It is a long post covering a good deal.
A key quote: "What’s interesting about Burrow and LSU is that if Burrow is as good as his Ohio State teammates say he is, he could conceivably elevate a program that has lacked dynamic quarterback play since Zach Mettenberger left following the 2013 season."
Yes, the main reason that Les Miles was canned is that he could not get a decent QB for years in a row. Miles signed a heap of 4* QB recruits, but they turned into duds, being nothing more than all-around athletes taking up a slot. Brandon Harris was one in a long line. And Mettenberger graduating was not the start of the problem. Miles got lucky to land him as a transfer after his problems at hometown UGA. If Mettenberger had chosen to transfer elsewhere, Miles might have gotten fired a couple of years earlier. Mettenberger is still the only LSU QB to pass for at least 2500 yards in back to back seasons.
Even if you load up on real talent, NFL talent, on both sides of the ball, but your QBs are duds as QBs no matter how impressive they seem as athletes, and your fans do not like wasting talent and coming up short, then you will get fired.
And that gets us back to Burrow and LSU. LSU is not as loaded as Bama, and the lack of a star RB may highlight that as much as anything. But if Orgeron can get a QB to manage the offense and control the clock with his arm and his reads, his team could be Top 10. LSU has long had the problem that cost Clemson the game last year vs Bama and that would have cost Bama vs. UGA if Saban had not gone to his bench: a QB who can beat a very good D by making the right reads and using his arm.
A key quote: "What’s interesting about Burrow and LSU is that if Burrow is as good as his Ohio State teammates say he is, he could conceivably elevate a program that has lacked dynamic quarterback play since Zach Mettenberger left following the 2013 season."
Yes, the main reason that Les Miles was canned is that he could not get a decent QB for years in a row. Miles signed a heap of 4* QB recruits, but they turned into duds, being nothing more than all-around athletes taking up a slot. Brandon Harris was one in a long line. And Mettenberger graduating was not the start of the problem. Miles got lucky to land him as a transfer after his problems at hometown UGA. If Mettenberger had chosen to transfer elsewhere, Miles might have gotten fired a couple of years earlier. Mettenberger is still the only LSU QB to pass for at least 2500 yards in back to back seasons.
Even if you load up on real talent, NFL talent, on both sides of the ball, but your QBs are duds as QBs no matter how impressive they seem as athletes, and your fans do not like wasting talent and coming up short, then you will get fired.
And that gets us back to Burrow and LSU. LSU is not as loaded as Bama, and the lack of a star RB may highlight that as much as anything. But if Orgeron can get a QB to manage the offense and control the clock with his arm and his reads, his team could be Top 10. LSU has long had the problem that cost Clemson the game last year vs Bama and that would have cost Bama vs. UGA if Saban had not gone to his bench: a QB who can beat a very good D by making the right reads and using his arm.
