re: Mike Leach experiment

I don’t expect any LSU fans to comprehend my point without getting upset. It’s a serious flaw with this fan base.

It doesn’t help we have a QB with a below average arm. Teams don’t respect his running ability or his ability to throw it past them accurately past 12 yards. It’s a significant flaw. It really compresses the field for the defense. It’s no big deal to give up a ton of yards to our offense because we are 1) gonna have a penalty 2) have a turnover based on volume of plays 3) compressed field when we get to the red zone 4) sp teams screwup.

Odds are, one of the above is going to happen 3/4 drives.

and combo coverages like 2 on 2 matchup zones and 3 on 2 matchup zones


most fans still think they can recognize Ye Old straight man versus straight zone, and in reality they have no clue that they're seeing neither, but a hybrid instead


regardless, I've always been so sick of the media-fueled propaganda of how "fans want exciting offenses", and the OP makes a great point about the boring as hell check downs to five yard dinks and dunks with said "exciting offenses" - many times the younger generation has bought into all that, but I doubt there are many young Arkansas fans right now who'd say our 2021 old style run game is not exciting as hell

young and old, we all love it

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It’s not often we outplay LSU and lose,

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How do you outplay a team that you never led for one second of the game and was down by three scores in the 4th lol?

You're uh, kind of forgetting that State had LSU punting the ball away and were it not for an incredibly stupid special teams penalty, they never would have been down 18 at all.

Double the 1st downs, 150 more total yards. Having almost double the rushing yards. 60% time of possession .Pretty clear that MSU just shot itself in the foot numerous times.

It's not even close to what his system is.

If you want to know what it is... go watch some of the games where his system is fully in. Your QB, Rb, RB, Wr x what 5 are either sophomores or freshmen. To me, Leach is ahead of schedule and that's due to him actually having the talent.


As it's been said here many times before, look at what he has done in the 1.2 years he been there. Hell, you can't even count year 1. The most dramatic shift in the SEC on offense and not an easy one on defense either. People think it's simplistic, but it's not.

So here is what you had prior to Leach.

- A program imploding from Mullen leaving skill positions bare. That's evident under Moorhead.

- Moorhead lost control of a team already imploding and yes... it was and is why Mullen left. Your own player put your starting QB out of the Bowl game and the HC did not do a thing about it.... let him play.

- Leach took over and what happens. All of the sudden, you have players capable of catching a football. You have a QB that is a TRUE FRESHMAN throwing it and completing it 70% of the time.

- Leach had to clean house. You know it, I know it.

- He took a depleted team made them play above their level. He lost 3 games playing TRUE FRESHMEN at QB, RB, and WR and lost 3 games in the SEC by only 7.... 2 of those games he only had 44ish players.


Leach has always seen the rush 3 and drop 8. Nothing new. The SEC didn't magically invent it. His system beats that 2 when people do their jobs. The issue here is that you have new people on the job and they are not experienced enough. Mainly your QB and your RBs.


- RBs not seeing the holes. So they don't hit them fast. When they do, it's explosive.

- The QB plays to not make mistakes. It's a great thought, but it hurts him in that he will not push it down field until late.

Those 2 things are simply lack of experience in the system and in the SEC.

Go back and double check everything above. On paper, you beat LSU and Memphis. When you understand why you didn't, you understand why your admin pick Leach.

That OL has come together. They are giving him a lot of time and at some point, the deep stuff .. he's going to see.

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Leach first 2 seasons everywhere he has gone weren’t good.

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I’m still looking forward to that vaunted 3rd season that Ben Howland has had everywhere else he coached.

Our biggest problem is the quarterback. Rogers has no confidence and is scared, plays scared, can't see the field, or make the necessary throws all the time. Leach went too far hoping that he'd be Gardner Minshew II. He may have grown up with Minshew but they just aren't the same. Until a qb gets ready or transfers in this offense will never have a chance. It's poorly advertised in the hands of Will Rogers. Who should be playing at Delta St.

Here is a stat for you.

The team in the SEC that is leading in sacs is who? Yep LSU. How many sacks di the OL allow vs them?

1


Just 1.


More perspective... That's 1 sack in 62 passing plays. To the leading team in sacks.


That OL has only allowed 7 sacks all season. That's the exact same amount of sacks our OL has allowed on Young.


Know what the difference is? We have passed it 131 times. MSU has passed it 100 times more! 225.

Who's OL is protecting the QB better?

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Rogers threw 3 passes 40 deep vs Memphis. The only pass that was incomplete was be cause he over threw him by about 8 yards. It's a myth that he doesn't have the arm strength

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The one for 41 yards to Calvin-l think, was the longest completion I've seen him make. He used all he had and the receiver was in the right spot and made a great play in double coverage.

He played scared most of the game Saturday, especially on those run attempts which were just pathetic. I look at him and see a G5 itinerant, or div II starter. I mean, I've heard he's a nice kid and it's a shame, but such is life. This league is for the big dogs.