Leach isn't going anywhere unless we completely implode this season and finish 6-6 with a third consecutive loss to OM. Then he will be asked to "retire". And if that comes to fruition I'm 100% behind it.
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we played barely good enough to win for 3 quarters and had the lead .... LSU scored right before the half but it's not easy to shut out an SEC blue-blood for an entire half especially when our coach is going for it on 4th down on our side of the 35 yd line - even so, the third qtr wasn't to bad as defense still held firm...... the mistake to start the 4th quarter is what's causing this entire conversation. That 4th quarter crap is causing this negativity .... if we don't muff that punt and hung on to win then we would be reading about how good this team is .... We have always been a 7-5 team hoping for 8-4 and praying for a miracle 9-3 ....... 10-2 was NEVER going to happen.
You're right though - good discussion here but everyone needs to remember that Leach is doing the best with what he has ... BUT LEACH NEEDS TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS and add some innovation
I agree the lack of speed and strength on our Defense is telling. We can't get to the QB and he has all day to find a receiver open. If LSU had a more accurate QB, they would have beaten us worse than they did. I don't think we will be very competitive against Alabama and Georgia. They are faster and stronger than we are.
Truth. Same could be said about the end of the half drive. We come out in the 3rd different. LSU doesn't come out as pumped.
But again, we are building a program. Part of that means that we learn how to win. Were we good enough to win as a team? Yes. But the moment was bigger.
The punt changed momentum but it didn't cost us the game. This is a damn veteran team that should be mentally tougher than the shit show we saw the second half. Go take that momentum back. We didn't even put up a fight the second half. Folded like a cheap lawn chair.
LSU had puckered butt holes until the muffed punt to end the 3rd and Tiger Stadium woke up as Calling Baton Rouge played across the stadium at the beginning of the 4th that was the swing in the game
"Veteran team", means a year older but not always a year better. Looks like we have some potential in the last 2 recruiting classes, but they were ranked # 25ish. This year we are stuck at #39 and the list of remaining HS players "warm" to us looks slim. Herein lies the problem. We need to take some of our record $EC yearly check and spend a lot more on recruiting now! According to our list of top targets on Genespage, we don't even go after many 4 stars. Hail State!
I also thought by mistake that the "Air Raid" stretched the field with some exciting long passes. So far not so much, and it seems to need to need to rely on 12 to 14 play drives of short to intermediate pass completions to succeed. Having issues against strong SEC defenses with aggressive corners and a quick DE, but other O's have this issue also. We also need more team speed at LB, DE, & Safety asap. Hail State!
All true. But also true is that when you throw it 60 times in a game, you run a high risk of negative plays (sacks, interceptions, drops, quick 3 and outs, holding penalties, etc.). The way Will runs the offense, it's lower risk and lower reward. With QBs who push the ball down the field, the risk/reward goes up. That's why you see huge blowouts, weird outcomes (Leach upsetting, Leach being upset), furious comebacks, etc. in Leach games. It's completely unpredictable from game to game and almost impossible to sustain across an entire season. Especially if you account for weather and other outside variables. Those saying Will isn't the answer - well, they're correct if they think the answer is pushing the ball down the field and turning this offense into the higher risk higher reward version. But the problems don't go away.