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Here, here, my friend.

I don't know what happened, but Jefferson looked so much more confident and in control against Arky and GTech. It's like all that practice as the starter made him take a step backwards. Sure, neither of those teams had much of a defense, but neither has any team we've played this year. Oh, and before anyone mentions it, PLEASE spare me the bit about State having a tough D. I don't care, they're still State, and we've never had much trouble against them offensively.

 

True. Besides, everyone knows that Lyle Hitt's hairdresser is one trustworthy fella. No way would he leak anything like that out.

 

I thought everyone in the stadium knew which plays were coming, pretty much based on the personnel sent in. The goes back to even when RP was here.

 

Thank you for being the voice of reason. Nobody needs to steal play calls against the Tigers, all you have to do is look at formation and personnel to tell what play is coming up. Try it yourself next game. Some of you might be amazed at just how often you can tell the exact play that's going to be run just by who's in the game and where they line up. I certainly can with uncanny accuracy. So could MSU. So will UGA, Florida, etc. unless JJ learns more of the playbook well enough for the coaches to be "comfortable" with him opening it up and running the plays. I don't now that it will be real soon, because we have trouble getting to the line and getting the primary play off in time, God help us when we actually read a defense and try to audible. A time out or a delay of game is forthcoming.

 

This is all new to me.

 

No, no, NO...we all know the implosion won't happen until LSU and WV (or, more accurately, LSU fans and WV fans) met up a few years from now.

 

OK, I want to see a link with a quote from Miles or someone else on the staff saying that Jefferson doesn't know much of the playbook. He's had the better part of a year to get familiar with Crowton's playbook and he supposedly STILL doesn't know the plays? I simply don't believe that.

 

You wont find a quote by anybody on the caoching staff disparaging the QB, at least I hope not. I base that on what I see on Saturdays. I've seen playbooks before and even the simplest offensive playbooks usually have much more than what we have seen thus far. I drew the conclusion based on the limited amount of variety we have seen thus far in the offense and the fact that JJ hasn't thrown down field very much until this past week. The QB is the only player on offense whose knowledge of the playbook would restrict play calling. I could be wrong in my interpretation, but it would be a first. Maybe we run the same basic plays over and over to keep from showing our hand too early. :nope:

 

Wasn't really directed completely at you, but this is now the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen someone here say that. As for the plays you see in the game, that's all on Miles and Crowton. The reason for the vanilla playcalling could be any number of things. Miles may want to slowly bring along a young QB and not destroy his confidence in a tough conference (see Lee last season). The staff may be still trying to figure out the best fit for Jefferson in the offense. Personally I think Miles is still trying to get a feel for what will and won't work given his personnel. Miles also has a history of not wanting to tip his hand and give our opponents a lot of film to work with, as you mentioned. But those are calls Miles has to make.

Now does Jefferson have the confidence and experience to read defenses properly and call audibles? At this point, probably not, since he still has to check the sideline for the play. But I think that has less to do with his knowledge of the playbook than with the coaches' concerns about his progression as a QB. Those things take time, and as he gains more experience, he'll get more comfortable running the more complex elements of the spread, and the coaches will have more confidence letting him take control of the offense.