Pour play calling was not the problem.

I'm taken aback at how many posters here seem to be unable to see the reality of why the LSU offense struggled this year. It most certainly was not play calling.

I can't remember the number of times that I begged, to the TV, for Lesticles to call a PA pass on first down or second down. Ensminger did that over and over this year. I feel like he called games in a way to keep the defense off balance.

So why did they struggle? Because of the youth at all skill positions, and poor offensive line play. Matt Canada had 2 senior WR's in Gage and Chark. One of the best RB's ever to dawn an LSU jersey in Guice. A second year starting senior at QB in Etling. And a more experienced, better performing offensive line. I would go into detail but then this would be tldr.

I would say that Joe Burrow is a clear step above Etling, but the receivers weren't consistent, and defenses weren't afraid of Edwards H'Elaire (sp?) or Brossette. Why do you think they started running Burrow later in the season? Because they weren't generating enough rushing offense to keep defenses at home. And because Burrow got sacked a lot so running Burrow made the defenses think twice before sending an all out rush.

Not to say there weren't places for improvement in the play calling, but for the most part the play calling was good. It was the execution that was poor.