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

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What mental block was in front of other coaches that kept them from implementing an effective and productive offen

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Needed a fresh set of eyes to evaluate the offense and implement a new scheme.

"See the forest for the trees", if you will.

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I'm just baffled it took this long.

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1. you had a man(LM) that was set in his ways and couldn't be told to change. He knew better than anyone else. "we identify the opponents strengths on Defense and we attack that strength"- this quote on facing A1, still floors me.

2. SE is good at doing the heavy lifting Monday-Friday, but wasn't up to speed with todays concepts and I question his game day calling. Piss an moan all you want, but LSU struggled after the first series of scripted plays in '18.

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It's like we become a victim of our own self imposed limitations.

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correct..."see forest for the trees"
Brady wasn't hindered by past offensive failures at LSU or the mental block of calling plays scared vs A1.

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Credit to Coach O for recognizing the potential on offense and bringing someone in to help reach that potential.

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Absolutely, during '18 I doubted he would make big changes. He did it! If he promotes Munoz, I don't see LSU taking much of a step back in 2020

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Les Miles was never going to change his offense. Much credit to O for seeing that LSU would go nowhere without a good offense, hence, Brady. Now that we have all seen what can be done, no reason not to keep at it. Personally, I would have offered Brady 2.5 to keep him as OC, but that is just me. He did more in a year than any other coordinator in the history of CFB.

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suppose next year will answer the question a little more fully. Was it scheme or personnel? Of course Joe implemented the spread offense at an elite level. Will Brennan be able to do the same? Likely not at the same level as Joe but should be pretty high.

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We lost the best QB in LSU history, and also lost the coach that implemented the system. How will this answer any questions.

It didn't. Ensminger and Orgeron were determined to change the offense. It was changing with or without Brady. They realized they could speed up the process by finding someone who already knew the things that Ensminger otherwise would have had to learn from film study. They chose Brady. If Brady had told them no they would have hired coach X, and your post would read, "The question is, why did it take Coach X to change the offense?"

BTW, Go back and rewatch the last three games of last season, and you'll see that much of this offense had already been implemented. The reasons it was so much better this year are:

1. The offensive line developed to the point that we could release the TE and RB without chipping
2. The receivers matured under the tutelage of Brady. The coach in 2018 made a big deal about de-emphasizing catching drills and focusing instead on route running. Seemed stupid to me at the time.
3. Burrow and the receivers had an offseason to work on it and get comfortable.
4. Brady brought a playbook that helped a ton and apparently made a good team with Ensminger.

Most people have need of a hero figure in their lives. So a great collaborative effort gets reduced, in their minds, to a single hero in a cape. That's just not what happened at LSU.

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What mental block was in front of other coaches that kept them from implementing an effective and productive offense? Why Brady? Why did it take Brady to implement this new offensive scheme?

For well over a decade fans and critics have recognized that "if LSU can adopt a modern offense", "if LSU can get a great QB", etc., etc.

I'm just baffled it took this long.

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First of all, you need to realize that what you saw this year wasn't simply "changing to a modern offense".

It's the simplest of the simple who have concluded that all LSU had to do was move to a spread. What Brady brought was the ability to take the concepts, implement them effectively. And, then you saw elite players (particularly an elite QB) executing that offense.

Having said that there is truth that this style of offense is the right way to go and gives us an advantage because we should be able to roll out playmakers all over the field. The biggest question will be whether or not we can consistently find very good QBs.

it Just comes down to familiarity. These coaches have been doing it one way for so long. It’s not just football, you see it in all aspects of life. It’s basic human nature to be afraid of change.

The 2018 TAMU game and Fiesta Bowl showed that LSU offense could be potent with a good QB. Obviously Brady helped take it to the next level probably with adding the idea of pace and keeping the same personnel on field.

E knows what he is doing IMO.

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the national championship game, pinned inside the 5 yard line, Ensminger kept throwing right in the teeth of Clemson's blitzes

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E said himself he didn't call plays within the 12 yd line.

I can believe the Texas game but also Brady telling Steve we need to score.