re: What does this mean for Joe Sloan?

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What does that say about Kelly? We have no stability at the coordinators.

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All the more reasons why Kelly isn’t cut out for this job. Too bad there are too many retards on here who will vehemently defend him.

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Nothing in coaching is just an asinine statement considering the development of BT and MN who were not highly thought of coming into last yea

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Do what now? 1st of all, those abbreviations are disgusting. Pick yourself up. But Malik lead the SEC in catches in ‘22 and had over 1,000 receiving yards. And BTJ, while he was only 4th or 5th that year in receiving yards, was 2nd on the team in receiving TDs with 5. Only Jaray Jenkins had more with just 6. It was easy to see that BTJ was a bit raw and needed development, with his size and speed and Kayshon and Jaray leaving, that he was primed to make a really big jump in ‘23. I don’t think anybody could have predicted him to have 17 TDs, but nobody outside of the program could have seen the explosion of the LSU passing game in ‘23.

Malik only had 3 TDs in ‘22. A lot of that was Jayden not trusting himself and his WRs enough to just let it rip deep like he did in ‘23. And certainly nobody could have predicted his historical accuracy with balls down the field. But the offense was admittedly handcuffed in ‘22 by Denbrock’s route combos. He made a big deal going into ‘23 that they caught too many balls with their backs to the end zone. It worked, but kept us from being very explosive by limiting yards after the catch. He said the offense put a premium on running routes that would allow our guys to catch the ball in stride and facing the end zone so they could keep running. I’d say that evolution worked. Almost everybody’s yards per catch went up 4 or 5 yards. And it’s why Malik went from 3 to 14 TDs and BTJ went from 5 to 17. Jayden took a huge leap in his deep ball accuracy, his recognizing defenses presnap, and trusting them to make plays down the field. Denbrock saw this and completely changed our route concepts. But that was more about what Jayden could—and was willing to—do in ‘23 more than what Malik and BTJ couldn’t do in ‘22.

And I don’t know who you were watching, but I was telling everybody who would listen—after ‘22 and BEFORE ‘23—that Malik was gonna be just like Chase and Jett’s and walk into the NFL and immediately be a top 10 WR. I think he’s actually even better than that, he’s just had to deal with injuries, Daniel Jones being his QB, and the Giants not having any other real threats to take pressure off Malik. But if you were paying attention, you could tell Malik was a fricking dawg, even in ‘22. It’s like after that 2nd muffed punt against Florida State, he took that shite personally and just flipped a switch.

Now, I’m not suggesting Hankton didn’t have a significant hand in developing Malik and BTJ. I’m sure he did, but how much, I have no idea. Not sure anybody but those guys really do. But it ain’t like he took a couple of stiffs and turned them into 1st rounders. He had some nice clay to work with those 2. They were always both super talented, and dare I say their ascents in their 3rd years were almost inevitable. But Malik is such a dawg and cares so fricking much, that I’m not sure he wouldn’t have had a similar season without a WR at all. We don’t talk often enough about his sheer will. He was simply not to be denied.

Again, I’m not saying Hankton sucks or is a poor developer. He may be a great one. We don’t know, because we’re not there. But suggesting that nobody had high expectations of those 2 heading into ‘23 is just flat out false.

But to the OP’s title, I think there’s just a tiny bit over 0% that Sloan is back next year. And I doubt that Hankton is either. Neither are gonna take a demotion, and BK’s gonna have to use a lot of his dwindling political capital to bring in the best OC he can identify and hire. I just hope to God it’s not Tommy Rees.

Hankton has been trying to get out of LSU for awhile now. He basically had one foot out the door as this season started and it shows in coaching and recruiting.

A call to a realtor.

He's toast. Bring back Slinger

We need to clean house completely and hijack Pat Sumrall and his staff from Tulane.

LSU is going nowhere but down, and offense, defense and special teams are all equally to blame. Is there anything this football team can do well?

Everyone thinking a new OC will come in and magically fix things with this O line is delusional.

Kelly would be better served getting a new OL coach and hitting the portal hard for O lineman.

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Is it possible that there’s a behind the scenes deal with Sloan and Michigan?

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If this happens....violence is the only answer lol

Sad thing is Sloan is a good QB coach, OC, not so much!

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maybe Kelly just moves on from him all together and promotes Cortez to OC?

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For that thought to even materialize in your head and then progress to an actual post, tells me you're either drunk, high or dumb as Georgia red clay dirt. (Probably all three)