Now that the dust has settled and sports writers, the media, fans and others had their say, as to what went wrong, there is nothing left to offer but observation. Local and State sports reporters (media or otherwise) have a tendency to over rate the strength of teams they cover so the fans objectivity seem to be lost in the excitement of the new season.
Many reporters before the season even began, thought the Tigers had a good chance to make the play offs because of the expanded playoff system. But winning is still the controlling factor. Some tried to suggest how Kelly would do in his 3rd. season at LSU, by what took place in Kelly's 3rd. season at other schools he coached. This writer believes that is a failed judgement, especially when your team now has to face 6 or 7 SEC teams each season.
LSU's running game by the RUNNING BACKS have not done well under Kelly. LSU's leading rusher the first two years was quarterback Daniels who also in Kelly's second season broke LSU's rushing and passing records. But that success did not improve LSU's won-loss record of the previous year. There was no good reason not to develop a running game with the RUNNING BACKS even with Daniels being there. So, LSU began this season without Daniels and a proven running game.
Coach Kelly has had two offensive coordinators and two defensive coordinators and other new coaches in his first three years. How could LSU be expected to be better this year with that situation? Who knows the quality of those coaches, how can there be consistency with those changes in such a short period of time? After 9 games no one knows the capabilities of those new coaches or what the future will look like. In this writer's judgement, LSU at the start of the season should have been rated as a "wait and see team" and said so in a PolitiDose commentary dated September 5, 2024 and that is the way this LSU team is shaking out so far.
Now the Tigers are off to Florida for another SEC game and we will soon find out if any progress has been made from the Alabama game.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
