What's LSUs Offensive coordinator going to be like?

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  1. LSUDad

    LSUDad Veteran Member

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    Talking with people that know and have worked with kRags, he will find a weakness and hit it until you adjust. Then he goes after anything you give him. He was the OC with the Bills, he went up against Gregg Williams (The DC for the Saints)everyday in practice. kRags said that going up against Greggs defense, game defenses were more vanilla. Gregg loves to bring the blitz and the pressure. My friends at A&M sure wanted him to return. The great part of this, kRags is given the help in the booth, he will be able to keep a better eye on formations.

    Trivia:

    Name the college football team that has 4 former College OC?

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  2. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    Well, e know what Miles wants, but we don't really know what Stud wants. He hasn't called a game at LSU yet. If history is any indicator, smash mouth football is not what he wants.
     
  3. tzanghi

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    TigerRag - Studrawa ready to run LSU offense

     
  4. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    LSU. Miles, Kragthorpe, Studrawa, Ensminger. In fact the only offensive coach who isn't a former OC is Billy Gonzales, a future OC.
     
  5. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    He's a former OC. He doesn't run the offense, but he's involved with the offensive game plan and has been known to change plays on the sidelines.

    It's designed to be a balanced, pro-style offense. It's just that last season the passing game was so inconsistent that the rushers carried the load. With Jefferson, LSU mixed in a bit of option (which Jefferson was never particularly good at) and also some quarterback draws (which Jefferson is excellent at). I suspect we'll see less of that with Lee and Mettenberger, but it is rumored that Lee is more mobile at 205 and has been seen running the option in practice.

    Jefferson throws few interceptions, but also few touchdowns and is timid about throwing in coverage. Lee is more of a gunslinger that will throw to covered receivers, but he throws more interceptions. Mettenberger is an unknown quantity, but is rumored to have a rifle arm, but very green with reading complex defenses and managing a complex offense. Of course, he will learn faster in the game than on the bench. Hopefully the steadier Lee will bridge LSU past the freshman mistakes of Mettenberger as the coaches bring him along slowly.

    The mobility is big. Without Jeffersons running, you will see more passing.

    This ain't our first rodeo, cowboy.

    He forces the pass sometimes, but does not panic and can shake off a mistake and keep playing. Jefferson would sometimes get down on himself after a bad play or a frustrating drive.

    Not particularly, but he knows when to get rid of the ball, a problem that Jefferson never beat. And he's finally toned up and lost the baby fat.

    Yes, in fact. It's an awkward-looking throw off the wrong foot half the time, but he does complete them for touchdowns. Half for us and half for the other team. Of course that was the freshman Lee who was thrown to the wolves more unprepared than Mettenberger is now. The senior Lee may be an entirely different animal, especially since he knows that he's not going to be pulled after one series for Jefferson to go back in.
     
  6. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    Congrats. You learned how to post vague statements that every coach uses to fill fan's head full of bull**** and not tip their hand to the opposing team.

    In this article, it mentions the same blurb, but it also discusses how Studrawa's offense at Bowling Green (his most successful stint as an OC) was ranked nationally in passing yards.
    I don't know if you keep up with college football, but if you remember Omar Jacobs you'd remember Stud's high-flying offense at BG. It was far from what you'd call "smash mouth".

    What I really hope for is an OC who calls plays and designs a scheme to his personnel and not ask his personnel to fit within his scheme. In my observations, those coaches are the most successful. We'll just have to see what kind of offense Stud calls, but I would be naive if I didn't think it woyuld be run heavy since 1) LSU is loaded at RB, 2) LSU is thin on talent at QB and 3) Miles is calling the shots.
     
  7. watson1880

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    Under direct pressure, Lee has issues and that is very hard to correct someone's willingness to stand in the pocket, delivery the strike and then take an exposed hit. If we can keep his jersey clean and make him feel comfortable, we have a shot. One issue I have noted is that LSU has rarely played four quarters of good offensive football in since 2007.

    As far as a new OC... I am expecting some new things and that should be an advantage for us.
     
  8. tzanghi

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    There's no reason to be offended because I posted an article backing my point. I know about Jacobs at Bowling Green; that was Gregg Brandon's team, the former OC under Urban Meyer when he was there. That's why it was such a "high-flying" offense, it was Brandon coupled with the remnants of Urban Meyer.

    I never said I know what Studrawa's offense will look like; I merely pointed out some evidence and drew inferences from it. Former OLinemen who go on to coach generally try to implement power-run-based offenses. Formerly, we had Crowton who wanted a mix-n-match offense, but now we have two offensive linemen as OC and HC, so it is evident, not certain, that we will have a run-based offense.

    If you think it's going to be run-based, I don't see why you are arguing so much.
     
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  9. Rwilliams

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    What is your opinion on the receiving corps. Randal is the only one with game experience especially since shep is out. Has our poor passing been equally the fault of the receivers and poor qb play or if our qb play picks up will the receivers step up? I'm worried that the inexperience at the receiver position will make things even tougher on lee and mett. Can D. Peterson step up to provide some more options to the passing game?
     
  10. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Let's just say this is his theme song:

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M]Van Halen- Runnin' with the devil - YouTube[/ame]
     

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