re: There's a very high chance that SE remains our OC next year...

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I think he will want to step down and just coach TE's. I am sure he hears the fans criticism and would rather not subject himself/family to it anymore. I think he is doing as good as he can with how the line has played but would like to see this happen....and have no hard feelings.

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my gut instinct, no facts is that he was asked to be a "place holder" for ???
I think either this coming year or the next he will step into a more "part time" role and make room for ???

I think it is by design.

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You may be right. I also think that things are not as easy as they seem on the surface. Firing another OC after one year after just doing the same the year before Looks really bad to recruits. Now, I'm not disagreeing that O put himself in this situation, so he has nobody to blame but himself. But the situation is what it is. So I'm looking at what's best for the program going forward. I have seen some coOC situational changes. Maybe that's not a bad idea. Bring in a coOC next year, then let him take over after that. Everyone wins. We get innovation on offense, plus it doesn't look bad to recruits.

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SE was given a 2yr deal. Isn't that atypical to give a 2 year contract to a coach if you intend for them to be a long term solution. I still believe this was a stop gap to "stabilize" things while they explore OC options.

I still maintain that the logical progression is that when Sullivan's contract runs out this season Joseph becomes the full-time WR coach and we hire a co-OC that takes over when SE's contract expires. Also consider that Sullivan makes 450k and Briles makes 400k.

Another thought is that Briles' and SE's contract both expire in 2019. I know I'm probably setting myself up for disappointment pinning my hopes on us getting Briles, but I can see it happening.

Final thought in regards to the concern of "losing recruits due to 3 OCs in 3 years" is if that next OC is a dynamic OC like Briles it completely negates any negative effect of the changeover.

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. Anyone that knows football will say it all starts up front...now here comes all the dumbasses saying we should run this scheme or this...no scheme looks good with bad play up front.

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So you're sitting here telling everyone that there are 100 programs with better oline talent than lsu?

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we have lots of ignorant fans

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Yeah like the ones that think there is no way to scheme around a bad line.

“ we have OL issues, as a lot of teams do “

The OL didn’t seem to be an significant issue as LSU took a 30 pt lead on UM while giving up 2 sacks. Didn’t seem to have a significant problem at Aub while helping Joe to a 250 passing yd day with one Sack. Didn’t seem to have a significant problem as LSU put up almost 600 yds on Ga with 3 sacks.

Since that Georgia game it has it been a different story as offensive production has steadily declined. Maybe it’s as simple as other teams figuring out how to better defend us. Whatever the problem, we have the 11 most productive O in the SEC and that simply isn’t acceptable at LSU no matter the coaching staff. imo

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OU fired their DC this year, but there may have been other circumstances to that. 

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The circumstances were that his defenses sucked.

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we have lots of ignorant fans

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correct!

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Anyone that knows football will say it all starts up front

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Of course, but there are many other factors to running good offense.

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fans that probably never played the game.

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What college and pro team did you play for to gain all your wisdom?

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now here comes all the dumbasses saying we should run this scheme or this...no scheme looks good with bad play up front.

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Lets take the "dumbass ranters" out of it...What do you say about the many former LSU players, former NFL players and analyst that are blaming the scheme?

Former LSU player and Former NFL all pro, Ryan Clark blames scheme...he certainly has forgotten more than you and I know about the game.

Former Great LSU player, Rohan Davey. He calls out the scheme/playcalling and how the offense struggles to run very basic plays (execution).

What about the many former players/analyst that call out scheme/playcalling,creativity and execution?

Do you call all these people, who were all former players at a very high level, dumbasses for not stating the OL?

It does start up front, but there are many other variables that make a good offense and LSU is struggling in all of them. If you think the only issue or the main issue is OL, fine. But many more people with a hell of a lot more experience and knowledge lean towards scheme, playcalling, creativity and execution...which is all on the offensive staff.

Will change be made after the season, I hope so. CEO will not demote or fire SE, so I expect SE to step down from a position that he did not want and is failing in. Think he would rather step down before being fired from his alma mater.

Gotcha.