Rational discussion on the game plan, season etc.

Sorry about telling so many negatigers (who, truthfully, are just fans expressing frustrations we all feel) to frick off. I'm just as bummed about the way this season was set up to be great- and then broke up- as the rest of us.

here's some thoughts; give arguments for/against. Please no "you're an idiot" if you disagree, instead explain why not.

1 Schedule hurt the development of the offense; I posted this weeks ago, and I think it showed true last night. Miles did a great job last season facing a murderer's row, but this season he faced a bunch of cupcakes. I think his approach (try to practice things against chumps) was sound, but it backfired with this team. Instead of Mett scorching North Texas and Idaho, he was exposed to blitzes and it threw off his confidence. The team developed a complex about making mistakes and got tight, and things snowballed until Florida smothered us. Yes or no

2 Last night's calls were strategic, not tactical. Strategic, win the war, vs tactical, win the battle. Winning the war meant something had to be done to relax the players and let them have fun, otherwise we would be offensive on offense all season. So going into Bama, the coaches told the players to go out and have fun. They were gonna run fake kicks, onside kicks, go for it on 4th down. Who gives a frick if it's Bama we're facing- we're LSU and that's how the Hat rolls. And you notice- the players came out and played that way. With a don't give a shite attitude, and took it to Bama. And once they figured out things could work, we finally saw the team (the program) we wanted LSU to be, win or lose. And really, despite risking a loss, the BCS was not up for grabs after losing to Fla (and there being 3 non-SEC undefeateds we can't jump, this late in the season). So why not just go play loose and have fun? In doing so, Miles might have lost the scoreboard against Bama, but also may have fixed the team (offense particularly) for the rest of the season. Yes or no

3 we restored our level of respect and got the 1/9 monkey off our back last night. I think we see that nationally, as we dropped only to 7th with the loss. 1/9 wasn't about Bama winning, it was about us not crossing midfield. After the BCS game, people were thinking we would lose 99 out of 100 if the game was replayed. After last night, nationally at least, I think everyone would say that Bama won on the scoreboard, but we're the team nobody would want to play. Yes or no

4 this performance (in a loss, in what some call a mediocre season), with so many young players making plays, might propel us to #1 next preseason, with an experienced offense returning. Yes or no