re: Former LSU players had high praise for Coach Orgeron and his staff

I think they took down the post at least. That’s just going too far man.

The oline does need to get better, and with the experience that they gained and the influx of new talent gives me no reason to think they wont be. I am sure even the players themselves recognize that and doubt they take that as an insult.

We have good depth with quality players that just needed more time working together as a unit and now have been through the fires of SEC play and another year of physical and mental maturation and coaching

Don’t go out on a limb Mack

I’m glad we finished 6th it’s nice momentum for next season but that’s all it is. It’s an opinion poll, It doesn’t get us closer to a division, conference or national title whatsoever. Would you rather finish 6th in the post season poll along with a 3rd place SEC West finish or would you rather finish 7th with a Western division crown and an SEC title?

I noticed a big difference in the playcalling during the bowl game compared to when we are in a pressure packed SEC game. If 0 lets Ensminger loosen the reigns and let’s Burrow and the WRs use their talents and be aggressive the offense will look totally different. It’s not a talent issue we just have to play loose and confident. If 0 takes the shackles off and gets away from the Jim Mora/Carl Smith approach to offense we’ll have a chance.

Between the ears Burrow is the best QB we’ve had since Tommy Hodson and maybe a top 3 QB alltime as far as understanding and ability to recognize looks and check into big plays. I’m not sure why it wasn’t done but after Miami the approach should’ve been to build the offense around Etling and the 7 quality WRs we had on the roster. I don’t mean going full on spread and throwing it 50 times a game, I’m talking about using those guys as the offenses fastball with the run game as the changeup. In the bowl I saw us use taller athletic WRs downfield and the courage to take shots. I saw Dillon running jerk routes for the first time ever and that paid off as well. To me our last two seasons main problem in the passing game was the inability and lack of skill set usage to convert 3rd and medium situations. You have guys like Dillon and Giles that you can use as slot WRs the way NFL teams do. These two players are built for exactly that but too many times I saw us run 4 hitches across or all slants to convert those situations. That’s high school level play designs. We also didn’t use Dee Anderson or Sullivan’s height to create mismatches in the redzone and in general. I did see these things in the Bowl game so I know it’s in the bag. The question is will we use it when it counts? Burrow and those WRs are our mismatches vs anybody we face and they “must” be the focal point of our offense next season if we expect to reach our goals.

Well in 2015 we were a 3 loss team as well who’d actually climbed higher than this team in the polls reaching #2 at one point so the improving has really been over 0s start until now not really over the last 6 seasons. And I’m not sure we are actually closer to our goals, #6 post season is a nice decoration but during our journey to reach those goals we finished outside the top 10. Also back to back 3rd place finishes in the division is t really improvement. There are two possible ways to reach our goals, either we win our division giving us a chance at the SEC title and a playoff berth. The other route is to finish the regular season with 1 loss bypassing the conference title game and getting into the playoffs. We haven’t threatened either avenue under the new regime so I have to disagree there. You are right we did improve this seaon but really only compared to 0s first season and 3/4.

I agree but the offense has to be designed for Burrow to be the engine that drives it. Every concept and gameplan must start with putting him in position to win the games for us. In the modern era of college football the old formula of running the ball and playing great defense behind it with a game manager who just can’t lose it for you has been over. In bigtime college football your QB has to make plays and win games for you. We must shed the old school ideology and provide Burrow with everything he needs to get it done. We need packages and play designs for our slot type WRs we need screen packages, not just your cookie cutter basic screen play ran once a game if that. Clemson throws a screen pass on 30% of their pass plays, I’ll bet ours is more like 5% or less. I have no problem with Ensminger, I think he’s a true Tiger and loves this program but he needs to get to work and 0 needs to stay out of the way unless it’s a critical decision situation.

Yea that was Jennings which was a mess but in 2015 we were a 3 loss team, would’ve had 10 wins if it weren’t for a cancellation. 2012 and 2013 10-3 both seasons. So Miles last 3 full seasons he was 29-9, 76%win pct, 0 is 19-7, 73%. Won’t count the 2016 season, that isn’t fair to either man. So of course I agree the outlook was negative and he def should’ve been fired but the improvement this season was over last season not really over Miles last few seasons. Still it’s good we did improve and exceeded what the Media predicted, but one season isn’t a trend and 0 made lofty promises and predictions so he needs to deliver in 2019.