Sadly enough, having a bad game plan in such a big game cannot be easily excused. As the game wore on, I saw more "Jim Tressel" in Les' plan than anything else.... Who develops a plan that challenges the primary strength of the opponent? ....what a hard game to watch....
Yet you name Harris when you mention passing, Do you not think we understand which issues are the QB? Then you name Fournette when you talk about there being no seam for our RB? But let's not name Miles, no no, it's nothing to do with him. Correct, and I never said that. I'm saying just the opposite. Stop looking for scapegoats elsewhere in the micro shit. We have a much bigger problem- at least in terms of this particular game. Maybe we're good enough and coached well enough to beat the majority of our opponents but this annual loss is getting old, and worse.
But it is not the only problem as some whiners seem to insist upon. Harris had a bad game. The O-line had a bad game. The D-line had a bad game. Fournette had a bad game. Etc.
Harris wasn't the problem. The line was destroyed. Harris was all nerves to start the game but he wasn't awful. This loss is on coaching, plain and simple. If we'd have had Bama's QB, we'd have lost. Not sure which pro QB we'd need to have won last night. Would Mettenberger have gotten the win?
Well, I know you like to yank chains. I'm a fan of LSU football, no more, no less. I try to take the good with the bad. I have no control over CLMs style, but I'll support them as long as I'm breathing.
You're right, they dominated the line. However there are things a coaching staff can do to help them. Fournette left and Fournette right over and over was not the answer. Kiffin made Cameron look like a middle school volunteer coach. A better gameplan and some in game adjustments could have made a significant difference. Give Saban's staff 2 weeks and they put together a good plan give Miles staff 2 weeks and they show up with something that looks like they drew it up in the dirt during pregame warmup.
5 in a row speaks for itself. Regardless how you reason it out. This is the best rb and offensive line we will ever have against Saban. Now let's start from there and work backwards. What do you do now. Ole miss found a way to beat them in Tuscaloosa. We can't beat Bama straight up against their strengths. We can give our team nuch better chance with misdirection, roll outs, end arounds, more slants. Accepting they are just better and playing it out is quitting. Lesser talented teams out scheme better talent all the time. Even in losses. We need smarter coaching. Period.
THAT right there was the BIGGEST surprise to me last night. Fournette was getting hit in the backfield as a result. They were putting our OL on their heels play after play after play.
Well, we really don't know if Cameron or Les is responsible for the play calling, but both were criticized if both were involved, as I suspect. And the halftime adjustments are the responsibility of the coordinators, I thought that was obvious, but Les clearly has a role. I'll blame Les for putting Moore in before he was solid, too.
