LSU just picked up their 4th DE recruit for 2021. What's their strategy here? Trying to push 1 or 2 recruits out? It may be the alcohol but I'm confused by their strategy.
Orgeron, DL coach history, prefers an attacking D. LSU used some 4-3 last season. O would not tell Aranda what to use, but he chose Pelini in part because he uses 4-3 primarily.Agsuffering@bulaw said:
Is LSU making a mistake transitioning to a 4 man front?
From what I have read, the state produces a lot of fast dudes, but not a lot of big dudes. Obviously, there are more LB bodies in the general population than DL bodies. They also seem to have no problem finding DBs who can blitz, which seems to work better with an odd front. I realize there a bunch of factors:
-Was Pelini willing to stay in base 3?
-If not, could they have money-whipped someone on the Pelini/Aranda level?
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-Most HS DL recruits prefer a single-gap system, b/c it means less clogging and more attacking
-The odd front requires a true tank at NT (or an incredible athlete who will resent playing NT)
-It looks like every other recruit w/ a true NT body(from '16 on) is from OOS
-In the past 5 classes, they got 4 DL from Juco (bad indicator)
-The last time Pelini was there, Auburn was the only good program in the SECw and A&M was way down
-Have not looked at recruiting that far back, but guessing they had no problem going OOS for DL needs
-Flipside is that very few were running odd fronts back then
I love the 3-man front for the right program and hate it for the most b/c of the personnel demands it makes. I think most SEC offenses have good enough TEs to punish the "3-3 clog the middle" BDF trash* But LSU usually had tweeners who could defeat most TEs.
*I realize that what I call "3-3 clog BDF trash" is an adaptation of what RC's system. 20 years ago offenses were not smart enough to attack the edge. The rules allowed defenses to destroy small offensive players and RC also had personnel to defeat TEs and sweeps.
Pelini isn't an experiment. He was extremely productive as DC at LSU in the past and did well on D as HC of Neb. At his last job, as HC, he didn't recruit well. He was brought in by Belichek as consultant to help Pats D of spreads and RPO.AgDad121619 said:
I like that they are changing schemes - relying on fish is not a recipe for success - I hope the Bo Pelini experiment fails miserably.