In This Thread We Talk About How Great Gary Crowton Is

Yes Lee does look his WR in. Which is all the reason to pound it up the middle to keep the D honest. Yesterday everytime LSU was establishing the middle, Crowton would change it up. Bring in Hatch and be predictable. Thats undermining what little confidence Lee must already have. Its taking the flow away. Most importantly, its not establishing the line of scrimmage. Its not keeping the D off the field. When your D isnt good but they constantly on the field doesnt help. More chances for big plays right there. Running up the middle would keep the D rested and take the flow away from the O. A coach has to coach to the talent he has. LSU isnt doing that right now.

 

Good points. The comments about playcalling are not exclusive of these problems, though, namely Lee honing in on one receiver. That is definitely a problem. But after LSU scores in the 3rd qtr on a drive that featured mostly running the ball, UGA misses a long FG (when they should have punted) and we get the ball at our own 45, we have the momentum but got cute again and threw 2 out of 3 plays with the only run being an end around to TH. I said it immediately before that first down call for the end around that we need to go for the jugular with a long pass (a Hatch fade for 10-15 yds along the sideline with the WR running underneath would have had the element of surprise), OR stick with running the ball with CS.

One specific moment I am referring to is the one described above. There were several others in this game, and too numerous to count others in the FLA game.

Not saying GC is not a good OC, just that he needs to keep it simple with these QBs, and give CS the rock over and over esp. at times when we have momentum. You can't look at the final stats and say we have done this or that. Yeah, it looks balanced every where except the scoreboard to me.

Hopefully, we turn it around and the playcalling helps to mature Lee faster and it pays off in the end, I suppose.


Regarding DByrd, I agree with you totally. Throw him the ball long on first down after UGA misses the 50+ yard FG. Even if we miss it, I am happier with that play than a telegraphed end around set play to TH at that point in the game. Use the end around when we are ahead in a game, maybe in the 2nd qtr or something, but not at that moment - low likelihood for success at a time when we need a positive play.