Supporting the team VS. agreeing with decisions

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I pay good money for seats, parking and paraphernalia, I deserve to voice my opinion and not sit down and shut up.

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No. You buy a ticket and you DESERVE to be able to see the game live from a seat in the stadium.

You CAN "boo". But, it reveals you as a worthless, immature dick-head.




Just enjoy the 5-0 team ranked #1 in the nation and cheer. Sheeeesh. You do not need to agree with every decision or play call. You don't need to act like a child with no impulse control, either.

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I don't condone the booing, but I understand the frustration.

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Yeah, we 5-0, 16-2 in our last 18 games, #1 in the nation, and our coach is winning games at the highest rate EVER at LSU for a coach here a few years....it's easy to be frustrated with that kinda chit going on with our program.

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ETA: I don't condone the booing, but I understand the frustration.

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Frustration?? Anyone who thinks Lee gives us a better chance of converting a 4th and 1 on a QB sneak the JJ is borderline retarded.

People are upset JJ played period the end and boo'd the fact that he got in the game. If Mettenberger would have line up to take the QB sneak, no one wouldve boo'd

i haven't heard or read one person just saying shut up and support the decisions. if you are against JJ going in, speak up. but booing him at the game as he enters the game after what he's been through as a person is shite. and it does no good at all. i think other fans have a right to trash those that did boo also. in other words, there is a time and place to express one's opinions and booing a player just isn't a mature action. i hope we can move on and get past this crap.

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I commend the original poster for identifying the key dysfunction that afflicts this board and tranforms an otherwise enjoyable forum into a bloodletting. It's the extremists. For example, there is a certain niche of fanatical Miles devotees on this board who simply will not and constitutionally cannot tolerate any criticism of the head coach, no matter how well articulated or well founded. Rather than responding to the particular point the critic is making, said ideologue usually retorts with one of the following two gambits:

(1) The Papal Premise. Any choice Miles makes is correct by definition, simply because he made it. Miles is infallible because he (a) is the head coach; (b) has coached for many years; (c) attends practice; (d) is a "good/honorable/stand-up/dignified/decent" man; or my personal favorite (e) makes millions of dollars. Miles is not responsible for any negative on-field or off-field developments, but will be accorded full and unmitigated credit for any and all victories. Any criticism of Miles constitutes unpardonable heresy, no matter how obviously correct. I swear there are people who lurk for hours with angrily clenched sphincters, eagerly awaiting a post that even smacks of good faith criticism, so that they can unveil some new version of this same nonsense.

(2) The Ad Hominem Attack. The original critic is an inferior, morally reprehensible, and inadequate Tiger fan. A "true" fan would not utter any blasphemous words against the program or the head coach. The criticism in question will invariably destroy LSU's recruiting, undermine team morale, contribute to the decline of modern America, and result in eternal damnation of the immortal soul. Les Miles, upon hearing the criticism, will depart for some utopia - the University of Elysian Fields - where he will never be criticized by the fan base. In his absence, LSU will be unable to hire any qualified successor and will immediately revert to the Curly Hallman era.

There is no real way to respond to such sycophants. Obviously, no coach is infallible, as history has amply demonstrated. Our last two coaches (Miles and Saban), have made plenty of errors, many of which could be readily identified by anyone with functioning senses and a passing knowledge of the game. Similarly, expressing reasoned dissatisfaction with the program isn't high treason.

There are other categories of extremist at work here as well. There are the JJ extremists. The JLee extremists. The apathy extremists. A small but vocal hardcore anti-Miles contingent who want him fired now. It's all tiresome.

you can voice your opinion here, there and all you want. there are plenty of venues to do that. Hell, I do it on here all the time.
But booing the team to their face on national TV crosses a line that I believe is not helpful.

Of the people who booed, the majority were booing JJ. This notion that they were booing "the decision" is preposterous.

Face it--the fan base fricked up. Apologize for being a bunch of douchebags, cheer for him v. Florida and all will be forgiven.

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I pay good money for seats, parking and paraphernalia, I deserve to voice my opinion and not sit down and shut up.

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So you pay .000000000009 % of the money miles and crew rakes in and suddenly you're his boss? You are not entitled to anything other than seeing the game live. You people sound like whinny liberal douchebags with this argument.