You're right, we haven't gone deep in the passing game until recently. But I remember a few games ago, after a 3rd-and-long attempt where JJ checked down to the flats, members of the coaching staff were talking to him on the sidelines and they seemed pretty animated. I can only assume that in every pass play, there's a safe, "last ditch" read, and perhaps it's JJ that had been playing too conservative. I don't know for certain, but it makes sense to me. If I were to draw up a play, and you're my QB and I said, "Phenom, here's the deal. WR's X and Y will go deep. Z will run a crossing pattern at the sticks. We'll also have the RB in the flats in case you have trouble." But once you break the huddle and snap the ball, if you don't ever attempt to throw downfield and never look at the 3rd WR crossing and simply choose to dump the ball to the "safe route" because you just don't want to risk an INT, then that's not my fault. It's the player's fault. I think JJ had a major boost in confidence in terms of the deep ball this past week. He already knew he was capable of the intermediate stuff and now he knows that he doesn't have to be too scared to let it fly deep. If I were the DC of an LSU opponent, I'd load the box to stop the run, too. I'd much rather take my chances with a QB beating me deep when he's shown that he's not all that consistent/comfortable throwing deep in the first place.
A while back, someone had a thread about Miles not showing any emotion and called Miles a zombie. He kind of caught flack about being a negative poster. (I believe it was after the Vandy game). The title of the thread was Les Miles is a zombie, I think. Well, one of the cult movies of my younger days was "Night of the Living Dead"...a hilarious movie about Zombies, that was a social commentary...sort of like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". I kind of assumed the cult reference would be understood by people. That video is an excellent parody of the movie...you should really watch it !! People were searching for explanations of why we didn't blow everyone away. They were hopefully thinking that everyone we beat was suddenly great, that we were purposefully playing it close...barely winning, that Crowton couldn't game plan, etc... and that Miles couldn't coach because he was a zombie. Things were getting ugly on this forum, and in the cafe people were all doom and gloom about LSU not playing up to par. People were genuinely not happy in the rest of their lives because of football...winning football at that. I began to realize that it was US...not Les Miles who were zombies...those formerly vibrant souls who had become mindless and were now among the living dead! And so I became fascinated with the irony of the innocent zombie remark made on this website. I began to make remarks in various posts of mine about players being zombies, playing well at night, traveling in pairs, etc. as a humorous reference to the original post. It became apparent to me that LSU's coaches and players being zombies kind of explained a lot of things...the play calling, Miles' coachspeak, the good and bad play of the team. Maybe this years team could be referred to as the zombies ala the Chinese Bandits. It was a lighthearted way of reminding us to keep things in perspective and not take our season so seriously...that it's a game...that it's entertainment...that it's a diversion from the very serious aspects of life in the modern world. After all, Iran has nuclear capabilities AND a truly accurate delivery system now and it's being led by someone who is as crazy as Adolf Hitler was. I really like sports because it highlights man's triumphs as opposed to his failures. It should produce and uplifting of our spirits...not a depression. By the way, zombies actually are a part of the mysterious West African/Louisiana/Cuban Creole culture that involves Voodoo. It's actually got some basis in fact because the powder of the poisonous Puffer fish was introduced into cuts and it causes hallucinations that people thought caused mind control...an example of gris gris. Culturally, zombies and voodoo references fit well here in South Louisiana.
Exactly. Teams have loaded the box on us, forcing us to beat them with JJ's arm, which by the way has been what has not cost us games. The deep ball found a home against MooU, and with a lil consistency will burn opposing teams. I would add JJ's really big problem is his timing on hitting receivers in stride. The bubble screens and short routes would pick more ydg each time if he was more precise with his timing. I think you're right in many times he's just opting for the safe, high percentage pass.
So go and cheer and be a fan for another team. Sheesh. You would think this is the worst team in history. When did Miles admit that JJ didnt know much of the playbook. Post that link! Other teams seem to do just fine, when they get the play while lined up. Oklahoma did this all last year. :dis:
The sideline reporter on SEC Network said it during the LSU/MSU broadcast. (It's early in the broadcast, if you DVRd it.) BTW, I will always cheer for the Tigers. It just so happens that I'm currently cheering for them to get better so they don't get embarrassed like they did last season. ldskule:
Yea I have watched the replay twice and he doesnt say that at all. Maybe something else you heard just yourself.
