Well, been busy and haven't weighed in yet. We lost 17 starters and I think 5 coaches? New D coordinator with a bunch of inexperienced kids. Toss in Covid restrictions, limited practice and quarantines.... Reality is, my expectations were probably too high for this team BUT, this is LSU, reload next man up. Brennan needs to work on his speed through the progressions. Timing is off some. He's not JB but I think he'll be okay if and when the Oline gels and steps up O line needs more time to play together. Sloppy and too many assignments were missed. Saw more dropped passes yesterday than I saw the entire last year The Defense was pathetic. I pray they get better. I blame coaching for the horrendous D play. They weren't ready and the coaching made no adjustments to help them out. Damn Bo WTF 600 yards WTF They will get better but will it be fast enough to make a difference?????
I'll just say this. Everyone knows what we lost, so I won't even bring that up. But I remember Pelini's first game as DC in 2005. I think the Az St QB had over 500 yards passing IIRC. His D seemed to settle in not long after, so I'm not ready to call him a bust just yet. We were lucky to win that game on the strength of 2 blocked kicks (a punt and a FG) being returned for TDs and a last second pass to Doucet that was called a TD, but would probably be incomplete if they had replay back then.
Pelini has been a HC for the last 12 years. It may take a while for hime to get back in the groove as a DC.
That is true. I had forgotten how much that defense was torched that night. Of course, most of likely thought that was Katrina fatigue.
