ddeon

Ha! As a Nc State alum who also enjoys LSU football, trust the guy who mentioned family drama. I don’t love disparaging decent kids, and things were mostly fine at NC State until they weren’t but he’s probably right on this one. After taking over for a struggling transfer QB in B. Armstrong, and playing marginally at best this season, the team started to find its footing yet after 4 games he up and quit on the team. From there, vailed social media messages of him leaving, staying, and justification for quitting on the team flowed from his camp the rest of the year.

Thankfully the team galvanized and won out in his absence. Its widely understood that the team helped him pack up his s*** and he was encouraged to go. I suppose you’ll take a little drama for a great player but he was not very good, and considering the type of QB play LSU has come to expect from the last couple transfers, this isnt your guy. He’a not a great runner, and his accuracy and decision making was inconsistent. I had a similar post back when LSU hired Matt Canada who was previously at NC State and was chastised because of all the positive “buzz” around him. Buyer beware here, once again!

This one is quite simply terrific!! We all know the culture around the program and to ever fully realize LSU’s potential, the program needed a no nonsense, sound, hard worker. Kelly is exactly what LSU needs!

Lsu on the other hand is exactly what Kelly needs. He’s never had the volume of skill guys that he’ll find growing on trees in La. He’s never had the all-in for championship path that he’ll have at LSU. He wants a real title shot and he knew he’d never have the muscle to pull it off at ND. Perfect collision of two groups matching needs with opportunity.

Is that Saban's wife with the erruption? BEcause he'/ the happiest coach in the SEC right now. The one school that has the talent to make him nervous will be dinking and dunking to HB's in the flat. Canada's O will never beat Slick Nick

JB is a mystery to me honestly. While at NC State he missed long on his 2-3 deep attemps most games. But the shots were few and far between most games. My biggest problem with our downfield attack wasn't usually the lack of go routes. We rarely threatened the mid-to-deep middle of the field despite having capable options. One hand usually washes the other so it became increasingly more dificult for us to run and get the easy short stuff against the better teams because they didn't generally have a between the hash threat. To his credit, Canada is full of fire. The guy is definitely motivating and a tough SOB. But some time the job calls for a route combo that makes the safety flunk a test and I didnt see a ton from him in that regard.

Lsu absolutely has more talnet than NC State and Pitt. Which is why in my opinion Canada is a guy worth considering much further down the list. The freaks that LSU has had and will hopefully continue to get need to be exploited. Canada wouldnt be a disaster but neither was CLM. Yet we were all left tbinking we could/should do more particularly with playmakers downfield.

I posted this on another Canada thread but will share it here as well as a NC State season ticket holder and Tiger fan who saw 3 years of Canada.

While Matt Canada is not an awful option at OC, there were some major hangups at NC State. The shifty short passing game and gimmicks are awesome and were effective against many inferior opponents but Canada's inability (with a mid round NFL draftee Brisette) to get the ball to WR's/TE's down the field and over the middle parts of tbe field was a major issue. We were essentially a good run team and good in the flats. Low turnovers and good time of possession and really good against teams we could control the LOS. But anytime we faced 3rd and 8+ it felt like and insurmountable down and distance. Ultimately I don't think Doeren was pleased with a gameplan or two down the stretch which underutilized some of the key guys in defeat and he had to do something. Canada was the better of our two coordinators but there were certainly a lot of people who were glad to see him go.

In my opinion, you're not gonna be bale to play toe to toe with the Gumps with a Mickey Mouse O. You need some creativity and some big boy schemes to attack all areas of the field against the better teams. LSU is gonna push around 75% of opponents anyway. This hire has to be about the other 25% and I pray they look elsewhere efore Canada.