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re: Ensminger clarified Brady’s role before the Natty

Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:07 pm to
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:07 pm to
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so tell me what the difference was this year?
Joe Burrow not joining the team only a month before the season?
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:09 pm to
So was the CEH touchdown right before half at Bama a Brady play and call or an E play and call?

Because that play was the play of the year.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
25786 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:11 pm to
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So essentially, if it was a bunch set, 5 wide


haha. I'd bet like 75% of our plays are called out of that.
Posted by landrywasbeast30
Member since Nov 2011
4904 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:11 pm to
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Well this LSU team rectified that crap


This Clemson team wasn’t anywhere close to as good as they were last year. I heard on Golic&Wingo that 2018 Clemson was ranked as like the fifth best team ever.
Posted by LSU - Mill Valley CA
Mill Valley, California
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:11 pm to
OP comments generally supported by this article in Charlotte Observer. However this from Brady suggests he called third down plays and other packages in addition to red zone. Also was coaching Burrow on what to do better:
LINK
Posted by FreddieMac
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
21065 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:12 pm to
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Wrong. LSU's offense exploded at the end of last season. Players grow and mature to get better.


I swear no one really remembers anything. After Alabama, Coach E starting putting in RPOs and spread concepts. Watch the bowl game from last year. There was 50/50 pro style to rpo/spread concepts. A lot more shotgun after Bama. Brady was brought in to help them learn how to spread it out more, learn match ups and mainly get the receivers catching the ball. I can tell you right now, the biggest improvement in this team was not Joe Burrow or scheme, it was how much better our receivers were at grabbing the ball in traffic. Whatever they were doing to teach our receivers how to do that, then that is what we do not want to lose. Joe was very accurate, but not always. Those receivers made Joe look all worldly.

Coach E has got this, everyone needs to chill.
This post was edited on 1/15/20 at 2:13 pm
Posted by Fonzarelli
Dallas
Member since Jan 2015
3972 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:13 pm to
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Clemson went 15-0 literally a year ago


Just because you win a national championship does not mean you had a perfect season.

How many heisman's did they have? None, dock a point. How many coaches of the year did they have? None, dock a point. How many offensive line of the year they have? None, dock a point. How many biletnikoffs did they have? Oh wait, still none? dock a point.

I could then dive into more about (a) individual awards the LSU team received, (b) the list of teams they beat, including (i) those team's rankings (A) preseason, (B) at time of play and (C) final, (ii) those teams' records and (iii) those teams' accomplishments (Bowl wins, conference wins, etc.) BUT i won't, because i think my point is accurately made in the paragraph above.

If this was on the figure skating scale where you can never hope to accomplish a 10/10, 2019 LSU gets a 10/10.
Posted by bstew3006
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:14 pm to
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LSU's offense exploded at the end of last season


Putting up big numbers against Rice and UCF isn't anything to brag about, especially when you got shut down vs A1 and struggled vs Ark.

quote:

Players grow and mature to get better.


Correct and 100% agree

But lets not over exaggerate the end of last year as an Offense Explosion
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:14 pm to
I’ll second that.
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
9535 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:15 pm to
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With no timeouts. It was a successful play call that took balls of steel to make.

Was that a designed run? I thought he scrambled. Also, Burrow definitely looked like he was considering juking the defender and going for the TD rather than stepping out of bounds.
Posted by Fonzarelli
Dallas
Member since Jan 2015
3972 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:15 pm to
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Yes but all those players were there last year too so tell me what the difference was this year? Joe Brady.


For starters, Joe Burrow had a full offseason to train with his guys, compared to 1 month last year.

He even said as much when talking about the UCF game -- that was the first time he was able to "have an offseason" and really gel with the WRs.
Posted by TrouserTrout
Member since Nov 2017
6425 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:19 pm to
They shite on Ensminger because no one wanted E. If they have to give E credit it means they are wrong. These same people are the ones who were wrong about O.

I believe O and E knew this was a 1-2 year thing with Brady. He came help install the offense and E and the rest of the offensive staff soaked his knowledge up to go with what they already have. Offense isn’t going anywhere.

You O and E haters get use to winning because it ain’t stopping.
Posted by TigerChief10
Member since Dec 2012
10858 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:22 pm to
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It's not as if Burrow is some unique person.

He's not? I've gotten the complete opposite impression.
Posted by LSUStar
Medellin
Member since Sep 2009
10450 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:25 pm to
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Crimsontide1713


Drop dead or go away troll.
Posted by lsusince60
New Iberia
Member since Jan 2005
1426 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:31 pm to
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Thank you for your help in the first and only perfect college football season ever.



58 says Wrong
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
20032 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:39 pm to
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Yes but all those players were there last year too so tell me what the difference was this year? Joe Brady.



You could see the change coming last year...the confidence in Burrow was definitely becoming apparent.

To me, the lack of confidence in your QB is what hurt LSU this last decade and blocked us from moving forward. We just need to trust our guy from here on out and if he makes mistakes, let him learn.
Posted by Tiger_n_ATL
Atlanta
Member since Jul 2005
32454 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:51 pm to
Everybody acting like Brady was the end all-be all for offensive schemes. We’ll just take what he had and run a blue print on it. Any good OC can execute that plan. Having the right QB though is a different story.
Posted by Datbayoubengal
Port City
Member since Sep 2009
26705 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:56 pm to
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This explains why we were so much more efficient once we got into scoring position this season. Last year we would get close to the goal line and get very conservative, often stalling out and having to kick field goals.


Based on what he said in that piece above, this was literally why we looked so good in the redzone. Seriously go watch a video with all LSU's TDs, especially passing TDs, and see how many are within 10 yards of the EZ. We have been awful for a long time passing the ball in the redzone when the field shortens. It was a piece of cake this year and we were the best to do it.
Posted by Champagne
Already Conquered USA.
Member since Oct 2007
48462 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 3:10 pm to
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Clemson went 15-0 literally a year ago


I wish Bama fans would stop dick-riding Clemson.
Posted by Mayhawman
Somewhere in the middle of SEC West
Member since Dec 2009
10095 posts
Posted on 1/15/20 at 3:10 pm to
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It's not as if Burrow is some unique person.
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