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Crowton: "Not my offense" at LSU

Discussion in 'The Tiger's Den' started by red55, Aug 28, 2011.

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

Brother Crowton is now saying that his offensive performance at LSU was not his fault. People shouldn't judge him by his four years at LSU, he says.

Maryland's Gary Crowton eager to show off his offense - baltimoresun.com

red55, Aug 28, 2011

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Swerved It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds.

red55 said: ↑

Brother Crowton is now saying that his offensive performance at LSU was not his fault. People shouldn't judge him by his four years at LSU, he says.

Maryland's Gary Crowton eager to show off his offense - baltimoresun.com
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With the way the offense was ranked while he was here, I wouldn't claim it either if I were him.

Swerved, Aug 28, 2011

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ccgw luv'em Tigers

red55 said: ↑

Brother Crowton is now saying that his offensive performance at LSU was not his fault. People shouldn't judge him by his four years at LSU, he says.

Maryland's Gary Crowton eager to show off his offense - baltimoresun.com
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Is Crowton implying that he couldn't have the wide open offense due to the "smaller" playbook as a result of the QB's limitations? and /or differences with Miles' philosophy?

ccgw, Aug 28, 2011

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Hawker45 Founding Member

What a terp.

Hawker45, Aug 28, 2011

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b_leblanc That's just my game...

What a tool.

b_leblanc, Aug 28, 2011

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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In his last two years at LSU, Crowton's Tigers averaged 24.8 and 29.7 points, respectively, and their passing offense ranked 97th and 107th in the nation. LSU fans flocked to message boards to say that the offense had regressed, that the team was too conservative, and that it was not making enough use of its blue-chip receivers. LSU had averaged 38.6 points under Crowton and head coach Les Miles in the national championship season of 2007.

The criticism irritated Crowton's friends in the coaching world who believe he was made a scapegoat.

"Gary was there when they won a national championship," said Brown coach Phil Estes, who — like Crowton — is a former New Hampshire assistant. "He didn't become a bad coach overnight. He's very loyal. He probably ate a lot of stuff at LSU that he probably didn't have to."

In a 50-minute interview, Crowton said bluntly that "No, it wasn't my offense" at LSU and that it would be unfair to make assessments based soley on those four years.

"Were there parts of that offense that were mine? Yeah. The philosophy that Coach Miles had was to be good on defense, be good on special teams and win it in the fourth quarter," Crowton said. "We won a lot of games in the fourth quarter. We beat Auburn twice in the fourth quarter. What it did is it shortened the game. We didn't have a lot of offensive plays. When you look statistically, it wasn't great, but that wasn't our goal. Our goal was to win games. We won 40 in four years."
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red55, Aug 28, 2011

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Ch0sn0ne At the Track

We all knew this. Why is it a problem for him to say it?

Ch0sn0ne, Aug 28, 2011

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LSUDad Veteran Member

red55 said: ↑

Brother Crowton is now saying that his offensive performance at LSU was not his fault. People shouldn't judge him by his four years at LSU, he says.

Maryland's Gary Crowton eager to show off his offense - baltimoresun.com
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Crowton was a OC, not a QB coach. Jimbo was a OC/QB coach, same with kRags. Many LSU Head coaches, past and present would call for the OC to run clock (Shorten the game). Crowton was throwing out plays with no rhyme or reason, seeing what would stick. A play would gain 8-10 yards, then you wouldn't see it again.

LSUDad, Aug 28, 2011

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MLUTiger Secular Humanist

Duh. Anyone who thinks otherwise has never seen a Gary Crowton-run offense.

MLUTiger, Aug 28, 2011

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P&G_wheelz007 Football anyone?

Maybe it wasn't his offense, but he was the one calling the plays (most of them :yelwink2 and he was the one working with our QBs.

What was that mess at the end of the Tennessee game last year?

Crowton is as much responsible for our offense the last 2 years as anyone esle.

:crystal::geaux::crystal::geaux::crystal:

P&G_wheelz007, Aug 28, 2011

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