No you're not reading more into it. Everyone saw it. And yes we turned vanilla in the 2h and stopped going 3 and 4 wide bc Les is Les. Once again instead of getting your gd QB ready for conference play this is the shit he pulls. It's amazing we even have to have this discussion on who may start. I've never seen a coach intentionally sabotage his own team but I'm afraid that's what we have here. We are stuck in football hell trying to find logic and reason where there is none.
On the off chance Etling does start he will be on the shortest leash in the history of college football.
I wonder if they are already scaring the shit out of him about turnovers. Hey Danny we'd rather just never pass if you're going to turn the ball over. Also don't trust your 6'3 WR in single coverage against that 5'6 CB. Check that shit down son.
I don't have a problem being a run heavy team either. My concern is the massive imbalance (60-40% at times) and the predictability. In the rare times when we have mixed things up (short passes on early downs, passing out of running formations, running out of 4 wide, etc.), I have been fine with being a run heavy team. In fact, I prefer it, because most pass happy teams play crap D, and I hate that. It's not the identity, it's the execution.
Damn sure didn't take long to kill any confidence the kid had Saturday night. You shut the O down in the 2nd half and then throw him under the bus in the presser and talk like Harris is just "uncomfortable". I thought Les protected his players. Wasn't that one of the qualities people saw in him? Does he have some form of Alzheimer's and think Harris is Jefferson and Etling is Lee? Man I've been watching LSU since the late 70's and following them since the 80's and I've never wanted anyone gone more than I want Les gone, including Curley and Dinardo.
He said they needed to get Harris more comfortable, settled down, and in the flow and the he added "I don't know if that'll happen". He daid Etling played well to a point. He threw both QBs under the bus.
