The changes Steve Ensminger will bring to LSU’s offense has been, probably, the biggest mystery of LSU’s 2018 offseason.
We’ve all heard the buzzwords and cliches about “the spread,” multi-receiver sets, RPOs, tempo — even the classics “multiple” and “aggressive,” which coaches always trot out in these situations because, well...explaining what an offense really is doesn’t fit in a sound-bite, and most media outlets aren’t interested in (or don’t really understand) the game at a high enough level to really capture it all in a way that the average fan will understand.
If you’re a long-time reader of this site, you’ve heard me talk about how an offense isn’t just a collection of plays or formations — “the spread” is a formation, not an offense, and all that — it’s more about an overall approach to attacking a defense, and how you counter their efforts to stop it.