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re: Dispelling the myth of "3rd and Chavis"
Posted on 7/29/15 at 5:36 pm to Mirthomatic
Posted on 7/29/15 at 5:36 pm to Mirthomatic
I'm talking about the conversation that has happened here in this thread. Bulldozing into the concersation isn't going to change its substance.
Ok, I misspoke when I said the consistently leading the SEC. But that doesn't detract from the meat of the discussion.
I'll outline the arguments being made in THIS discussion to make it easy for you:
Most people acknowledge that Chavis's defenses do well in the first 3 quarters. The thing that people complain about (the issue that is at the heart of "3rd and Chavis") is that late in close games his defenses give up big chunks of yardage on 3rd down.
An Ag poster posited that a possible reason for this phenomenon is that Chavis's defenses were so "exhausted" at the end of games.
However, during Chavis's tenure, LSU's offense (which had an average TOP of roughly 31 minutes) was on the field nearly twice as long as the defense (17 minutes on average).
Furthermore, I pointed out that on Sumlin's teams over the same stretch of time the TOP (27 minutes) is lower by an average of four minutes. Thus, if the argument that Chavis's defenses were the exhausted masses they were supposed to be were true (and if "3rd and Chavis" is caused by tired defenses) the problem would not soon correct itself in a Sumlin scheme.
Up to speed?
Ok, I misspoke when I said the consistently leading the SEC. But that doesn't detract from the meat of the discussion.
I'll outline the arguments being made in THIS discussion to make it easy for you:
Most people acknowledge that Chavis's defenses do well in the first 3 quarters. The thing that people complain about (the issue that is at the heart of "3rd and Chavis") is that late in close games his defenses give up big chunks of yardage on 3rd down.
An Ag poster posited that a possible reason for this phenomenon is that Chavis's defenses were so "exhausted" at the end of games.
However, during Chavis's tenure, LSU's offense (which had an average TOP of roughly 31 minutes) was on the field nearly twice as long as the defense (17 minutes on average).
Furthermore, I pointed out that on Sumlin's teams over the same stretch of time the TOP (27 minutes) is lower by an average of four minutes. Thus, if the argument that Chavis's defenses were the exhausted masses they were supposed to be were true (and if "3rd and Chavis" is caused by tired defenses) the problem would not soon correct itself in a Sumlin scheme.
Up to speed?
This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 5:41 pm
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 5:52 pm to Guava Jelly
I'm not sure why you went through all that. You made a claim, one which, in some variation, has been made ad nauseum on this board. I merely pointed out that the claim is not true. That was the extent of my participation.
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