My concerns are that we may have brought in a coach that has reached his ceiling as far as leadership and player development. The fire that fueled him after his dismissal at Georgia seems to have simmered. I know we will not win every game but I really expected us to be better prepared, more disciplined, more focused, more efficient and more competitive. Forget about swag, LSU took this team's confidence QUICKLY! We are regressing as a team. That falls on Richt and the coaches. This is his third year and we have regressed.
He is also a coach that continues to start players that have also reached their ceiling and development. I do believe that players tend to follow the persona of their coach. I saw very little emotion, one way or another from Richt on Sunday. As if he was on a beta blocker.
Orgeron was the opposite. Not saying Orgeron is a better coach than Richt, but he certainly was Sunday and he was more passionate. HE didn't even second guess going for it on 4th downs. LSU showed up to win that game. They beat us with a QB that had been in camp 30 days, with suspended starters, with injured players, with three injured starters hurt during the game, with no **** timeouts halfway through the first quarter and with upper class players that up to the game, had not contributed to LSU. That's what we were spotted and we were not able to overcome. Not even close.
We have lost four in a row and if it was not for Savannah State on the schedule next, I am not sure how confident I would be going into Toledo on the road.