I am not, and have never been a negative fan. I've been an LSU fan since the late 80's, so I'm not some fair weather, bandwagon fan that thinks we should be in the BCSNCG every year.
However, we're 9-1 and its pretty easy to say that if we had a good offense, we would have had a MUCH better chance of beating Auburn. You can even say that we probably would have beat them considering we only lost by 1 TD late in the game.
I'm not looking for a "scapegoat", either, as someone above implied. Are our players responsible to a degree? Yup, but if our QB's and receivers are not being coached and taught, then that is also the responsibility of the Offensive Coordinator and his coaches. People can say till they're blue in the face that "if the whole Perriloux thing hadn't happened, blah blah blah".......well, guess what, that was 3 years ago. We have 2 QBs that have an entire season under their belt and part of another and there has been NO improvement. In fact, in a lot of ways, they have gotten worse. I think Lee and Jefferson both have talent, but I don't think they're being taught, molded, and guided by anyone. They keep making the same mistakes, have the same bad habits, are even picking up more bad habits, and are certainly not making the improvements that an experienced, well coached QB makes.
After years of watching the damn option play flounder, don't you think someone would have either scrapped the damn play, taught Jefferson to run the play properly ( attack the option defender, don't run in a backwards arc or toward the sideline ). I can't honestly believe that someone has actually spent time teaching Jefferson to run the option correctly and that he does it over and over in practice, and then come game time, he just totally forgets and does it wrong.
Also, our players do make mistakes, but someone is in charge of calling the plays that are not giving our players a chance to be successful. Last night, both Lee and Jefferson are having trouble throwing. ULM was leaving the middle of the field WIDE OPEN all night, but do we call a seam route to the TE or a post route? NOPE. We try to throw deep outs. A difficult to throw, difficult to catch, and easily picked off pass. That is one small example, but our entire game plans are not geared toward giving our players an opportunity for success.
I want our team to be the best they can be, and I'm not being negative by saying that we have great athletes out there and more coming in every year. Our offense should NOT be ranked in the 100's. So, I personally feel that our players are not being taught and coached up properly and our playcalling absolutely sucks. So,yes, I think Crowton is responsible.
Just my opinion...........not looking for a scapegoat or being a negatiger with ridiculous expectations, just expect more than we've been shown by the Offense this year and know that there is an overarching reason for it.
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