So LSU has made a very Brian Kelly hire at OC. It’s not the direction I’d have gone, but it’s squarely in the realm of “fine,” which has really been Brian Kelly’s MO on offense for his entire recent career. I have some major hangups with this offense.
They don’t use NEARLY enough play-action, which puts a lot of processing stress on the QB (one of the lowest PA rates in the country, even lower than 2021 LSU), they don’t use enough bunches, stacks, or condensed alignments to scheme releases against man coverage (take a look at Georgia, Tennessee, the Rams, or Ole Miss for examples on building systems and concepts around that), they are a bit too dependent on inside zone for the modern game (see North Carolina for a more gap-scheme heavy approach, Baylor for a wide-zone driven approach, or Liam Coen’s Kentucky for an approach that does everything frequently and well), they don’t attack the 3rd level in the RPO game as much as I’d like to see (see 2019 LSU, Ole Miss, Western Michigan, Kent State, and North Carolina), and they throw WAY too many goal-line fades.