re: Lessons from Les' decision to play JJ exclusively after Bama 1 and on 1/9/2012

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And given that Les is blind or stubborn, or both, it's going to be a long, upsetting and frustrating season from here on out.

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Bravo! You have captured the heart of what I have been saying and saying since 1/9 (and those three JJ games before that). *CLM has done some great things; LSU's record under his management his been stellar. His coaching, however, has not been stellar. He is a manager rather than a leader. Anybody who does not know the difference is not going to agree. But in more concrete terms, Steve Spurrier is not simply a manager, Steve Spurrier as a coach is an innovative leader - esp. when he was at UF. Urban Myer is not a manager; he is a leader. Mack Brown seems to be more a manager, and *CLM is more like him.

None of this is good for LSU and I'm pretty sure that unless something radically changes in less than one week, LSU could well be 5-5 going into the Ole Miss game, and maybe barely bowl eligible for Arkansas if we beat Ole Miss.

There is too much raw talent on this team for the kind of output we have been seeing. In a nutshell, I think the problem is that *CLM does not know how to develop that raw talent to the next level, esp. on the offensive side. And from what I can see, he does not seem to foster a coaching culture at LSU in which he is willing to allow the other coaches on staff to do that for him.

Not good for LSU.