Take a step back and give me your honest assessment on House

It's like he's making a gumbo with some really bad ingredients and very subpar helpers.

He is trying his best but if he doesn't make some adjustments on the ingredients he is given then it's going to turn out really bad.

So far the gumbo isn't looking very good.

He’s solid. Did a solid job last year.
Not sure what’s going on this year.
His secondary is so weak especially with brooks out. But he needs to keep improving this defense
No reason to panic.

I think he is forced to play a soft zone because the DBs are so poorly coached and it’s impossible for them to play man.

The lack of ability to tackle makes his scheme seem worse than it actually is.

I think his a decent DC, with several players that shouldn’t sniff an SEC roster

He's defence should be described as "The Outhouse Defense". Because it stinks like S............................

The fact that he had our 2 most talented guys playing out of position should tell you everything. He had Smith on the nose which was totally ineffective, Jenkins comes in and moves him and the first game he makes plays. Of course we all know the total failure with Perkins role as well. House needs to go or he’ll be an albatross around Kelly’s neck until he does.

It's always a lazy knee-jerk reaction to blame the coaches, but sometimes it actually is the coaches.

I'm not going to say they are not without fault, but I think this is mostly a personnel issue.

Many of the problems we are seeing were discussed, by local and national observers, as being potential issues.

Mostly, our DBs are terrible. This causes a chain reaction.

I don't think the poor play of the DL was expected, though.

Maybe Lindsey's absence has played a role?

I always have a hard time believing good coaches just "forgot" how to coach. But they can make bad decisions, and sometimes it's a chemistry issue.

Short answer: I don't know

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No reason to panic.

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we have literally one of the worst defenses in all of FBS and we are not recruiting to fix this next year. We'll be 3 straight years of portal players. LSU has to do better recruiting HS players and developing them

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He had Smith on the nose which was totally ineffective, Jenkins comes in and moves him and the first game he makes plays.

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Kelly said that Jenkins was working only on technique and tackling and had no role or input on strategy, personnel or positions.

Could Kelly be lying? Possible, but I see no reason why he would.

So, your comment appears wrong.

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The fact that he had our 2 most talented guys playing out of position should tell you everything. He had Smith on the nose which was totally ineffective, Jenkins comes in and moves him and the first game he makes plays. Of course we all know the total failure with Perkins role as well. House needs to go or he’ll be an albatross around Kelly’s neck until he does.

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I don't know if you've been watching Smith but until this week he's looked terrible no matter where he's been lined up. Maybe he's still injured idk but to say House hasn't had him lined up at end is a lie.

Perkins is a hard guy to figure out where to put. He's a great passrusher but you can't just put him on the edge all game because they will run right at him. He's not a stack backer either. I think the coaches have actually done a good job and adjusted on what to do with him instead of having him standing on sidelines until a passing sitiation.

I’ll give him a pass on the secondary. It’s the island of misfit toys back there, and they lost their best player after 1 game. They consistently give up contested catches in man coverage so it’s tough to just throw them out there in press man. But the real inexcusable thing to me is the linebackers. He’s the LB coach. He’s got 2 returning LBs (Perkins and Penn) and a former all Pac 12 LB who have all looked totally lost in zone coverage. Perkins obviously played 100x better this weekend, but Penn and Speights dropping straight back and covering no one over and over again is just baffling.

The DL is disappointing but I can’t put that on House. It just is what it is.

Better DL play would mask some of the zone issues. Better secondary play would allow more blitzes. His hands are sort of tied there. But the LB play is inexcusable