From Nola.com RE: RZ woes: Red zone offense Orgeron wants touchdowns, not field goals. The addition of kicker Cole Tracy has been one of the most important for LSU this season, and it’s why LSU has scored on 92 percent of red zone opportunities. But LSU is second to last in red zone touchdown percentage, scoring 18 touchdowns in 38 appearances inside the 20. It’s worth mentioning LSU has had one of the toughest schedules of defenses in the country, so there aren’t too many chances to march through with ease. LSU has the No. 62 success rate on plays from the 21-30 yard line, but once it goes to the 11-20 yard lines it is ranked No. 103. It’s even good on the goal line, succeeding 80 percent of the time, which is No. 32 in the country. It’s those middle of the red zone situations LSU needs to lock down. “I think we need to become more creative,” Orgeron said. “We need to put the ball in our playmakers hands in space. We haven’t done that very well.” Passing offense Orgeron said this area is “nowhere near where we want it to be.” Much of the issues here stem from the pass protection and how many players LSU needs to keep back in protection, yes, but there are issues all around. The receivers have been dropping passes. Burrow has missed throws downfield. Again, the defenses LSU has faced haven’t made this easier, which is why this group is No. 107 in the country in passing efficiency but actually No. 56 in the opponent-adjusted Passing S&P+ rankings.
If you started with the assumption that everyone here wants lsu to succeed you wouldnt believe everyone wants eaux and Ensminger to fail. The negative posts about offensive output here have some validity. That doesn't mean people hate the coaches. But to you it does.
I wouldn't read too much into this. If you have ever been around coaches meetings you would realize yes the OC calls plays however the offensive gameplan is a not limited to the OC. The head coach, the OL coach along with the QB and WR coaches are involved in the gameplan for the week. The OC during the game calls plays based on an overall gameplan. The head coach can and does OK plays called by the OC. OC's and HC's dont fumble, throw bad passes, miss blocks and drop passes. Also don't forget there is another team on the field that wants to stop us and in this conference usually a damm good team.
Ensminger is still ojt and is not going to get us to the next level. great guy, etc. but this isn’t for him and not in the programs best interest going forward lies, damn lies, and statistics but the offensive stats don’t lie
