LSU Tigers’ offensive line has been more than impressive throughout. With Joe Sloan in the driver’s seat, the offense delivered some quality scoreboards earlier in the season. But in the last three games, there has been a visible slump. In LSU’s terrible day against the Gators, the offense made some blunders sliding into the red zone and pass protection. Key quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has also been a little off the place, showing signs of some serious turnover issues. The run game dropped down, and the playcalling has stirred some debate. To fix the situation at its best, Brian Kelly chimed in and continued to be a third wheel in Soan’s area of operation, which is arguably drawing a negative impact on his assistant’s work ease.

When Brian Kelly arrived at LSU, he handed the quarterback responsibility to Sloan. The results were huge. From making Jayden Daniels a Heisman name to maximizing Nussmeier’s potential, Sloan put on his best. He eventually got the OC’s job in December once Mike Denbrock jumped ship to Notre Dame. The 37-year-old has become an instant sensation for his quality coaching and the hands-on recruiting trail. But after one of his greatest catches, Bryce Underwood ditched the Tigers, and the team decamped from their earlier offensive brilliance; it seems Kelly ain’t trusting Sloan enough.

Addressing the head coach’s growing interference into the offense, insider T-Bob Hebert noted, ‘‘I mean him (Brian Kelly) busting out the playsheet, it’s a tough look for your boy. Because we have never seen it before, you know, all of a sudden there’s talking, well I am the head coach, I want to be involved things aren’t going well like, I want to this and so….”

Also, as Sloan has been the key architect behind bringing class 2025 5-star QB Bryce Underwood, he shouldered most of the blame after Underwood surrendered to Michigan’s consistent lure. That said, the offensive coach has other options in case of a potential job loss or if he wants to move on from the Tigers amidst the HC’s heightened scrutiny.

Sloan has been tabbed as an ideal fit for East Carolina’s head coaching vacancy. Whether he will take it or not is another debate, but Kelly will be firm in his playcalling, sliding without any guilt.

Brian Kelly justified his over-influence with a head coach responsibility theory

Kelly won’t mind if he offends his assistant or not. All he knows is that as a head coach of the program, he has all the right to get involved at anything at any given point, especially when things go wrong. Justifying the lack of trust in the staff, Kelly said he has faith in his coaching crew, but when they lose a game, he has to understand what the issues are. So, there’s no sin in over-involvement when it’s only for the collective good.

Junior right guard Emery Jones Jr. even spilled that Kelly has often been with the offense during the practice lately. ”He’s just been a little more hands up with us,” said Jones. You might call it disrespect to his assistant staff, but Kelly deemed it him taking extra responsibility as he is the one to take all the bumps after a win. ”You can’t sit and say well, ‘it’s the coordinators,” Kelly said.

Although his extra scrutiny didn’t bring any change to the Tigers’ red zone issue, they will possibly retrospect and play hard the last two weeks.