11-18-2020, 12:17 PM
(11-18-2020, 11:37 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: This isn't defending Zac, but Brady absolutely does not have a couple of years of results on the resume.
He may turn out to be some sort of offensive genius, but he hasn't done anything groundbreaking, ESPECIALLY at the NFL level.
Aside from the Auburn game (in which LSU seems to be in complete, "play the freshmen," mode), that offense was humming just fine, even with the losses of CEH, Jefferson, Burrow, Chase (of course, it wasn't up to last year's level, but the offense was still getting a ton of yards and a lot of points), which backs up the fact that Brady just added a few different concepts and pro-style things to the overall system, but it was a collection of different things that LSU did and Ensminger was still the guy behind it (and he's still there so... yeah).
Then we look at this year; compared to us, we are:
- 3 spots better in yards (18>21)
- 1 spot worse in points (22<21)
- Have a much-worse offensive line (though theirs is nothing to write home about either)
- Do not have the best RB in the league (albeit he's only played 30% of their games)
Again, this isn't to defend Zac, but Brady does not have this miraculous track record and isn't some offensive genius at this point in his career.
Missed where I called him a genius. And I agree that he has more helium than maybe he should due to modernizing LSU's offense, a move that many other guys probably could have made. But looking strictly at results, he does have two good seasons as a coordinator compared to zero for Zac (Carolina is 7th in DVOA offensively, the Bengals are 26th). Especially looking at Zac's resume when hired. Brady wouldn't be my first choice, but you have to be realistic in who the Bengals can attract.
