Steve Sarkisian and Washington earned my respect

**MartinBlank** · 09-06-09, 12:45 PM

Z....if I were you I would be worried about LSU's defense.

They gave up almost 500 yards to a team that was 0-12 last year.

Washington was 11-19 on third down conversions.

You guys only sacked Locker one time.

Not a good showing by Chavis.

**ZBOIZ** · 09-06-09, 12:48 PM

Not a good showing at all by Chavis. He had us playing zone all night with no pressure on the QB. I tell you what....I dont know if Chavis will be playing this zone all year or he was playing vanilla like the offense but if this is the future defense for us a zone than were in trouble

**ZBOIZ** · 09-06-09, 12:50 PM

I think the offense was just trying not to show to much.

But the defense is another story. I just dont know what to expect because Chavis is a unknown

**Jimmydafreak** · 09-06-09, 12:53 PM

Originally posted by ZBOIZ

First off I would like to say that Sarkisian has that program believing. I give credit to him and that staff. He that program wrapped around his finger. He had a great gameplan yesterday and attacked it. That game goes to show you that if you have a good coach with a great gameplan you can be competitive.

Now off to my Tigers. I dont know what the hell Les Miles was thinking yesterday. He had our team looking so vanilla. Our offense had handcuffs on them. They were not showing nothing at all. We did not see highly touted Russel Sheppard!! What the hell is up with that ?? That goes to show me that I rerally believe Les Miles came into this game thinkking lets not show the nation and SEC what we are going to do. We came into that game with a gameplan to run the ball. It made me sick to my stomach to see that.Also our defense played like they were holding back. It kind of looked like a preseason game to me. They only blitzed in the 1st quarter and that was it. Everything else was straight zone coverage. I honestly think LES MILES TOOK WASHINGTON FOR GRANTED AND FELT LIKE WE DONT HAVE TO OPEN UP OUR PLAYBOOK TO BEAT THEM . THEY DID'NT SHOW OUR BIG TIME FRESHMANS RUEBEN RANDLE AND RUSSEL SHEPARD!!

BUT DAMN THAT STADIUM WAS ROCKING!!

I totally agree that Les Miles kept it very vanilla by design last night. There is no question they'll show more diversity when the schedule gets tougher.

**Jimmydafreak** · 09-06-09, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by ZBOIZ

Not a good showing at all by Chavis. He had us playing zone all night with no pressure on the QB. I tell you what....I dont know if Chavis will be playing this zone all year or he was playing vanilla like the offense but if this is the future defense for us a zone than were in trouble

I also believe the defese was vanilla by design. Chavis is a proven defensive coordinator. I have no doubt we'll see him making the most of the many athletes he has at his disposal in the future.

**ZBOIZ** · 09-06-09, 01:06 PM

I believe you Jimmy and that was my thought the whole game, but I just thought I was being a homer by thinking like that. But I do have to believe that 100% on the offensive side of the ball. But also Chavis have to be better because he would'nt have lasted in this league for so many years with that style.