The question is, why did it take Brady to change the offense?

Most things modern are coming from a younger generation. Not to many Ensminger types out there revolutionizing the game of football. However, you need guys like him to help structure the play calling to make it work.

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Most coaches know the spread offense. It's not a mystery.

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Nah

Miles was stubborn and simply refused to change.

O tried to change things immediately when he hired Canada. That obviously didn't work out. O then hired a guy he was comfortable with (Ensminger) to run the offense in order to avoid a repeat of 2017 with the issues between O and Canada.

However, Steve, who had a significant career previously as an OC was kind of set in what he liked to run. Once it was clear that offense wasn't going to be good enough O (and Steve) when looking for help to "modernize" the approach. They found it in Brady who then stepped into a PERFECT situation to fully implement and execute his approach. Experienced QB; Very talented WR's who now had experience; An experienced OL and an underrated jack-of-all trades RB to give LSU a major weapon.

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Most coaches know the spread offense. It's not a mystery.

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Knowing and understanding concepts? Yes



Truly understanding everything about it? No way

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Most things modern are coming from a younger generation. Not to many Ensminger types out there revolutionizing the game of football.

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Sean, Belichick, and Reid are kind of old dudes that are still putting offenses on the field that are very productive. I don't buy the old/young stereotype.

Back in the day there was Air Coryell. There was an "old" coach that was tearing up NFL defenses during his time.

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Truly understanding everything about it? No way

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I believe you but it's dumbfounding to me that this is the case. This is your profession. This is what you do 24/7/365. You are supposed to know everything about it.

Didn’t have a qb for it. You can’t run the offense LSU did this year with an inaccurate and indecisive qb.

And I know Burrow was the qb last year. That dude needed a year on the field and time with his guys to be able to do what they did this year.

Brady was a huge get; no doubt. But nowhere near as huge as Burrow and his growth allowed for the thing to take off

Also hot take is LSU would have won it all this year no matter what offense they were running. The personnel was that good

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Brady was a huge get; no doubt. But nowhere near as huge as Burrow and his growth allowed for the thing to take off

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This. Jarrett Lee, Jordan Jefferson, Anthony Jennings, and Brandon Harris could not have run this offense effectively.

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Is E's risk tolerance equal to B's risk tolerance?? That is the question.

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This is a good point.

I read Sean Payton's book and he speaks directly to the issue of "risk" and how some coaches play the percentages game straight up. But Sean takes the approach of calling what looks like a risky play in "normal" situations and become a lot less risky under special circumstances. He talked about how the Saints recovered the on sides kick a the beginning of the the second half of SB 44 and how he increased the chances of recovery from 20% to 50%.