re: What Was The Main Complaint About Gary Crowton as OC @ LSU?

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He was MUCH better than Cameron

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well yeah

Look, Crowton had his moments. The 2008 title game was about as flawlessly called from an offensive standpoint as you will ever see. Ohio State looked helpless that day.

When he was hired by LSU someone dug up a messageboard post from a fan of one of his former teams (I wanna say BYU or Oregon) who pointed out that Crowton's offenses were spectacular his first year in a job and then declined markedly thereafter. It was certainly true at LSU.

After his first year it just always looked like his offenses tried to do too much too often. The 2010 game against Tennessee typifies this. Clock running down, LSU trailing with minimal time outs and Crowton trots off 4-5 different players every damn play regardless, until Tennessee is so discombobulated they end up with like 14 dudes on the field during the final play. This wasn't psychological warfare by design by Crowton. He just kinda called games like that.