re: Many around the program – and outside of it – compare the scheme Ensminger is implementing

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Would love to see LN on the boots though. Goodness he just gives us so many options.

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Gives a ton of options.... the kid has to prove he can complete a pass and make the proper reads in scrimmages and the fall. Having a cannon, being able to move and being big are great attributes to have as a QB. I’m not a big proponent of dual threat guys, but if he can beat out Brennan then you got to roll with him.

I just want someone who can play a good all around QB, you don’t have to be all world to win. None of that game manager shite either. Make the throws to make a first down, hit open guys, make correct reads consistently and have the brains to run the offense. None of this dumb downed shite b/c they can’t run it. That falls on the rest of the offense to though.

Gotta love off-season optimism

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You mean like hiring a passing game coordinator from the NFL to run the option type stuff the people here seem to believe?

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Did the 2003 Cardinals run a lot of option type stuff?

I am 0% sold on Sullivan as anything other than a good WR coach. No reason to think otherwise

Narcissie won't start. It's either gonna be Brennan or McMillan

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Not sure why you’d even respond to my post with a bunch of gleaming generalities about NFL experience.

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Because you did a comparison stating that LSU was like math people who had not done math for 20 years. Then being given a small amount of time to figure out complex problems on their own with no guidance. Before being thrown into a huge competition against experts. It was your post?

That is why I responded with the passing game coordinator and his vast and very recent experience. Also the fact that the Seahawks requested he attend with the rest of the LSU coaches so they could learn from him.

Seems to contradict your analogy.

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I’m sure you and the rest of the people in the athletic department are enamored by NFL experience and think it’s a fix-all but it really isn’t.

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Seriously dude??? You would prefer LSU hire high school coaches?

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It’s still possible to have valid concerns despite Cregg, Sullivan, and McMahon being on staff.

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Also possible to have valid confidence in people who have had successful careers coaching on the highest level in their profession. If you don't think so, it's cool.

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And FYI, this isn’t the NFL. And again, analysts don’t have anything to do with alleviating my concerns

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I don't think it should totally alleviate your concerns. But I question if you even know what analysts do if you do not feel a lot better about the LSU program having them.

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the problem will lie in Ensminger and Sullivan’s lack of detailed knowledge- and lack of understanding of “why” they’re doing what they’re doing- of the offense they’re trying to design.

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This is why they should have hired high school coaches with two or three years experience. How could someone like Sullivan who has been in the NFL for so long have any understanding of what and why about the offense he will run. LSU is doomed.

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But keep chugging away with the delusional propaganda, Derek

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It's not propaganda it is my opinion based on what I know of the coaches and support staff. AND if you are going to use my name, the least you could do it learn how to spell it.

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I’m sure the admin is paying you by the post so enjoy the $2 you just earned

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I get paid by the time I spend doing this not the post. I have been told I will receive a raise to a whopping $1.75 per hour in the next year or so. I will finally be able to buy the Yugo I've had my eye on that has been in the field down the street for about 10 years. It's a beauty !!!

First of all, none of what's contained in that article comes from O or his coaching staff. All of it has been ascertained from what O and other coaches have previously said when answering unrelated questions, from the LSU players themselves, and from various coaches outside the program with intimate knowledge of the program.

Don't sleep on O boys, as he may be putting together something offensive wise that possibly could be earth-shattering around here. He didn't hire all of those advisors for nothing, as O is taking our old antiquated football program under an old utterly incompetent regime that was terribly afraid of change into the 21st century. So it's only natural for the O haters and Miles lovers to hate on O.

The big question is will it be a successful transition? No one at this point really knows. However, I choose to be positive because I have a lot of confidence in Steve Ensminger, as I have known the guy for many years and he is a very intelligent person.

I also have to commend Coach O for having the cojones to completely revamp our offense and our football program at the same time after all these many years. In fact, that's exactly what he was hired to do. And I hope he is successful, in stark contrast to all the Negatigers that want to see O miserably fail.

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But it’s seems a little naive to think that they can implement what the saints, or rams do just by studying them. I mean if it was that simple then everyone would do it.

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That's not even the worst part of it to me.

Ensminger clearly doesn't have his own philosophy that he's implementing. They're doing some kind of weird Frankenstein project where they're taking a piece from this guy and a piece from that guy and trying to put it together in an offseason.

I foresee us having a multiple type of offense, heavy on miscues and penalties, without depth to it. It's like they're trying to write a book in a language they don't know, instead of them simply installing what they know best.

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As for QB, if they are implementing a pro/spread style offense it's going to require a QB that can read defenses, make quick decisions and is accurate. Athleticism aside, it needs to be a guy that can master all of these traits. If it's Narcisse, then great because he adds the element of running, but I want the guy that gets the ball in the playmakers' hands, whoever he is.

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That's NOT Narcisse. All of his Rantknocker Entourage are going to be sorely disappointed. (Just like the last GOAT that couldn't do it at this level)

And your basing this on what?

That’s all fine, but after 2012-2017 I’ll believe it when I see it this fall.

We’ve seen this EVERY YEAR, and every fall is a disappointment. Until that changes, I don’t believe the hype.