re: LSU hires Scott Linehan as passing game coordinator

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Yeah I remember him leading an offense with Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper and Zeke Elliott to one of the worst offenses in the NFL. Yesh, scrapping the bottom of the barrel here

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Well, I suppose it’s a good thing he’s not leading the offense, but rather a passing game coordinator.


You people are just ridiculous human beings sometimes.

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Wait, LSU fans have been telling me 80% of it was Ensminger.

Here is the thing....Brady was an unknown. Linehan isn't. There is absolutely nothing "innovative" about what Linehan does.

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Seems a lot of people are very confused here.

1. Linehan is not being brought in to install anything, Brady was. The offense we have from last year is installed and isn't changing to a new one. Let's get that out the way first.

2. Linehan is bringing in well over a decade experience coaching in the NFL as a OC, PGC and HC as well as over a decade experience coaching in college as WR, QB and OC at various schools.

3. I see anyone only wants to bring up his last year in Dallas, why not most of his other years? I would assume some arent dumb enough to believe he spent 15 years in the NFL as a mostly wildly unsuccessful coach.

In the end, resume wise, this is a big time hire. He's not coming in to install any offense, his job will be assisting Ensminger to call passing plays and help coordinate that part of the offense that was already installed last season. This is not the same type of hire as Brady, they weren't going out trying to find another new offense to put in.

So basically in the end here, LSU gets blasted and laughed at last year for hiring a totally unproven 29 year old NFL assistant coach to bring in and install a new offense and help coach WRs. This year, to replace him, and not do anything other than help coordinate passing plays (not call offensive plays, not install any offense), we bring in a 15 year NFL high level coach with another decade+ experience coaching in college and...once again get laughed at

O's comments during the search.

Apparently he thinks Linehan can add some more wrinkles to what they already have.

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"We're looking for different ideas," Orgeron said. "We're looking for things that can add to our already great offense."
The ideal candidate, Orgeron said, is someone who either knows LSU's system "very well" or can "teach us something different."

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“The MVP of the whole deal was Steve Ensminger. He never blinked. He knows the offense. He called the majority of the plays. So what I want to do is bring in a passing game coordinator that can help on third down, help in the red zone just like Joe did, expound on our offense. And we’re going to take our time getting the right guy.”

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2. Linehan is bringing in well over a decade experience coaching in the NFL as a OC, PGC and HC as well as over a decade experience coaching in college as WR, QB and OC at various schools.

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for an offense, and a passing game scheme, he doesn't use.

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for an offense, and a passing game scheme, he doesn't use.

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You really think he hasn't been around the game long enough to see it all and understand a lot of different things/concepts? The Cowboys played the Saints a few times when he was there.

Again, he's also not calling the plays or installing an offense, we have an OC, and we have an offense we like installed. His job is to simply help coordinate the passing game, maybe throw some more wrinkles in here and there we didn't last season.

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Gotcha. If this offense is more of Ensminger's idea than anybody, I don't understand why you bring in a PASSING game coordinator when throwing the ball is the focal point of the offense

I mean the quote I posted from O farther up the page explains why he wants one.

Maybe he feels like a guy helping E is more effective than having a full time tight ends coach.

Another name from the past that gives me chills. This almost makes me feel sorry for some LSU fans. Almost.