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Coach O: Do I have rose colored glasses?
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:03 am
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:03 am
As I see it Coach O and his staff has improved on the following things compared to the Les Miles era:
- Time management. Not nearly as many blunders, delays of game, poor timeouts, etc.
- Half time adjustments are better. I think we are a better second half team than under Les Miles. Both offensively and defensively. (Perhaps this is an illusion, because I think we start more slowly than we did under Les.)
- I think Coach O puts the best players on the field. Les seemed to have favorites.
- The team improves as the season progresses. I can't say that about Miles coached teams, at least after the Alabama game. Under Les we seemed to regress post Bama. Even in 2011 we got worse following the Bama game - struggled with Arkansas and Georgia.
- Penalties. We started poorly this year, but then we corrected and the number of penalties per game really dropped. Coach O was able to correct whatever the issue was. Not sure Miles ever did.
- Kickoff coverage and strategy is improved.
- Band performance at half time is much improved.
What is worse:
- Field goal kicking. Maybe punting.
- Slower starts offensively (and defensively).
- Concessions.
- Time management. Not nearly as many blunders, delays of game, poor timeouts, etc.
- Half time adjustments are better. I think we are a better second half team than under Les Miles. Both offensively and defensively. (Perhaps this is an illusion, because I think we start more slowly than we did under Les.)
- I think Coach O puts the best players on the field. Les seemed to have favorites.
- The team improves as the season progresses. I can't say that about Miles coached teams, at least after the Alabama game. Under Les we seemed to regress post Bama. Even in 2011 we got worse following the Bama game - struggled with Arkansas and Georgia.
- Penalties. We started poorly this year, but then we corrected and the number of penalties per game really dropped. Coach O was able to correct whatever the issue was. Not sure Miles ever did.
- Kickoff coverage and strategy is improved.
- Band performance at half time is much improved.
What is worse:
- Field goal kicking. Maybe punting.
- Slower starts offensively (and defensively).
- Concessions.
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Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:05 am to ChEgrad
Rosy Finch colored
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:09 am to ChEgrad
Coach O is now the fourth best head coach in the West- optimistically speaking.
We don't know who Arky will get and the guy at Miss State certainly has a better resume' coming in than O had.
Like him or not we are no longer allowed to compare him to Les we have to compare him to his peers and right now, he has some skins to hang in order to catch up
We don't know who Arky will get and the guy at Miss State certainly has a better resume' coming in than O had.
Like him or not we are no longer allowed to compare him to Les we have to compare him to his peers and right now, he has some skins to hang in order to catch up
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:10 am to ChEgrad
Couldn't agree more on halftime adjustments. Drove me crazy at times with Miles, but O's teams seem to adjust excellently at half.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:16 am to ItsFingerLickinGood
quote:look here Ban bet loser alter, the adjustments you are talking about zeroes in on Offense which is what got Miles run. Make no mistake that O has zero to do with adjustments by his own admission ie not sticking his nose in the offense after getting bitch slapped by Alleva.
Couldn't agree more on halftime adjustments. Drove me crazy at times with Miles, but O's teams seem to adjust excellently at half.
With that said, what makes you think anything changed since Miles?
The record? Wrong? The teams on the 2017 outside of Bama and AU were pure garbage including State which eventually showed its true colors.
He didn’t adjust to Troy did he?
So that’s a major failure to me.
Now leave.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:22 am to Hooligan's Ghost
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rank and record?
These don’t mean anything to O supporters. Numbers are hard. What matters is the eye test, football and yaw yaw!
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:25 am to ChEgrad
9-3. Ranked 16. Citrus Bowl. Miles and O are the same. All the rest just gives you warm fuzzies.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:26 am to ChEgrad
quote:I agree with this, it seems this team adjust better than previous ones
Half time adjustments are better.
quote:They are down from last year but up from the year before so kinda irrelevant
Penalties. We started poorly this year,
quote:There have been some, maybe not as many in your opinion but they've had some
Time management. Not nearly as many blunders
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:27 am to ChEgrad
Troy. Chicken on a stick. Hope and pray.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:28 am to ChEgrad
I'm scared of what this board is going to look like next fall. A brutal schedule, a young team, a new starting QB with virtually no meaningful experience, and potentially an entirely new offensive system. It's going to be a difficult year.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:28 am to Tiger1988
What a loser.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:32 am to dru5
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brutal schedule, a young team,
Sounds like every year.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:32 am to dru5
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young team
We always have one of these. Apparently no one else ever does.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:33 am to ChEgrad
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Puts the best players on the field
Does he? Lately he’s been putting in WR Justin Jefferson over Drake Davis, Dee Anderson, Stephan Sullivan, and even Jacoby Stevens who switched to WR. I can’t imagine that Jefferson is better than any of the aforementioned players.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:34 am to ItsFingerLickinGood
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O's teams seem to adjust excellently at half.
Good coordinators left alone tend to do this.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:36 am to Tiger1988
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With that said, what makes you think anything changed since Miles?
Did you totally skip over the 1st post in this thread? You need someone to spell it out to you very slowly or something?
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The record? Wrong?
Best SEC record since 2012. Seems like you are WRONG.
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He didn’t adjust to Troy did he?
Don't watch LSU games? If you did you would know that LSU scored every one of its points in the 2nd half. Aranda couldn't stop Troy in that game.
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So that’s a major failure to me.
Not surprising for someone who apparently doesn't even watch the games.
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Now leave.
I'd actually prefer the guy stay and you leave. At least he knows a little about LSU football and can recognize the improvements that have occurred in spite of playing well over 30 true and RS freshmen.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:37 am to Mo Jeaux
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We always have one of these. Apparently no one else ever does.
Clemson has six scholarship seniors this year and replaced a three and a half year starter at QB. The young team excuse doesn’t fly anymore.
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:39 am to ineededanewname
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Time management. Not nearly as many blunders
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There have been some, maybe not as many in your opinion but they've had some
Still vast improvement in this department. LSU did not lose one game this year because of clock mis-management unlike in the past. Ole Miss in the past and Auburn last season still have me shaking my head.
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