I’m just wondering how much control Gus will try to regain from Chip now that he’s locked in for the foreseeable future.
You can make an argument for it going either way. Regardless, I think it’s obvious he trusts Chip infinitely more than he ever trusted Rhett. I’d love for one of the reporters to ask him about if Rhett’s former job of “watching the safeties” ever really meant shit
I’m not sure about that. I’d be willing to bet it’s more a function of him being forced to trust Chip in order to retain his job.
Jay Jacobs was fired mid season and AU was still running the Chip offense during the two biggest games of the year. I think he respects Chip. Rhett was clearly just his bitch
Yeah I seriously doubt Jacobs was the driving force behind that whole deal anyway.
We’ll see. But assuming Stidham stays, I think we’ll see the exact same offense next season. Maybe even give Jarrett a little more autonomy too
Very possible. Will be interesting to watch it all unfold regardless.
Yeah a very possible theory would be that Gus got word from Arkansas that he was wanted and knew he was good to go either way and coached loose and free because he felt less pressure. That the pressure of being out of work, even with a buyout was humiliating and knowing he had a fallback make him confident.
I think Stidham stays for sure, and unless Pettway has got into something we aren't aware of, he is back as well. I also feel like KJ might feel like he might have something to prove (don't ask me what, he just seems like a finisher to me), and will stand up and be a true leader on next year's squad. My hopes are that the offense is in place to use Stidham's strengths and maybe we can get ahead of the game on tutoring MALIK into the next NM14. Just come up with an OL, and turn some sidebacks ($1 to SHUG) into safetys and I think it sets up nicely.
That wasn't Chip's offense Saturday. At least not after the 1st quarter.
Nope. Won't happen under Gus.
Yes it was. The over obsession with screen passes was totally Chip.
1st quarter LSU looked like chip. The next five games, especially the thuga and bammer games, looked like Chip.
Uga shut down the screens that burnt them before. That's good coaching.
Believe what you want. It really doesn’t matter. Both Chip and Gus called a gameplam that failed. They’re both at fault
I don't know if Gus took over play calling or not but his piss poor personnel management led to KJ being injured and zero backups ready to step in. Also, OL isn't championship level. There were plays called that had an over the middle route and Stidham didn't have time to hit them.
