Our Analysts get put to use starting tomorrow

Would have had Doug Nussmeier but he took the Cowboys TE job.

We were also looking to hire Sean Salisbury but that faced NCAA regulatory issues.

Les was a staunch believer in smash mouth football. Doesn’t matter what the other team does, we’re just going to run the ball down your throat. And for the most part he could do that because we were so big and dominant up front.

But when we did run into a team that could match us up front, we saw the true deficiencies of the game plan. It was sad to see at times, especially when I knew we were more talented.

It’s definitely a factor that’s not being talked about enough, hopefully they can give us an edge in close games

Every play Miami ran last year has already been studied, tendencies noted and what would be effective against certain looks. Such a big advantage.

We lost those close games at home to Alabama due to this in my opinion. We matched their talent on the field, they knew what we were doing before we called the damn plays half the time. This is the one thing coach O got done above everything else that has eased my doubts a little bit. Just has to be more effective on game days and this should help in that regaurd.

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You install gameplans week to week. Coaches don’t need to know what every team is doing on the schedule; just the upcoming opponent. Kids can only take in so much information, they’are also in school.

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I know all of that. "Our Analysts get put to use starting tomorrow" is misleading. The have already been put to good use. They have been breaking down film and charting opponent personnel for months if they have been doing their jobs. The analysts will report their findings to the coaches and the coaches will together prepare game plans for the players at the proper time. The background work has been going on for months. This was true before the arrival of "analysts". In the past the on the field coaches and maybe a few grad assistants did all the off season prep work.

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Teams, coaches and players also change year to year. So last year’s film may not be very helpful (i.e. A&M, Florida, State)

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Actually last years' tapes are very helpful in charting the opponent. If the staff is relatively stable the offensive and defensive philosophies will probably be the same. Returning players will be scouted for weaknesses and strengths. In the event of coaching changes the new coaches old assignments will be scouted to see what the does, how he does it, etc. Opponent scouting is a 12 month a year activity. That isn't new. The number of personnel assigned to it as grown but the activity was always there. It has been there for decades and all staffs do (did) it. No coach worth his salt would have ever gone into a season without complete dossiers on each opponent.

It’s not misleading. I was speaking in regards to installations, where the team see’s and is coached on what the analysts see. During camp coaches are focused on conditioning, instinct drills, installing basic packages, and evaluating personnel groups as a whole. They have not discussed Miami or any other opponent with the team thus far.


While the analysts may be looking ahead, the team can’t. All the focus and preparation goes into the next opponent. Schools like Florida and A&M running entirely different offensive and defensive schemes, because of that you can’t correctly evaluate the personnel based on last year because they may used differently this year (i.e. Last year Florida ran a 4-3, this year it’s a 3-4)

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Jorge Munoz, Former ULL OC

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Can we just make him the LSU OC?

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Notable Offensive Analyst = Jorge Munoz, Former ULL OC

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If this is our most notable offensive analyst, we’re fricked. I know ULL had some success there with their Nola bowl runs but this is the SEC.. we need offensive analysts from the Big12 or Pac12 who understand how to move the chains!