Which aspect of next year’s football team will create a bigger impact for the tigers on the field?
Will it be the new coaching trio created with the additions of new Defensive Coordinator Kevin Steele or Defensive Line Coach Ed Orgeron?
With the coaching additions, LSU will see a change in scheme. Steele is known for a 3-4 style defense, but LSU has been running the 4-3 during Miles’ time here. Steele says that a good team can run both styles, but being able to adapt a new scheme to the front seven will take time for the tigers to adjust to. This statement is truer for the defensive line than any other position on this side of the football.
Ed Orgeron coming in for the defensive line position have the tigers hoping for an increase in pressure for a defensive line that has not had a double-digit sack leader from the line in several seasons. Bringing in an enthusiastic coach, who both the LSU and Baton Rouge community love, is expected to give LSU’s defense and added spark that is has not had before.
The additions of Steele and Orgeron has formed a  “recruitment trio” at Louisiana State University. Although when asked at the introductory press conference if this makes them a recruiting dream team, Coach Miles didn’t think so. “Well if we had basketball stuff to wear,” Miles said.
In short, this coaching trio is expected to bring great things to the university, but another possible impact could be the change at quarterback.
Seeing quarterback Anthony Jennings finish the season with a sub-par performance, tiger nation is roaring for a change at the position. But the main question is, which change will create immediate success for LSU?
Although likely to transfer somewhere else, Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller would bring talent to the quarterback position for LSU that it has not had since JeMarcus Russell (at least the college Russell).
It’s not just the fact that the quarterback must play better for himself that makes an upgrade important, but the players around the offense as well. LSU is returning wide receiver Travin Dural and running back Leonard Fournette, who could be a Heisman contender next year. Also, LSU has already been successful in receiving a verbal commitment from the number two wide receiver in Tyron Johnson.
Simply put, the quarterback must perform considerably better than this season for LSU to have a chance to win the National Championship next year.
To answer the question, however, the coaching trio will most likely have the bigger impact than a quarterback upgrade. Converting a talented LSU defense to a hybrid scheme will make it more difficult to game plan against, and the recruitment impact Steele and Orgeron will potentially have creates greater opportunities to bring in talent for the university.