I can understand para's point. With all of the highly thought of recruits on offense one would come to the conclusion that the offense would be at least in the upper half of the standings. While it can't be only crowtons fault he has to shoulder much of the responsibility.
Yeah, but his posts seem to indicate that the evaluations are wrong, and although not an exact science, they are RARELY wrong. It's just that you have to know what they mean. A 5* isn't guaranteed to be a superstar. The best way of putting this to rest is go look at the upper echelon recruiting teams over the past 10 years, and look at it in relation to their success over that time period. LSU, UF, USC, TX, and lately, Alabama are some of the top teams in both recruiting AND on field success. It's really pretty simple. The problem is, people think if LSU takes a 3* recruit, they've failed. This isn't true either. On occasion, the services miss out on one or two. It works the other way, too. Sometimes a 5* isn't really worth the rating. IMO, Shep IS worthy of his 5* rating. It's just that he hasn't reached his potential yet. That's all these ratings are based on...potential.
Shep would excell in the wild tiger where he gets the snap out of the shotgun and he runs for daylight. Quick passes out of the backfield and screens where he gets the ball quickly like how Reggie plays for N.O. . I have read krag likes to run these types of plays and this is sheps chance to shine and carve a notch out for himself. I'm sure we haven't seen his best yet and there's plenty more to come.
You can not blame all of the offensive woes on the players just as you can't blame it just on the coach. The players must do their job on the field but the coach must put them in the position to succeed. Crowton spent more time on fancy plays and deception and neglected the most important thing. College kids must be taught how to play their position. Crowton coached them more like pros than kids that had to be coached to learn how to play especially with such a complicated offense.
It appears our QB can't get the ball to him and when he does, RS drops it. He needs to work on his receiving skills. I think he'll get better and see the ball more often.
What are you basing this on? We did run the wild tiger a few times and it resulted in about 1 burned time-out for every three times we lined up to run the play. I think alot of Shephards production and touch problems stem with him not understanding his assignments. The guy just seemed lost a lot of the time. Am I the only one who saw it that way?
That's because he was lost out there. It was evident at the end of the Auburn game. Which is also why when it came time to run that trick play halfback pass, it was with Spencer Ware instead of Russell Shepard.
I wonder if he'll still be shown on CBS as the starter like last year even though it appeared RR was the #2 receiver. I think Shep gets left in the slot and will be successful with the right offense and QB. The sooner he becomes the guy the defense HAS to account for, the sooner this O becomes prolific. His athleticism suggests he could be that guy if used Wes Welker style. RR is obviously the likely #1 guy, but I have a feeling the true #2 guy won't be among Boone, Wright, or Williams...but will end up being Mr. Landry...Jarvis that is. That kid ain't redshirtin'. All those guys will play a lot though.
Rivals be confuzin every 1, has our depth chart all wrong. :lol: >College Player Database - Depth Chart<
