re: Wide-ranging, eye-opening interview with Brandon Harris

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Maybe Les didn't go to a spread and sling it offense because Harris couldn't complete simple passes.

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Almost every QB under Les couldn't complete simple passes. Kind of telling, isn't it?

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Almost every QB under Les couldn't complete simple passes. Kind of telling, isn't it?

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What?
Jordan Jefferson has the 6th best completion % in lsu history.
Matt's 2013 season ranks 3rd all time in completion %.
Jruss 2006 ranks 1st in completion %.
JLEE in 2011 led the sec in pass efficiency.

Miles has enough legit weaknesses to not have to make up things.

It's not on the coaches when a qb cant complete swing passes or other simple throws that are meant to get him in rythym.

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bullshite. Our oline dominated in 1 game. You posters that say our oline sucked out yourselves as people that dont pay attention to other programs.

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There's a lot of misconceptions about our OL.

Generally speaking we almost always dominated from a run game aspect. There were a few games here and there we failed to get real push (Bama, UF last year for instance), but overall it was a dominant OL in that aspect.

Where our OL was average to arguably weak was at the tackle position. Flat out, we failed to recruit pass blocking atheltic OTs, and routinely stuck guards out there to shore up the run blocking aspect which we so heavily depended on. The problem with that is while we look great grading out at run blocking, our book ends would struggle at times with pass blocking, which further didn't help develop the passing game. Notice even in your #1 ranked oline link, it doesnt mention 1 positive thing about our tackles, it's the center and guards carrying the load.

When you look at sacks allowed, it looks fantastic at only 19 sacks given up last season (25th in CFB), however, we rarely threw the football. So when you make a rate of "pass attempts per sack" we then fall to 68th in the country at 15.68 pass attempts per sack, which is below average. By comparison, some of the best teams only allow a sack every 30-40 attempts or so. Matt Canada's Pitt offense only allowed 10 sacks in 324 pass attempts, that's 32.4 pass attempts per sack allowed. A great number.

So again, the OL hardly sucked as some would say, but it certainly had it's obvious strengths (run blocking) and obvious deficiencies (pass blocking out at OT).

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Generally speaking we almost always dominated from a run game aspect. There were a few games here and there we failed to get real push (Bama, UF last year for instance), but overall it was a dominant OL in that aspect.

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We ran for 219 yards against Florida at 4.9 ypc.

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Where our OL was average to arguably weak was at the tackle position.

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We had 4 guards and 1 tackle. That 1 tackle was playing center.

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When you look at sacks allowed, it looks fantastic at only 19 sacks given up last season (25th in CFB), however, we rarely threw the football. So when you make a rate of "pass attempts per sack" we then fall to 68th in the country at 15.68 pass attempts per sack, which is below average. By comparison, some of the best teams only allow a sack every 30-40 attempts or so. Matt Canada's Pitt offense only allowed 10 sacks in 324 pass attempts, that's 32.4 pass attempts per sack allowed. A great number.

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Agreed. I'm not saying our oline didnt have weaknesses. We did. But when you factor in everything with our oline it was a very good oline. All I'm saying is that the people that really think our oline wasnt good clearly dont pay attention to other programs.

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So again, the OL hardly sucked as some would say, but it certainly had it's obvious strengths (run blocking) and obvious deficiencies (pass blocking out at OT).

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Agreed.

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Just further proof that Les was a con man

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But he's a family man!!!!

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I’ve learned everything happens for a reason. That’s a great question — why didn’t it work here? I have no idea. You can ask yourself that about 13 other quarterbacks who transferred away from here in 10 years.

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That interview sure makes it easy to move on. Personal accountability has clearly never been a part of his makeup.

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How difficult was last season for you with the benching and midseason firings?

It’s hard, man, when you give so much heart to a school. I’ve given everything I have to this school. Obviously you have to make sacrifices whenever you come to a place like this. When you want to win and when you have a common goal, you have to make sacrifices. Obviously, I made sacrifices.

But the hardest thing for me last season was dealing with practicing hard and not getting the opportunity to play, especially when you feel like … you go through a coaching change and ultimately you never touch the field again. That was one of the biggest telling points for me. I wanted to get back here, wanted to come back here for another season, but the biggest thing for me was, you say it’s open competition going into spring, right? But you never gave me an opportunity to get back on the field.

That’s not disrespect for (Ed Orgeron), but how do you expect me to believe that it’s going to be an open quarterback competition? Which I had no problem with. I think I would have done damn well in an open quarterback battle, but you don’t give me an opportunity to get back on the field.

I was your starting quarterback going into this season. All of the sudden, I’m not good enough to get back on the field. What have I done? Did I do anything personally to affect that status? I don’t know.

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Jeez, Brandon. Just own up to the fact that you had ample opportunity to prove you could do it but buckled over and over, and Etling flat out won the starting role from you.

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I’m not good enough to get back on the field. What have I done? Did I do anything personally to affect that status?

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Threw a terrible interception that sealed the game and shite the bed against Jacksonville State. But no you didn't do anything.

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There is nothing that paint lsu's oline as anything but one of the best in cfb.

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You clearly aren't a fan of the eyeball test......or common sense.