LSU Fans, why does Leslie struggle recruiting elite QB's?

he doesn't struggle recruiting them. all the quarterbacks he recruits/signs are highly rated guys. i think a better way to frame your question, even though it's a beating a dead horse troll, is why les has struggled developing quarterbacks

What makes you think Josh Dobbs would look any different than Harris? They're almost identical passers.

I guess that's a better way of asking the question. Just seems to me that LSU has just been a really good QB away from torching people over the years.

I guess I mentioned Dobbs because he is a good fit for Tennessee's offense and runs it pretty well. Not too sure how he'd fit in LSU's offense.

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It's still crazy to me how LSU didn't win it all with Mett, Jarvis, Odell, Hill, etc. But, do you guys think it's the style of offense?

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The offense that year was good enough. It led the country in third-down conversions and had a 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher, and two 1,000-yard receivers. The defense was subpar.

I honestly think the QB recruiting is changing. I do think there's still a little bit of uncertainly about what they really want to be at QB from a mold perspective, but I think Cam has been much better at identifying solid QBs. His first signee is Harris who would be a take for just about anyone. His physical skills aren't really a question, although his makeup may be. Cam was really early in on Myles Brennan before he blew up.

One interesting stat. Every single QB who has started for Cam Cameron for more than one season has gone on to be either a first-team all-American QB (Randle El), Pro Bowler (Rivers and Brees), or Super Bowl champion (Brees and Flacco), and that doesn't include Mettenberger who only played one year. He also had all of those guys really early in their careers.

If Harris flops this year I don't know what to say. I don't think it will happen but who the heck knows.

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With the talent Louisiana produced at the skill positions it's asinine to play ball control offense.

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That is Les's style that is never changing. It is quite mind blowing the WR's we have brought in the last two years with the type of offense we run. But in saying that I think Miles wants to get back to the Mett year when we had 2 1000 WR's and a 1000 RB. I just don't know if he trust Harris, we shall see here shortly.

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The Brennan kid should be pretty good or at least that's what I've heard. Scott from Zachary may be effective for LSU in a couple years as well. He was a 3* if I remember correctly.

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I think Miles Brennan could be a really good one. Scott is flying up the depth chart. Really smart kid.

That's not completely true tho. His first few years the O didn't look like it does now. He has shown he will branch out when he wants. I think Cam is a bigger problem.

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I know you like to masquerade as a voice of reason and clarity but if you can't see that Dobbs isn't a great QB then you have problems.

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2015 Stats vs FBS Winning Teams

Brandon Harris
9 games
118/218 (54.1%)
7.8 YPA
10 TD / 6 INT
129.00 Rating

Josh Dobbs
7 games
110/195 (56.4%)
6.6 YPA
7 TD / 2 INT
121.95 Rating


Brandon Harris gets crapped on too much and Josh Dobbs gets way too much hype/praise IMHO.

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2015 Josh Dobbs vs SEC (East + Bama + Ark) 133/222 (59.9%) 129.40 QB Rating 6.8 YPA 10 TD / 3 INT 2015 Brandon Harris vs SEC (West + UF + USCe) 112/204 (54.9%) 119.81 QB Rating 6.8 YPA 8 TD / 5 INT Dobbs' numbers were slightly better against a worse overall schedule.

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Perception really is pretty amazing. Josh Dobbs is considered far superior to Harris and it's really not the case. Harris's production and performance has actually outperformed the perception of him but because it's the weaker part of LSU's offense he takes more than a lion's share of the blame.