re: What specifically is your beef with Coach E's offense?

How do we beat Bama?

We are not going to be more talented than them, and when it comes down to it they’re going to out “execute” us because we rely solely on talent.

We don’t trick them. They predict all of our plays.

Red Zone. Improve that and the running game (personnel) and it's clicking

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I miss Canada and even Cam Cameron

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They're doing awesome things right now

-Redzone offense ( why were we not trying to use our 6'5 WRs? Play calling was very vanilla)
-Never rolled the pocket for Burrow
-Continued use of long play action passes against Bama/UF when LSU could barely give Burrow time in the first place
-Game plan seemed very scripted. SE would start with a great game plan, but once the defense adjusted he had nothing to counter with.
- Inability to run simple screen plays

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The Pirate King

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Prepare for a bunch of jokes about how old he is and that he’s a terrible coordinator...with no specifics about formations or what he should have done differently.

There were some questionable playcalls, but I found the design to be pretty good, but every time he would break out of the shell, the o-line would shite the bed and it was back to stage 1.

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You're an idiot. He ran tons of option routes for the primary reads. Which prevented our two 5* Star Freshman WR's from being getting anything but one-two looks per game unless we checked down. In which case they weren't primary reads to make the best use of the scheme to allow their talent to win one-on-ones.

He ran tons of east/west runs that were dumb in the SEC and even dumber in our Bowl Game with a team that could only use speed and numbers against the run. This is a, "we're gonna do what I like," and not a, "we're gonna run what we are good at," or, "we're gonna take what they give us," type of philosophy. Which is what the last guy did through a neverending cavalcade of coordinators.

Which is why he ain't here.

Max protect, two man route concepts versus Dime and Dime+ coverage looks to combat a pass rush was equally dumb as a philosophy. It was called out by Matt Flynn in real-time on Social Media, and no less than 2 weeks ago you saw an NFL Team play in New Orleans that went 5 wides and shredded the Saints and totally negated a fierce pass rush in the process. Throwing boundary screens and slants to get the quick pass game going and replace the run. Before going over the top when we walked the corners up to take it away.

That you can't see Bama has made the change and that we haven't and can't understand that the game has changed shows that you think a lot like Ensminger...and that's a large part of the problem with a lot of the fanbase.

You need to understand the game changed...and that we need to evolve with it. Not reach back for a coordinator from 20 years ago to help us.

That ain't how you get back to the promised land.

- poor red zone execution
- TE's not used enough in passing plays, moreau has such good hands and we never threw to him
- offense is uncreative to the point during games like auburn we had to be bailed out by PI calls to win the games
- our offense felt exposed by many teams, it wasnt we took our foot off the pedal as much as our inability to score any more points.
- I felt our playbook lacked imagination. Every other team I watch has some special plays/distractions especially in the red zone that lead to TDs. LSU frustratingly showed 0 creativity in play calling compared to most other programs
- lack of scoring means another year of the defense on the field too much leading to some losses in games we should easily be winning
- 2 years of 0 pts against Alabama

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Redzone offense ( why were we not trying to use our 6'5 WRs? Play calling was very vanilla)

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I think we can all agree this was a primary problem

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Go to an FCS school and let it ride, scoring exactly 0 on Alabama for two straight years is unacceptable as is squandering red zone after red zone try.

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IMHO, he is failing if one is expecting to be near the top of the CFB polls, meaning playoffs on a regular basis. The offense is awful. It was bad enough against an awful defense in the Fiesta bowl to keep it close. Anyone who thinks LSU has a competent offense is ignorant or delusional or both. E is not the guy.

excellent post

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FWIW, we have a really good place kicker coming in next year.

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While this may turn out to be true, it is a stunningly naive statement. We have no idea how he will actually perform. Geezum...