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Jimbo isn’t a QB guru like people think he was.

Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:54 am
Posted by fastlane
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:54 am
He got lucky with Jameis. His handling of A&M QB’s was historically bad.

Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:57 am to
People think he was a QB guru?
Posted by ipodking
#StopTalkingAboutWomensSports
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:59 am to
He made Jamarcus’ lazy arse into a first round pick
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
31674 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:00 am to
what the frick does this have to do with LSU on a game week?
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:01 am to
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People think he was a QB guru?


earlier in his career, yeah.
Jameis Winston was either his 3rd or 4th QB to get drafted in the first round.

hasn't had any since so that guru moniker faded.
Posted by Geauxgurt
Member since Sep 2013
12954 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:07 am to
None of his nfl drafted QBs have amounted to anything.

Manuel nothing
Jamarcus nothing
Ponder nothing.

Flynn career backup
Winston was a bust for where he was drafted.
Mond? Nothing

Mauck? Career back up and left to become a dentist

Booty? Bust.

Rohan? Was a career back for a handful of years.

Really he was a decent QB coach in college, but nothing to develop a QB to succeed in the pros.

Tedford was similar outside of Rodgers.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 9:08 am
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
56543 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:12 am to
No go look at Auburn
Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
71253 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:13 am to
Zach Calzada still being a college quarterback is legitimately hilarious. This has to be his 15th year. He graduated high school the year after Trevor Lawrence graduated high school.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
27880 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:13 am to
quote:

He made Jamarcus’ lazy arse into a first round pick


Jamarcus was 6'6 and could throw the ball 100 yards. A lot to work with there.

He did a good job with Mauck and Flynn.
Posted by SmoothBox
Member since May 2023
2250 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:16 am to
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Winston was a bust for where he was drafted.


A bust probably isn’t the best way to describe crab legs.

He lead the nfl in passing yards in 2019.

He’s been in the league for a decade with a pro bowl.

Posted by The Hurricane
Gulf of Mexico
Member since Aug 2011
9536 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:20 am to
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None of his nfl drafted QBs have amounted to anything.

Is that his fault? He got them into a position to be drafted. It’s not his responsibility to further their career. If you want to blame anyone, blame the scouts that are supposed to do their due diligence on the player.
Posted by LuzianaFootball
DC
Member since Dec 2008
8054 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:21 am to
He was good at offense. Who said he was a QB guru?
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
10452 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:25 am to
quote:

Really he was a decent QB coach in college


his job was to develop college QBs, not QBs that have long NFL careers.

and he got 4 of them to a level good enough to be picked in the first round.
hence the "guru" moniker early in his career.

nothing really since then, so he hasn't been referred to as such in quite a few years now.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:32 am to
Love watching games from 2005 and 2006 where LSU would WR screen teams to death
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
77952 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:44 am to
literally everything about Jimbo fell off once he sold his soul to have a rapist win him a NC.

Butcher coached like 4 1st round QBs between 2005 and 2014.

They all sucked in the pros.
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
56543 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:55 am to
EJ Manuel and Christian Ponder were first round picks.
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
55693 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:56 am to
That's what A&M thought they were getting. That mantra stuck a lot longer than it should've.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
161511 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:59 am to
He was a good pro style QB coach, that offense just fell out of favor through out college football
Posted by michael corleone
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2005
6380 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:09 am to
The game passed him by. Jimbo was a pretty decent play collar, but his offense was fairly simplistic. He had a one read, passing game with no more than two routes in a combination. Once he got his quarterback to understand how to make that one read, understand the route, combination, and no exactly where his safety valve would be he became a “Q B guru”. Once the younger defensive coaching talent elevated to coordinate status, they quickly surpassed Jimbo in terms of sophistication. They took away the one Reed/route combination and essentially played run defense the rest of the time. Jimbo never really adapted to this. He overcame it with talent a few times, but did not adapt.
Posted by ATLTiger
#TreyBiletnikoffs
Member since Sep 2003
45906 posts
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:30 am to
quote:

People think he was a QB guru?



I did.

That was kinda his calling card at LSU and FSU, a bunch of all conference/ all-freshman/ high draft pick types. He pretty much didn't miss with his starters for about 10 years (though until Jameis most didn't really shine until like their 2nd year of starting).

Ro
Mauck
Jamarcus
Flynn
Manuel
Jameis
Francois

When Francois went down with his knee injury, it seemed like FSU and Jimbo's QB magic died.
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