chismyluv

Some have suggested Miles was willfully misleading LSU fans for 8 months all the while not planning on doing anything different in the opener.

I'm saying he thought he was honestly making quality changes and upgrades. He was keeping his word. But it was clear that his definition of a quality team is not the current one in the majority of programs. How else could he literally say that they ran the same play on Monday and the offense scored a touchdown? Say what coach? Are you serious?

Well,yes he was as he saw things much differently than most, yet every person and his brother watching saw just the same tired run-centric offense.

It was amazing to see on the ESPN website the angst all the "professional" writers were having in saying that LSU fans were crazy to fire him and we would miss him way sooner than we thought, all the while literally a few stories beneath that story were the headlines of how Miles own stubborn and recalcitrant offensive scheme was his own undoing.

They were flat out contradicting themselves JUST so they could say "We told you so, you bunch of unskilled yet entitled Monday morning quarterbacks called LSU fans"

Well which is it geniuses at ESPN?

Meant to say

"2016 quality SEC football team is not equal to a 1975 quality Big Ten football team."

I'm with you. Never will forget that national humiliation, and yet our awesome players are saddled with the same head case of a coach. I just don't get it and never will.

Sagacious!

You mean "Can't Read it"?

It's called sarcasm. What a bright future you have!

Les already plays with a 20th century perspective. Let's try a 21st century version.

Agreed, but it's damage control and all hands on deck at this point.

Only 2-principal pieces to complete the offensive picture, a new coordinator and new QB. Still have a potential Heisman back returning, top tier receivers, tight end and fullback, and hopefully we have multiple returners on offensive line, etc.

In terms of righting the offensive side of the equation, we still have a strong case to make to recruits that will stack up against any team in the country.

The caveat will perennially be "if Miles doesn't interject himself into the offensive schemes and play calling."

Haven't looked to see if UGA had any top qb commits for '16, but seems like a reasonable place for LSU to look to replace FFranks. Maybe they have commits that are now reconsidering their options with Richt gone. And seems logical since we now have zero commits for that position. Keeping Miles and UGA ditching Richt at least affords LSU the recruiting angle that we heard would be used against us were Miles evicted.

Thoughts anyone?

I actually agree with most of what you are saying. My original question related to how or even if the coaches/recruiters may have to modify some of their draws for the prospects in light of the persistent problems.

I imagine that a quick read of articles on the football coaching, not PR articles but objective print, will no doubt contain very similar words or phrases. Such as:
1) Clock management
2) play calling. Calling the same set of plays over and over again.
3) limited playbook. It's one thing to call the same plays, another to have a limited number of plays altogether. Example, a team can have 100 different plays, but if they are calling the same 20, the playbook is by definition limited. Conversely, a 30 page playbook with the same 20 plays called all the time gives the same results. LSU is not known for calling certain types of plays at all. Compare with say Oregon. I understand players dictate largely what gets called. But would someone say we don't have the speed or talent to pull off some Oregon-type run plays? No I wouldn't. So, I don't think some offensive schemes are even on the table, no matter what's called.

4) Predictability. Honestly, I wonder how hard LSU is to prepare for compared to TaM? Why is that? Again, LSU's mo is ground and pound, as opposed to last year where there was a nice variety of pass/run plays.

How many times are we going to ask to see the tight ends passed to? Or, with the backs we have, why not a wildcat with Fournette and any other back?

Point is, these issues remain a constant. And they travel with the recruiters to every prospects interview. So I just ask, how does the "sell" get enough affected by the reminders of these issues in games like last night.

Chilge, your 3rd response...substitute AL in the question and your answer is the same, relatively, without all the intangibles of the Hatter.

This is why, imo, we are constantly out-recruited by Saban and they often steal our states talent.

Oh and uh...a few more recent championship games and titles!

OT Collins for one

Oh the bravery of anonymity. It's called trying a little levity. Care to compare curriculum veritae? Guess not. Now go google the phrase quickly and come back with another erudite witticism.

LM: "Ok men, when we face a 5-3 line, let's shown them smash-mouth LSU football. Pull out your offensive play sheet, front page. We're running play Alpha, tailback off tackle right."
LM: "When we face a 6-5 line, turn your sheet over. We're running play Zebra, tailback TOSS off tackle left."
LM: "Phil, pull up the clip, 2010 Tennessee. When we face a 13 man front like you see here boys, we're running our one memory play, fullback dive left."
"Ok men. Don't forget to study your video homework. Remember the focus is our new pro-style offense. Tonight's clips are from the 1989 Dallas Cowboys.
Questions?"
(Inaudible)
LM: "That's a quality question. You mean the receivers and tight end? Fainting goat."
LM: "Ok men. Lots of recruits this weekend. Let's show them LSU football! See ya."

Man Miles gets into their heads and won't go away.

Matthieu obviously, just like LM, can't make any adjustments to his game plan, and keeps calling the same plays and expects different results.