What bothers you more?

the offense

The non existent offense with no identity that is responsible for our win/loss record.

It isn't the numbers (W:L).

For the team, it is everything leading up to it. The list is so long it would keep me from going to bed, and I am tired. I'll simplify it down to one thing: coaching.

Let me give a short example. I saw a girls school soccer team with a faculty coach achieve an 0-10-1 record one year. The next year with a different volunteer coach that same team (with a little bit better talent) had a record of 8-1-2, losing only to the league champion. The following year the team had even better talent, and upgraded to a professional coach (with National team qualifications) to finish with a 4-4-3 record. Over three years that team didn't change dramatically talent-wise. Nor did their competition. What changed was the coach. In that middle year, one coach either got incredibly lucky or knew how to forge a team, teach technique, and get the players to play as coached.

Admittedly this is a small sample, but highly illustrative. What it says is that coaching is more important to the outcome than any other single factor, even talent. Les has plenty of talent, but compared to some of his peers (I use the term loosely), he doesn't know what to do with it. His judgment picking coordinators is horrible. And he doesn't appear to know how to forge his coordinators and coaches into a team within a team.

The record is just an indicator of the quality of coaching.

1. The offense. The playcalling, the lack of using talent, benching the playmaker. I just don't get what we do on offense. Why call a screen pass to the middle of the field with 40 seconds left?? Why call a pass play in FG range besides running up the middle to set up for the FG?? We didn't mix anything up, is Holliday in the game? Well he's going to get the ball and run to the outside. Option to the short side of the field, this was called every game and it didn't work once.

2. Defense getting tired. Some of this has to do with the offense not knowing how to get a first down, but the defense has given up 2 potential game winning drives against Penn St and Arkansas. LSU used to have a defense that would kill any game winning drives, we need that defense back. This bend but don't break scheme doesn't work if you have a shitty offense, the D is tired by the 4th Q.

3. Not putting a complete game together. Under Miles, LSU rarely puts together a complete game. Auburn may be the exception to this. But for the most part, LSU either comes out flat in the first half, and plays lights out in the second or vice versa. LSU does not play hard for all 4 quarters.

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the lack discipline

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How many drives were killed because of false starts, illegal procedure etc.? This a lack of discipline...a coaching problem.
How many drives were killed by dropped passes? This a lack of execution...player problem.

How many drives were killed by some dumb play calling or the meerkat? almost everytime we punted...coaching

How many drives were killed due to sacks, because the QB didn't know when throw or run?...coaching

The blocking schemes were confusing to the OL....coaching

Lack of discipline is coaching
Lack of execution is players
The lack of discipline far outweighed the lack of execution this year.

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the lack discipline and the non existent offense that has no identity.

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