No more Mr. Nice Guy? Ed Orgeron says he won't be so hands off with the LSU defense this year
We obviously know now that LSU’s defense didn’t perform so great under DC Bo Pelini in 2020.
But, apparently, head coach Ed Orgeron wasn’t heavily involved in the defensive planning last season. That won’t be the case any longer.
On Tuesday night, Coach O said he’s going to rely on his experience and, if he sees something he doesn’t like, he’s going to put a stop to it:
Coach O says he's coached defense 40 years but kind of was hands off last year. Not this year. If he sees something he doesn't like they're not going to do it. #LSU
— Scott Rabalais (@RabalaisAdv) March 23, 2021
It sounds like new DC Daronte Jones is going to have to deal with a much more hands-on Coach O.
We’ll see if that leads to a better performance on that side of the ball or if the Tigers’ struggles together.
I’m not buying it. He bragged on the defense before the season started and then they were our worst ever. If he just sat there and watched them be terrible, that doesn’t say much for his leadership. He’s just trying to pass the buck, but his comments don’t pass muster.
I love this quote.
“Coach O says he’s coached defense 40 years but kind of was hands off last year. Not this year. If he sees something he doesn’t like they’re not going to do it.”
I can promise you, every LSU fan in the state facepalmed on this one. The thought of Coach Whiteboots being involved in anything coaching related gives this bunch the vapors.
And let’s go ahead a clarify this part now. At no point in Yawyaw’s career has he ever “coached a defense”. The guy was a position coach and nothing more. What he knows about coordinating anything couldn’t fill a thimble.
What was it Dacoacheaux promised? Oh yeah, I remember. He promised he was gonna let his coaches coach and not meddle. When he did that, everyone calmed down a little. Because as we all know, when Dacoacheaux gets involved, bad things happen.
The more this praddling yat babbles the better things look for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
God I hope this guy never gets fired.
Coach O needs to stick with what won him a NC. Hire good assistants and let them do their job. Pellini didn’t work out. It was a hire that looked good at the time.
What one him an NC was a once in a lifetime QB transfer.
I don’t have a lot of faith in coaches who play the hands-off CEO role.
Supreme Gump…That once in a lifetime QB couldn’t get on the field at Ohio State! He wasn’t exactly lighting it up at LSU either!!!!
The real UNDISPUTED TRUTH is. The hire of ASSISTANT Joe Brady as OC!!! That and a whole bunch of BOUGHT PLAYERS is what won it for him.
Ed Orgeron is a very AVERAGE but entertaining coach!!! But the truth is that the LSU DEFENSE WASN’T THAT GREAT EVEN WHEN THEY WON IT ALL!!!! Exactly like Alabama. Alabama has NOT been winning with DEFENSE!!!!
Like it or not. Offense is always going to be GIMMICKY and rely on tricks! Unless you have athletes that can just outrun every on the field. But the day will come. WHEN DB’S WILL BE JUST AS FAST AND COACHED WELL ENOUGH TO STOP THEM!!!!
As sexy as offensive football seems. Defense has always won championships!!! Defense has dominated offense for as long as anyone can remember!!! Yet a FEW and I do mean a FEW games in big situations. Has changed the way many people think. They say the game has changed!!!! Coach Saban even said that. And I say BS!!!!
The game hasn’t changed. Defense will still dominate the day. Especially when the offense of the defensive team can move the ball and score!!! When clemson blew Alabama out in the title game. Does that suddenly mean DEFENSE IS USELESS? NO NO NO!!!
Because the CLEMSON DEFENSE SHUT DOWN A VERY POWERFUL ALABAMA OFFENSE!!! You see my friend. That Alabama defense wasn’t great that year either! You didn’t need to be. Because you had the superior athletes. But the UGA DEFENSE is exactly what beat Alabama. Because clemson copied the UGA DEFENSIVE PLAN IN EVERY DETAIL. Then clemson just happened to have an offense capable of lightning up that average Alabama defense!!!
Like it or not. It’s still true. Teams with a capable offense and a GREAT DEFENSE. Those will remain as the teams that rule the sport!!! You were very lucky that UGA had so many injuries. That it cost them their spot in the title game. You couldn’t stop Florida! And they had NO RUN GAME AT ALL!!!! Lucky for you their defense was worse than yours!!!!!
Call me a Homer but I still believe. I fully functioning offense with a JT Daniels or another elite QB running the show. Along with that Georgia defense AT FULL STRENGTH! I honestly believe UGA would have beaten Alabama last year!!! Sorry but STETSON BENNETT doesn’t cut it and never did!!! YET UGA ROLLED OVER 4 OTHER SEC TEAMS WITH THE 5TH STRING WALK ON QB IN THE GAME!!! So, Wanna talk about A DEATH-STAR??? Well ill put it this way………
. I DARE DAN MULLEN TO WEAR HIS DARTH VADER COSTUME TO THE COCKTAIL PARTY!!! Because a healthy UGA. Is going to prove to all of college football. THAT COMPLETE TEAMS THAT PLAY DEFENSE, STILL DOMINATE!!!!!! If and when Alabama gets to Atlanta. Then I’ll bet we spank them to!!! It’s a really big IF for me right now!!!
PS. Alabama is used to playing in big games and squeaking it out!!! But UGA has been in enough now. It’s our turn!!! After we CRUSH FLORIDA we are coming for the western division champs next!!! If you wanna LOSE YOUR MONEY, then bet on Sonny!!!! Sonny = The old scary champ! There is a brand new dawg in the fight now and he is pissed!!!!
Negan
This only needs one response….
1980…
You need to get a better understanding of other people who thought Pellini was a bad hired. I I am one of those people. He wasn’t up to date with the current SEC conference on offense. That is what hurt Ed Orgeron and Pellini. Both were clueless when the season started and took a while to get it going. Drinkwitz got a much better DC than Walters. Some players are not on the same level with the top teams in the SEC. Need to continue to recruit better players and he is doing a great job so far.
I’m waiting to see the coaching job that Pellini did that warranted him getting a 2nd job in coaching. Coaching is not that easy. You can’t bluff your way into being a good coach by having a scowling serious attitude, any more than you can with the “take a nap on my couch” foundation.
Coaching is knowing how to teach the whole game: First the psychological/knowledge foundation, then the three pillars of technique, the tactics, and human physical performance. Some international text books like to see all four of those as independent and parallel but you can’t go very far in coaching without having the minds ready. Being a good assistant coach is not a sure sign anyone can be a head coach.
The tough question is, who evaluates the performance of a head coach, because a university needs to keep a team of evaluators, who are all known to understand what that foundation and it’s 3 pillars are composed of. Fans rarely see the lack of understanding that leads to bad hiring. And even if everyone hired smartly, fans wouldn’t know it because a lot of programs would be look average and the math of this is way beyond fans and the media.
I hope we can all get better at our jobs every year, but Pellini hasn’t been good at having his own psychological/knowledge foundation ready so far. I’m not sure the Orgeron template is complete yet either.
And the reason Walters needed to go to Illinois is for more preparation. Drinkwitz probably told him to coach somewhere where the head coach was a fountain of DC advice. I like Drink so far… not because he textbook top man already…. but because he knows he needs a better DC for everyone in the program to learn the formula (including his own head coach knowledge of a great defense)
Your foundation is cracked.
I’m sure Daronte Jones is already reaching out to NFL teams and thinking WTF…
Based on what?
Man there are more Dum%$#& trolls on here than the “Trolls World Tour” movie, but just as entertaining. By the way I here the movie was trash!