield as any team in the country

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no

For anyone who has followed college football, you may want to be a little nervous when a head coach comes out and makes a statement about a position group like this.

Historically, it's been a sign of trying to hide a weakness.

I think we will be fine. But, we won't be top half of the conference at RB.

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. I appreciate all your posts, Captain, but if you’re gonna misrepresent what Kelly said like this, I’m not sure we can trust your threads anymore.

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…….a little dramatic don’t you think?

-Captain looked at it as glass half full(which I did too after listening).
-You looked at it as glass half empty.

The truth of it, is there are 4 guys there that every other team wanted coming out of high school.
Let’s hope they put it together

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Nobody but LSU fans knew who Clyde was before 2019 season. Just saying.

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Our own fans were calling for Emery to be playing over him up until about 4 games into the season.

CEH wasn’t a superstar either and look what he did for us

Id be happy with 1,300 yards as a whole.