Passing Game Coordinator

Most people freaking out about the SL hire don’t seem to understand what Passing Game Coordinator is and how’s it’s extremely different than being an offensive coordinator.

But that’s the rant for you!


SL is a good hire and will flourish as the PGC.

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Our PGC designed our offense last year

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Joe Brady did not DESIGN anything. He brought over already designed concepts, and helped install/put tweaks in the system.

The system IS NOT going anywhere.

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Our PGC designed our offense last year

People acted like it was important because it was.

Brady won the fricking Broyles award.

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This is all true, but people are acting like no team has ever or can ever win without the Broyles award winner as your PGC.

I'm not even sure if other teams even have a PGC, do all of them have one? if so, we sure as shite can't name them.

The position itself isn't nearly as important as we make it out to be.

Was it last season? Absolutely. Does it have to be going forward? Nope

People just don’t have a ton of faith in E alone.

Because E alone didn’t instill a ton of faith.

If this was all as simple as installing a playbook, E could have done it just by watching film. Any coach worth his salt can watch an all 22 and diagram the play.

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a position we created on the staff 6 months ago is absurd

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Speaking of facts, I notice that you conveniently skipped over the part of my post where I pointed out that this is not a title or position LSU just created "6 months ago" or even one created specifically for Brady. It was first created when O moved Jerry Sullivan to an on-field coaching position 2 years ago.

But the point is that the position/title, in whatever way or form it is used, has been around football for longer than LSU started using it. It's not some creation we pulled out of thin air. Just like we weren't the first to develop the title of a "run game coordinator," because we have one of those too, and have had it since even before James Cregg.

Overall, I will agree with you on the point that sometimes these titles are thrown around or given out solely for the purpose of justifying a pay raise for a coach or to make them feel important in order to help keep them on staff without creating any actual change in job duties or description (e.g. run game coordinator titles). However, it is clear that O has a specific purpose and job description for what he expects from the PGC here at LSU. It's not a title that is just thrown about to make someone feel important or to give them a raise.

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The position itself isn't nearly as important as we make it out to be.

Was it last season? Absolutely. Does it have to be going forward? Nope

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(PGC)Jerry Sullivan 2018 salary : $450k

(PGC)Joe Brady 2019 salary : $410k

(PGC)Scott Linehan 2020 salary: $800k

(“Offensive coor”) Steve Ensminger salary: $800k


I mean it’s pretty clear to see that the passing game coordinator position has been expanded based on what Brady did last year. So much so, that the 2020 hire has basically been brought on to be the defacto Offensive coordinator, just like Brady was last year.

Had Brady been retained, he was going to get an even bigger raise, too.

So while everyone continues to down play it, the PGC is currently tied as the 2nd highest paid coach on LSU’s staff.

This shows a lack of faith for Ensminger to outright develop an offense. And also shows that the most recent hire of PGC is much more important than you make it out to be.

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it’s a title that LSU practically invented to give Brady a boosted title

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2005 Todd Monken, WR Coach and Passing Game Coordinator at LSU (Les' first staff at LSU).

From 2006 LSU Football Media Guide

Todd Monken Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator

Another first-year coach on the LSU staff ... Serves as the Tigers’ wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator... Came to LSU after a three-year stint on Les Miles’ staff at Oklahoma State ... Oversees one of the nation’s most-talented and deepest groups of wide receivers LINK

Coach E called the majority of the plays...brady brought the idea of the saints offense to the tigers..his big contribution though was the way he worked with the receivers on catching and route running. Coach E isnt just going to forget what we ran last year, there is a reason he was sleeping in the office 3-4 nights a week. Like sean payton said all the film on saints is available toLSU...its knowing what defense is throwing out there and what play to call which coach E did not brady.

Brady called 20% of the plays E called 80% we will be just fine E has the whole playbook!