UL offensive coordinator: We're trying to hold it all together

[CameronCajun]

Oh I remember that ULM game. Fenroy got the ball and ran at will all night. He must have broke off 4, 5, or 6 20 yard plus runs. He finished the game a couple of yards shy of 300. He had 290+.

I remember watching college football final and they gave Fenroy a helmet sticker after that game.

[cajunhawk]

You guys got to get off this "throwing the players under the bus" schtick. He did no such thing. Regardless of what some think, the players have to actually go out and execute the particular game plan and we don't know even a portion of what is being coached during the week for their particular opponent. To say that certain units play inconsistently and its hard getting all of them playing well at the same time is not throwing them under the bus.

See J1M's point. It's like the coaches don't know bad they are doing at their jobs. So they say this unit isn't playing well, or so and so had a bad game, or turnovers, or injuries, or whatever. They don't look in the mirror and see the horror show that is their gameplans on both sides of the ball. It's not throwing the players under the bus, to me it's worse.

[Crawfish]

Explain to me the "horrow show" that the defense put on Saturday night. I must have missed it because the defense looked pretty good to me. Actually, other than penalties, the offense did not look bad either. What do you do write these messages in advance and just pick one at random to post?

See J1M's point. It's like the coaches don't know bad they are doing at their jobs. So they say this unit isn't playing well, or so and so had a bad game, or turnovers, or injuries, or whatever. They don't look in the mirror and see the horror show that is their gameplans on both sides of the ball. It's not throwing the players under the bus, to me it's worse.

[CajunNation]

Explain to me the "horrow show" that the defense put on Saturday night. I must have missed it because the defense looked pretty good to me. Actually, other than penalties, the offense did not look bad either. What do you do write these messages in advance and just pick one at random to post?

The defense played GREAT. I really like what the coaching staff has done this season with the defense since the current DC took over. We need to keep this guy as long as we can.

The offense did what they were supposed to do against an inferior unit.

The most interesting thing from Saturday were comments Falgout made in the booth. He said he never saw the WR group block as well as they did Saturday. We need to keep doing that. Also, he said we ran a lot of 2 TE sets, and these 2 things were the reason we ran the ball as well as we did.

This is probably not the spread type of offense Hud wants to run, but it is what fits the talent we have.

[KajunKrazy]

One of the biggest problems I see in this O is the same thing we had with haack and that's we need a true dual threat QB to be successful. Not knowing anything about Jennings prior to the season I thought he was a dual guy. After watching 1/2 a season AJ will never be accused of being a dual threat QB. He is not as fast as I thought and he looks for a place to go down when running in open field.

[CajunT]

The defense played GREAT. I really like what the coaching staff has done this season with the defense since the current DC took over. We need to keep this guy as long as we can.

The offense did what they were supposed to do against an inferior unit.

The most interesting thing from Saturday were comments Falgout made in the booth. He said he never saw the WR group block as well as they did Saturday. We need to keep doing that. Also, he said we ran a lot of 2 TE sets, and these 2 things were the reason we ran the ball as well as we did.

This is probably not the spread type of offense Hud wants to run, but it is what fits the talent we have.

You are correct! It provides protection for the tackles and we attacked their front seven which is their weakness. Texas St. actually has two good DBs, one corner is a pro-prospect. Coach Munoz slid the pocket at times and that allowed Jennings a little more time to look over the defense when they passed.

[CajunT]

One of the biggest problems I see in this O is the same thing we had with haack and that's we need a true dual threat QB to be successful. Not knowing anything about Jennings prior to the season I thought he was a dual guy. After watching 1/2 a season AJ will never be accused of being a dual threat QB. He is not as fast as I thought and he looks for a place to go down when running in open field.

Rick, Jennings injured his ankle in the South Alabama game and has been receiving treatment for it every Monday. He cannot plant well on it, which explains why he is not running the ball much and isn't that elusive. He can run the ball, he did that well at LSU.

[KajunKrazy]

Rick, Jennings injured his ankle in the South Alabama game and has been receiving treatment for it every Monday. He cannot plant well on it, which explains why he is not running the ball much and isn't that elusive. He can run the ball, he did that well at LSU.

I don't follow lsuam closely. But the little bit I've seen of miles' O I don't recall many designed runs for the QB. Jennings was not a good runner prior to the south Al game either. Regardless if he is injured or not doesn't change the fact that in order for the O to go we need the QB to be a serious threat to run so that the deffense has to account for him and can't key solely on the RB. The last time we had a good offense that didn't have a true dual threat QB was Jake. Hell that might be the only time since Brian Mitchell. I am not suggesting that a change should be made but you could see the difference a dual threat could be on the few plays tha JD kept it late in the game on Saturday.

As a matter of fact the Saturday before the season started I was talking with a friend that goes to every state game in BR and he said Jennings was one of the slowest QBs he'd ever seen in the sec.

[CharlieK]

I don't follow lsuam closely. But the little bit I've seen of miles' O I don't recall many designed runs for the QB. Jennings was not a good runner prior to the south Al game either. Regardless if he is injured or not doesn't change the fact that in order for the O to go we need the QB to be a serious threat to run so that the deffense has to account for him and can't key solely on the RB. The last time we had a good offense that didn't have a true dual threat QB was Jake. Hell that might be the only time since Brian Mitchell. I am not suggesting that a change should be made but you could see the difference a dual threat could be on the few plays tha JD kept it late in the game on Saturday.

Hud's offense will not work if the quarterback can't run, and run well. And with this offensive line, he better be able to create good plays out of bad with his feet. Whether it's because he is hurt or not, if Jennings can't run we will struggle on offense against non terrible teams. Is Davis THAT bad at decision making? He can sure run like we need.

[KajunKrazy]

Hud's offense will not work if the quarterback can't run, and run well. And with this offensive line, he better be able to create good plays out of bad with his feet. Weather it's because he is hurt or not, if Jennings can't run we will struggle on offense against non terrible teams. Is Davis THAT bad at decision making? He can sure run like we need.

Agree. I'd love to know what the coaches true thoughts on JD are. I have heard HUD rave about him his natural freshman year. He obviously did something to lose the coaches trust.

[CajunT]

I don't follow lsuam closely. But the little bit I've seen of miles' O I don't recall many designed runs for the QB. Jennings was not a good runner prior to the south Al game either. Regardless if he is injured or not doesn't change the fact that in order for the O to go we need the QB to be a serious threat to run so that the deffense has to account for him and can't key solely on the RB. The last time we had a good offense that didn't have a true dual threat QB was Jake. Hell that might be the only time since Brian Mitchell. I am not suggesting that a change should be made but you could see the difference a dual threat could be on the few plays tha JD kept it late in the game on Saturday.

As a matter of fact the Saturday before the season started I was talking with a friend that goes to every state game in BR and he said Jennings was one of the slowest QBs he'd ever seen in the sec.

There is video of him running the Zone Read against Texas A&M. He doesn't look anywhere close to that right now.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Rick, Jennings injured his ankle in the South Alabama game and has been receiving treatment for it every Monday. He cannot plant well on it, which explains why he is not running the ball much and isn't that elusive. He can run the ball, he did that well at LSU.

One of the TV guys, the color commentator kept questioning Jennings vision of what receivers were open down field. He questioned all the jump ball passes. He often commented about how much time he had.

Check downs, jump balls, and his poor running which you've explained. Davis must really suck in HUD's eyes to see this over and over.