re: Sloan lost the game…….and his temper.

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Him on video at end of game screaming and cussing at someone from the booth was an embarrassment. Gotta keep it together and he looks to be in over his head.

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He called an atrocious game. Zero screens or outside runs. Only a few counters. Barely any play action.


For the first time in years, we have the horses. Can’t execute

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Kelly has to swallow his pride. If it means we have the throw it 50+ times then so be it. Play to win the damn game.

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He wants to play complimentary football. The defense got worn down last year with our offense.


Not the only reason for them sucking but it did contribute.


I think he wanted to start the season off without getting into a track meet and demoralizing them.


There’s ways to accomplish both goals of having a complimentary o and D and still being aggressive in the air though.

Sloan was handcuffed by Kelly. All those running formations and plays were all Kelly's input.

Also, He lost his temper with Garret,who kept playing like a nervous bird when we needed him to step up and make plays.

Garret played great until when he had to step up and win the game with a couple of great drives. He looked lost about 4-5 plays late.

I don't blame Sloan for getting pissed!!

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WRs were running free

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Not sure if that is by design on those check down or if Nuss is scared to throw an INT

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Sure sounds a LOT like Jayden 2022, huh?

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He lost his temper with Garret,who kept playing like a nervous bird when we needed him to step up and make plays.

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This can't be stated enough. Definitely had the yips and he will get better and more comfortable over the next few cupcake games.

Look for 4 wins in a row and beat Ole Piss.

Lacy was still 1 on 1 most of the second half and was wide open down field multiple times.

Sloan and Kelly got baited into running the ball.

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Largely inconsequential distinction because either way is coaching.

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Maybe the staff has gone too far in trying to tame the gunslinger out of Nuss, but we don’t need him putting the ball in harm’s way like he did at times earlier in his career as a backup.

Also, it’s highly unlikely any of those plays were designed to go to one check down route. You get that on some plays like screens, but Nuss likely chose to go short rather than throw routes further down the field. Unless you watch an all 22 replay, you won’t really know what else was available to him.

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Turn Nuss loose to do what he does best. They couldn’t cover Lacy, yet he disappeared from the second half game plan.

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I thought this too in real time. But after watching guys analyze video with access to the all-22–and much more expertise in the nuances of football than me, I understood a little more. They played 2 safety high and absolutely took away the deep pass in the 1st half. Which opened up the middle for Lacy and Taylor. But they decided they weren’t gonna let Lacy beat them in the 2nd half and adjusted.

Sloan made some mistakes—and I’d really like to know whose arse he was chewing in that cut to him. I also noticed the guy next to him trying to calm him down. The people I watched with didn’t catch it, but I just watched Blake Ruffino’s show, and he was the 1st person I heard bring it up. He thought—wasn’t sure—that Sloan was screaming “run the fricking plays I’m calling!!!”

Now, there’s only a couple people he could have been talking to, and I doubt it was BK. So it was likely Nuss. I don’t know if that meant he was checking out of stuff because he thought he saw something or was just defying Sloan. But that’s not the dynamic you want to have at that time of the game between your 1st time (at LSU) OC and 1st time starting QB. Both were obviously nervous and performed their poorest when it mattered most. Hopefully that gets fixed and they not only move beyond that, but get better from it.

Crazy thought—would Sloan (or Hankton too, I guess) be not too proud and cool with hiring Coach E as an analyst—hell, he’s probably one already—to be the guy that sits with Sloan in the booth and doesn’t call plays, just gives him and extra pair of eyes and keeps him calm in high pressure games/situations. Sloan’s called plays before, but I don’t think the stakes were quite as high when Tech was hosting Southern Miss.

How many times can we bring E back out of retirement to help fix shite. He’s battling Coach Pete for most all time. We brought back Pete last year, so E might have to come back to even it up.