CollegeFootballNews.com analyzes JaMarcus

I don't see this at all.....the appearance of former LSU QBs under Jimbo's tutelage in the NFL is extremely negligible....nearly absent actually

As good as Booty could have been, as talented as Davey and JR obviously are, LSU's passing game could have been better. The only QB I think we achieved adequate results with is Matt Mauck during the Jimbo era.

I think what's worse than the inadequacy of our QB coach is our receiver's coach.

We could have potentially had a dominant system in place much like USC has had we had the right OC/QB/WR coaches in place.

 

Here's the deal.

In the last drive of that game, you saw the 2 diametrically opposing sides of JR, exposing the intrinsic makeup of our QB. On one hand, we're backed up at our 20 yard with only a minute plus change and no timeouts, needing a touchdown. Not many QBs in the country have the talent and arm strength to go 80 yards under those conditions. JR is one of those QBs. He throws 3 passes, 20 yards in length each (roughly), and all of a sudden we're down to the 19 yard line of Auburn. That's the extreme upside you get with JR. Now lets examine the instincts and smarts side of the ball. He gets tackled in play trying to scramble out of the pocket. He neither had the "instinct" to know someone was right on his heels nor the "smarts" to throw the ball away. He gets tackled and we lose nearly 25 precious seconds on the clock. This was obviously the backbreaker of the drive. I still contend had he thrown the ball away LSU would have won the game 10-7. From the 24, he feels the heat in the pocket and again, instead of throwing the ball away, he completes a pass over the middle of the field, less than first down yardage. Only a penalty saves us from stupidly running out the clock. Then of course the famous pass short of the goal line with a defender right in the face of our receiver. I still blame Jimbo, ultimately, for not calling for a fade in the corner of the endzone to Bowe on the very first play from the 19. LSU should have easily had 3 pass plays into the endzone at that point. But that's another sad story altogether.

 

Bo Pellini is a near defensive genius. LaRon Landry is the best safety in the nation, bar none. And one of the top 10 smartest players in the nation. He has been really well coached also. We also have the best D-line.

So yeah.

Satisfied?

Bottom line, you can't have it both ways. You can't say we have the most talented offensive players in the land, which many posters on here readily attest to. And then come back and say the coaching isn't the problem. I am in the camp that LSU does indeed sport a core group of talented players on the offensive side of the ball that can compare to anyone else in the country, but unfortunately fail miserably in critical game situations due to being poorly coached. I really don't understand why that is such a tough concept and realization to grasp.

I don't think there is a single poster on here who thinks Jimbo Fisher is a great offensive coordinator. And yet, we settle for less. Les Miles not replacing Jimbo Fisher as offensive coordinator was simply a horrible mistake on his part. And being such an offensive minded coach, it surprises me still that he kept him on.