LSU offensive coordinator Matt Canada has plenty of weapons to work with as he heads into his first season calling the shots for the Tigers’ offense.

At the end of practice Monday, Canada spoke with the LSU media about the offensive progress being made.

“We’re where we want to be,” he said, according to Shea Dixon of 247Sports, when asked about the team’s identity on offense. “We’re looking for those things coach talks about, looking to stress a defense both horizontally and vertically, be a physical offense that runs the football, looking to be an offense that, if you take away the run, make passes and make plays down the field. I feel like our identity is coming along.”

Canada did not offer up much on when a starting quarterback would be named.

“Coach O is going to handle that whenever he’s ready to do that. I’m coaching them all and they’re all doing a great job.”

The new OC had great things to say about running back Derrius Guice.

“From the moment I got here, he just wants to win. He certainly has individual goals. No one is naïve to that. First thing he asked me is how the (pass) protection works. He wants to learn the protection so he never gives up a sack,” Canada said. “First thing he said. Obviously, he’s going to get the football. We know who he is. Tremendous player. Exceeded expectation for how hard he works. He loves the game, plays it 1,000 miles an hour.”

In the Geaux 247 article, Canada also spoke about the offensive line’s pass protection, quarterback Danny Etling’s back surgery and early-season expectations, among other things.