Closing out Games Emphasis of Fall Practice

First let me point out that I am amazed that we are actually having a discussion about whether or not LSU's offense is horrible. Anyone who has watched LSU football recently knows it's horrible. The fans know it's horrible. The media analysts know it's horrible and Miles knows it's horrible otherwise you wouldn't have seen the coaching turnover we've had.

You're comparing it to Saban years ago which means nothing. There is no context.

The issue is the performance of the offense relative to the talent on the field , the performance of the defense and the overall offensive coaching. I feel comfortable in saying that I feel most fans that are critical of the offense are mostly speaking about the offensive coaching and play-calling, not the lack of offensive talent. IMHO the coaches and specifically Miles have not gotten the most out of the offensive players. And even if by chance you think the players aren't as good on offense, it goes back to coaching and recruiting which is ultimately coaching.

We're talking about the performance of the offense in relation to the performance of the defense and the athletes that they are working with. LSU's recruiting has been at a high level for quite a while and the talent levels of the offensive athletes and the defensive athletes are the same. With that understood, the performance of the offense and defense is the result of coaching.

So how can you know if your offensive coaching sucks in relation to your defensive coaching? After all, they are all using the same caliber of athlete so they should compare somewhat equally, correct? You have to compare them in context with each other and with the rest of college football teams during the same period of time.

Here are the national ranking stats for the last 6 years. I'll get to the statistical reality.


The difference between LSU's offense and defensive rankings over the last 6 years has been 61 positions! And if you want to get even closer to reality by looking at the last 5 years it's nearly 70!

A difference of 70 ranking spots between the offense and defense over the past 5 years! That's fucking abysmal.

It's gets even worse when you consider the synergistic effect that the offense has on the defense which gets more tired. Had the offense a been little more effective, the defensive stats would probably be even better. Conversely, the offense theoretically should have done even better since the offense relies on establishing a rhythm. Even with LSU's great defense giving them opportunity after opportunity to quickly get back on the field, they didn't do anything with it.

Any since you brought up Saban I went ahead and calculated his stats over the same period. I was going to post them along side but it made me sick and I couldn't do it.

Maybe we can discuss other hotly contested issues like whether fire is hot. LSU's offense over the last 5 years has sucked and everyone knows it other than a few eternal sunshine pumping optimists who won't or can't see reality.

Have a great day.