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. For me, 2020 and 2021 I knew we were DOA. Orgeron being the reason.

So you knew the reigning national champs were out of contention because the coach who led them to the national championship the previous year was still the coach?

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Did you look at the roster turnover? Yes. I absolutely could read the writing on the wall.

Look, it's not worth arguing about too much, because LSU did crater.

But, "roster turnover" isn't a valid excuse. Every team sends players to the draft. The cupboard wasn't bare in July 2020... at that point you had Chase and Marshall returning at WR, with incoming guys (Boutte, for example). Gilbert was basically the top recruit coming in, he was anticipated to be the monster Bowers is (people were talking prime Jimmy Graham impact). You had an experienced upperclassman with a cannon taking over at QB, a couple All Americans at corner, and LSU-level talent at the other spots (meaning, they were expected to be fine, with a few new breakout guys).

The offensive scheme was tweaked, not scrapped. Brennan was passing for close to 400 yds a game before he got hurt. First 4 games, LSU scored 34, 41, 41, and 52, against SEC teams. That SHOULD be 4-0. It was 2-2, because we revisited the Lou Tepper Drop Linebacker scheme

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And just for the record, defense was coach Idiot Child's field. He was supposed to be a solid D line guy, we expected to pressure the QB, and let our stud corners feast in man coverage. The collapse was program, not talent.