An eye that knows football can see routes (no offense). I played ball for 10 years and consider myself a student of the game. When i get my teaching certification in May and started teaching, i plan to coach too. Sloppy routes are rounded off.. if you are running a 10 and out, you hvae to make a hard cut to the outside.. not a rounded off hook.. if you dont make a good cut, then you cant get a step on a back.. alot of routes are supposed to go to certain weak areas in zone defenses.. alot of the time this is a choice route.. when you see a reciever run a post into a zone where there is a safety instead of breaking off the route on a hook or out to a flag, then he ran the wrong route.. usually those passes where people says "who was he throwing that to?" are bad routes because the WR doesnt make the right read and breaks in the wrong direction.. All of these beautiful passes that we see arent because the qb is good at throwing to a moving target, they are because the qb knows exactly where to throw the ball and the reciever runs exactly to that spot... now, yes, JR and MR have missed alot of passes.. my post isnt to deny that or put all of the blame on the WRs, im just saying that they deserve a good bit of the blame. LSU's doesnt have a problem.. they have problems.. many small and correctable, but most take time through maturity and experience... i think that a 9-2 or an 8-3 season is not out of the question for this team, and should be what was expected... its really a shame when fans get so spoiled that a 9-2 season is a disappointment... i look at this season and say "holy sh*t, this team is gonna be good for years to come.. just need a little polishing."
I think that Jimbo Fisher will either lateral or move up to a head coaching position this year...To be honest, I watch a lot of things that others don't from high atop my perch in Row S in the SEZ, Seats 15, 16, & 17... I watch the offensive lines and the holes they open up. I watch the defensive backs...and as much as possible, I try to watch the two sidelines immediately after the plays... The reason I do this is because the lines are where the games are won or lost, and the lines are where you can tell if the team has come with intensity...The skill players can turn their attention on and off, but if the trenchmen don't have it, they don't have it...and finally, the sideline watching is self-explanatory... If you'd have seen the reactions that Saban was giving after some of the playcalls...Not the outcomes...but the playcalls...Perhaps you'd feel differently. But, Saban was as puzzled as many of the fans were and are. He looked up and behind him at one point and threw his hands up in the air-towards the sky and the West sidelines...and I don't think he was throwing his hands up to the fans... But, this is all just me observing and making my own opinion...but judging from the progress the two quarterbacks have made-or lack thereof, in many cases-you have to say that Jimbo has done a poor job of coaching this year. He's had bad games at OSU, Troy, and some would say others...and the quarterbacks have NOT improved at all in terms of consistency... Just my $0.02...But I don't think he'll be here next year...and I don't base that on inside info...Just the vibe I get from the results on the field...
