If stud is not the answer at OC, not saying be isn't... who would you want to go after? Who's available to come and right the offensive side of the ball for LSU?
While that would be an ideal pick up, I prefer him leading the Saints to another Super Bowl. What about Stanfords OC? I don't know the guys name, but he seems to have a good balanced offensive scheme with a mix of run and pass. With our stacked run game, and mett coming in to throw, I bet he could light up the score board.
I think we just need someone who will open up the offense. Someone who understands complex defenses like Saban's and isn't afraid to pull the trigger. Bottom line: Miles needs to get his hands OUT of the cookie jar.
Motherphuck the option. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please no more mobile quarterbacks. We need a pocket passer. Please no more 2qb system.
Double MF the option. We have tried to run the option with JJ at QB for four years and other than a couple of times, like the inflatable dart board, it just don't work for us (at least not with JJ). Run, pass, run, pass, run, win. Double dog screw the damn option. Thank you b_leblanc.
Not "no" but "hell no!" First of all, you've got to have the right pieces to run the option effectively in college football--especially the SEC. If JJ was our most athletic QB on the roster, he SUCKED doing it....and now with him gone, our next QB's in line (Mett was #3 and when JJ was suspended, Rivers was #3 and traveled to all away games) are both pocket passers and our biggest recruit (Kiel) is as well. So an OC from a program that runs a heavy-option offense is NOT going to suit us and the make up of our offense as it currently stands. We've got to get an OC that currently operates in an offense that uses similar methods as we have. That's NOT to say run the same play 90% of the time like we witnessed Monday....but to utilize a run-first approach to soften the coverage up top for play action passes and/or single back formations to have a combo of 3 WR from OBJ, Landry, Shep (if he's indeed returning) and Wright to run short, quick routes to get these guys the ball quickly and in POSITIVE yardage--not always trying to get them the ball at the LOS on screen plays when the defense is already up on the line defending against the run. For me, the first name I come up with is Charlie Molnar, OC for Notre Dame. I know a lot of peole here are anti-Irish, but they do play a formidable schedule for an independant. That's important because it shows that they are battle tested so their stats aren't padded like his schemes were being run vs a midmajor schedule. They were run vs the likes of Stanford, USC, Michigan, Michigan St., etc. so their season offensive rankings of 35th nationally (55th rushing, 40th passing) is rather respectible. It's also not far off (with minor tweeks of course) to be the run-first, ball control offense Miles craves. Under Molnar, Freshman QB, Rees, completed a school Freshman record 61% of his passes. I know turnovers were a problem with ND's offense, but Brian Kelley, unlike Miles, is a pass-first coach....so when you're set up like that (and have an ave. at best defense) it forces you to throw more which obviously leads to more INT opportunities. That wouldn't be the case here. Prior to ND, he held the title of passing coordinator for Kelly at Cincy and his track record shows he's not a 1-trick pony. He gets multiple positions in the passing game involved. At Cincy, he took Mardy Gilyard (St. Louis Rams) '09 1st Team All-American and the schools leader in receptions, rec. yards and rec. TD's. This is important to note because Gilyard is NOT a big, tall WR. He's on the shorter side (which, with RR's announced departure for the NFL, had a few posters here worried about our WR group being left without a WR with real "height"). At CMU, he guided Dan LeFevour (Bengals) to all conference (as a Freshman). He also produced an NFL TE in OJ Santiago (Falcons). So, as you can see, his offense has been pretty effective and kind to young, first-time starters at both the mid-major level and a big-boy school (ND) and a BCS school (Cincy in the Big East). He's shown the ability to generate massive stats using "shorter" WR's or more accurately stated, in absence of a "tall" WR and he's developed the TE position to be used more as a weapon in the passing offense (that would do well with Clement--who SHOULD be coached to use his big body to shield defenders and should be a Gronkowski type if pushed and used enough)....can you imagine the numbers DeAngelo Peterson would have had if he had actually been used???? Again, don't get caught up on the turnovers that the Irish offense committed. Their defense was, like I said, average at best and because they couldn't stop anyone, it forced their offense to either play from behind vs tougher competition or revert to getting them in a shootout and dispite that, they were still disciplined enough to utilize the running game to finish being ranked 55th nationally at 160 ypg.
Isn't Brian Kelly the real architect of that offense, though? I don't have any names in mind, but I do have an idea of what I would like. I would like a balanced Pro-style attack that attacks all levels of the defense and exploits their weaknesses. Crowton only wanted short passes. Les is stubborn about running the ball. I don't want someone who is going to be stubborn about running or passing. I want someone who will take what the defense gives them, not someone who sticks with an ineffective gameplan or gives up on plays/players that are successful.
