What's LSUs Offensive coordinator going to be like?

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  1. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

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    Curious about what you all have heard recently about Kragthorpe. Is he still a big part of the offensive planning, or does he have a reduced roll now? Any insight regarding his prognosis, or future plans?

    What's your new OCs current roll, and how will he be different than Kragthorpe, or Crowden?
     
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    married2atiger Founding Member

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    role :dis:

    Just because Stud is a little overweight doesn't mean you always have to make fat jokes about him!!!:wave:
     
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  3. tzanghi

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    Studrawa is a former OLineman and currently our OLine coach. He, along with Coach Miles, want to be a smash-mouth, run-first offense. With that being said, they are still going to take some chances in the passing game downfield; our receiving talent is too much to let go to waste.

    As far as roles go, so far they say that it will be play call and planning by committee with a final dictator.

    I think we're going to run the ball a lot because the bevy of backs we have and the loss of our starting QB, but they're going to put the ball in Lee's hands as well to make some decisions. I expect something of a pro-style offense; I would guess something similar to Pittsburgh now that we have a less mobile QB, two former OLinemen as head coach and OC, and one fewer open-space threats to run the jet sweep.
     
  4. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    He is still a part of offensive planning, he is quarterback coach. His offense was implemented last spring and will be used.

    None.

    He is the offensive coordinator, obviously. He also coaches the offensive line. Both Studrawa and Kragthorpe will be in the press box. Stud will call the plays.

    Nobody knows, including the Oregon DC.
     
  5. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

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    Red, is it fair to assume that LSU fans really don't know what to expect regarding your offense? Excellent talent alone isn't enough, what makes you think that the Tigers can beat the Ducks with such an unproven offense? Are you hanging all your hopes on the LSU defense.
     
  6. Rwilliams

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    It's easy to hang hope on our defense. It's the one steady rock on the team. Coach Chief always puts out a quality defense that plays extremely violent. Our defense is loaded with future NFL stars. Our defense scores points too. They make big plays and tend to rattle oposing quarterbacks. They're always carting off offensive players because of the physicality of the players we have. To put it simply, our defense beats the snot out of oposing offenses. Our guys hurt people. Not saying that we mean to intentally hurt people, it just happens that our guys bust that arse. They will bust the ducks arse next Saturday. Count on it. LSU will be the hardest hitting team that the ducks face this year. LSU wins championships not with fancy offense and tricky gimmicks but with an asz whipping , beat your floppin teethout hard nose defense that takes no prisoners. Were damn proud of our defense. Tyrannosarus will show you how it works.

    As far as offense, we tried this option shizt over the last couple years. Crowton had our guys confused and ineffective. Still we won 11 games. We came within 7 pts of beating au at their house. We shizt our pants at Arkansas. We don't know what kind of offense we will have exactly. What we do know is we have an experienced o line and three of the best backs you will find in this country. Ware may be in the heisman hunt before it's over. We have a senior qb and a NFL quality receiver and tight end.

    LSU's absolute greatest asset is that we have a coach that is completely unperdictable. He will go for it on fourth down five times in one game. He will fake punts and fieldgoals. Hell, he will even fake fakes. He calls thirty yard touchdown passes with three seconds left when a fieldgoal would win it. He plays to win. His men would run through a burning brick wall for him. He knows no limits. He will fight till the last second and then some. He can beat you with no time left. The hat doesn't lose often. The hat doesn't lose opening games. The hat doesn't lose occ games. The hat ain't gonna lose to a muddaflopin duck. Peorid. Take it to the bank. Our coach is gonna kick your coach's asz because the hat doesn't lose occ openers. See you saturday.:milesmic:
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    How could we? We've seen neither Kragthorpe nor Studrawa call plays.

    Unproven isn't the same as incapable. Do you think a top-5 team goes back to step one when a new offense is implemented? It won't be a gimmick "blur" offense. It will just be another coordinator calling plays in a pro-style LSU offense. The tailback dive, the sweep, the flag route, the option, the screen pass, etc. is pretty much the same in any offense. Under Les, LSU has run Jimbo Fisher's offense, Gary Crowton's offense, and now "Kragwarwa's" offense. In the big picture, it is Les Miles' offense and Les has averaged 11 wins a season at LSU. Not exactly "unproven". Les will have this team ready.

    Of course not. You can't be as successful in the SEC as LSU has been and be one-dimensional. There is a fully-capable, very talented, and well-coached football team playing Oregon next week, amigo. Have you not sensed this yet? This crisis is NOTHING compared to what the team went through during the Hurricane Katrina season.

    Oregon is expecting 3 yards and a cloud of turf, but Lee is a gunslinger that is less timid than Jefferson and completely capable of tossing a TD bomb on the first play from scrimmage.
     
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  8. b_leblanc

    b_leblanc That's just my game...

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    The offensive line and the plethora of studs in the backfield. Stacked. Studs. We WILL throw the football. Lee has an arm, and fortunately, he's more comfortable using it than Jefferson is/was.

    Oh and defense wins championships. Look at our defenses in 03 and 07. I can still hear Herbstreit calling OU's 03 offense "possibly the best offensive unit college football has ever seen". Game wasn't as close as the score, bet. In 07 they lit up the buckeyes. I suspect the same type of performance from this year's defense, even with the key losses from last season.
     
  9. GiantDuckFan

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    I didn't realize Miles was so strongly in charge of the offense. That's not unlike Chip Kelly, who is the designing force of the Duck's Offense. His OC, Mark Helfrich is more of a right hand man, it's Kelly' offensive.

    Maybe I've been missing the pertinent threads, but no I don't have a good sense of what to expect from your offense. Other than to "expect a very strong running game", I haven't heard that much.

    I think the Tiger's recent troubles will not have a big effect on our game, you might miss JJ's mobility and have a little less depth.

    I've always expected the Tigers to be prepared. I was just thinking that having a new coordinator with a confused offense would be more of an issue, especially before the first game of the year.

    How is Lee under pressure? Does he evade the rush well? Throw well on the run?
     
  10. tzanghi

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    He has a history of being sluggish, but he recently dropped about 30 lbs, so he should be much more mobile, though not up to speed with Jefferson. He has 4 career 4th quarter comebacks, and it seems that late-game pressure is where he actually excels. On the converse, he isn't necessarily clutch in big-game pressure, but I wouldn't rule it out. He's a Brett Favre type, to compare him to someone; he slings the ball for big rewards or big losses(see 2008).
     

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