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re: What's your feelings on Daronte Jones now?
Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:29 pm to Tigerpaul1969
Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:29 pm to Tigerpaul1969
quote:Vegetables ain't going nowhere, he's attached at the hip to Dumbo or Dabo. As for Daronte Jones, the only thing I can say is now he can put down that he was a DC at a major university. The guy was learning to be a DC, and you could see it. He waited too long to put in a blitz package and all. This defense could have been playing like this earlier on. But the best of luck to the guy.
We should check with Venables to see if he would like a change of scenery.
This post was edited on 11/17/21 at 6:33 pm
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Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:39 pm to tucoco
Daronte will be fine. This was an OJT year for him, and it really looks like he gets it.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:49 pm to ohnoletsgeaux
Once we name Aranda(hopeful) then he may be retained. Otherwise he will not be. I am impressed with he defenses so I wouldn’t mind the first scenario. He would be mentored by a D master that already believes in Daronte as he is the one who recommended him to Coach O.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 6:58 pm to ohnoletsgeaux
Depends if O was handcuffing him the first few games or not.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:21 pm to ohnoletsgeaux
I never had an opinion on him, but he's seemed pretty decent.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 7:54 pm to EastTexasTiger
If they continue to play like this last two games he had build a great resume whether he stays at LSU or not
Posted on 11/17/21 at 8:51 pm to TutHillTiger
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If they continue to play like this last two games he had build a great resume whether he stays at LSU or not
Pretty much this. If the new HC chooses to keep him on staff, cool. That would be a pretty clear confirmation (at least in my mind) that he was indeed handcuffed and is better than what we saw earlier in the season.
If the new HC doesn’t keep him on staff, I think the stop at LSU will still be a net positive for his career and I wish him the best.
It will be interesting to see if the aggressive defense continues to work this well vs. A&M. I think he’s been able to cause some confusion the last couple of weeks partly because we have been giving looks that we haven’t shown on film. Eventually that element of surprise wears off and it comes down to the in-game chess match.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 9:04 pm to ohnoletsgeaux
He’s shown improvement, but we can do better than a rookie who took 8 games to realize that blitzing an opposing QB can actually be a good thing. You NEVER handcuff a new coach by telling him he has to retain members of the previous coach’s staff.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 9:14 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
If they just put in the blitzing in the last two weeks as it was reported then he’s a failure. Kirby did a presentation and talked about everything they install during fall camp. It sounded like our staff had no idea how to implement a system over the course of a spring and then fall camp.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 9:41 pm to ohnoletsgeaux
Too little too late
Posted on 11/17/21 at 10:09 pm to tucoco
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The guy was learning to be a DC, and you could see it. He waited too long to put in a blitz package and all. This defense could have been playing like this earlier on.
Maybe. But I still think a lot of the early season issues were because Ed wasn’t letting Jones do what he wanted.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 10:15 pm to justice
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Pisses me off it took four losses to start being aggressive. He needs to go along with the rest of the staff
Had we had an aggressive game plan similar to what he drew up for Alabama and Arkansas, I think we beat Auburn. And if we’d beaten Auburn, this season would have looked very, very different.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 10:18 pm to HonoraryCoonass
Yep. The auburn loss is when things changed for good.
You win that game and i truly believe things look a little different.
You win that game and i truly believe things look a little different.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 10:27 pm to ohnoletsgeaux
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What's your feelings on Daronte Jones now?
That he is either a very good defensive coordinator that just needed a few games to get experience and progressed as the season went on
OR
He is an idiot for thinking what he rolled out the first 2 months of the season would work and finally smartened up. I would like to think it’s the latter but who fricking knows.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 10:34 pm to Jamohn
quote:This is how I feel too.
I wouldn't be mad if the next coach retained Jones. I also wouldn't be mad if the next coach let Jones go in favor of his own guy. It should not be a topic of discussion as a prerequisite with the new coach we're bringing in.
I kinda feel like he's earned the shot to be interviewed by the incoming coach, and if we finish out the year playing like this he may just get that interview.
Absolutely doesn't merit being forced on anyone.
If he's kept on, and we play like this next year, I will be satisfied. And if he's dumped, I will be concerned about how long it will take to get back up to speed- and hope it won't take too long.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 11:49 pm to 0
Lol Coach O had restriction on blitzing. He had restrictions on 3 man fronts. Daronte could not coach how he wanted until these past few weeks. It’s a reason Coach O is gone. Now you see what Daronte been wanting to do, he didn’t just wake up and started blitzing and running odd fronts. Coach O didn’t allow it until now.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:09 am to ohnoletsgeaux
No change.
In over his head.
Improved over Bo Peep, but not anywhere near qualified to be a DC in the SEC/SEC. (If your goal is a Championship)
Acceptable as a DB Coach only........
In over his head.
Improved over Bo Peep, but not anywhere near qualified to be a DC in the SEC/SEC. (If your goal is a Championship)
Acceptable as a DB Coach only........
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:37 am to semjase
What exactly is the SEC/SEC ?
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:41 am to semjase
I think you may be in over your head just trying to give a coherent answer to a simple question.
Posted on 11/18/21 at 5:43 am to ohnoletsgeaux
Too late for first impressions! Stunk the whole year with most of our best talent in the first few games. What was Coach O thinking when hiring both coordinators that had absolutely zero experience in the position hired for? Answer: He wasn't thinking!
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