re: Don't fret, LSU fans...this run by Alabama will end soon...

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Who has given them a pass? A friend of mine who is a bammer was not happy that winston left the state

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I guess for me it's just a Les doesn't really let kids go out of state more than the next guy. I've always thought he's done really well in state. As good as Saban did when he was here. And has really only had one average/non top 10 recruiting class since he's been here.

Anywho, my bad for coming across as a jerk earlier. I just get fired up.

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What do you think are the 2 or 3 major changes that Les needs to make to catch up to Alabama and keep ahead of Auburn, Ole Miss and Texas A&M?

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Thanks for the words of encouragement. I'm hoping you're on target, even though I hate to think Saban has to move or retire before LSU can catch Bama. It's just that seems like it's the reality we're facing.

So that being said, I think there are several things Coach Miles can do to step back from the abyss and bring LSU back to the center of football relevance.

1. Keep recruiting and repair that fence around Louisiana's talent.

2. Take a cold, hard look at his assistant coaching staff and evaluate the desired performance versus the reality. Make changes as needed. It's my feeling that OL and conditioning are two areas that need immediate help, along with LB. If that means shaking up the staff and moving some out, then do it. And sooner rather than later. Loyalty to staff members is not necessarily the same as loyalty to LSU. That may be hard for him. And likewise, look at non-performing or low-performing players and make adjustments as needed.

3. Today somebody raised a question about scheduling so many cupcakes and whether this is good for LSU, citing how much pressure LSU had in 2011 but how well LSU rose to the occasion and had a dominating season. A hard look at future scheduling might really help shape things for LSU's betterment.

4. It's been noticed that often when some play or someone is successful in a game or series of games, that someone or that play often disappears. Realizing that is partly anecdotal, it is also partly true. Wondering why? Should that be looked at more closely?

5. LSU has been criticized by many of us for "taking the foot off the pedal" and allowing opponents to hang around too long. As a result, many games that should be sure wins for LSU become close-scoring nail-biters for at least part of the game - most recent example is the halftime score for the LSU-Furman game. It has been happening this way so many seasons that it seems it's happening by design. If it is by design, that design need to go away. Permanently. LSU needs to keep the pressure up offensively and defensively for the entire game. I think it would also help morale, not to mention raise the excitement level for fans and be another incentive for those in the stadium to remain in the stadium for the whole game.

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Chicken

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Dear Mr. Chicken,

Given the quoted statements:

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Saban won't be there forever

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that's a decline

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Would you be willing to state, on the record, your admission of A/THE decline in the football program?

Also would you admit, in writing, that the LSU football's success is primarily contingent on nick saban leaving bama?

Your post smells of more explicit answers to these questions, but it seems you kind of tiptoed around it a bit.

Good post. Now good luck convincing the young tards who think post count is equal to dick size.

- Dominating OL and DL - where's the beef?

- Aggressive Shut Down Defense

- Nail the Recruiting Fence back around Louisiana

How do you know what input, whether positive or negative Les had on the offensive play calling? Just curious.

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My biggest take from this season thus far is that we are getting our asses kicked in the trenches. No matter who we play or OL and DL are getting pushed around all over the field. I believe if any changes should be made it needs to to start there.

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I agree with this.

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In the 1995 season, after Nebraska blew out undefeated Florida, 62-24 in the Fiesta Bowl to win their second straight title, I remember thinking that Nebraska had this dominant program that would never be dethroned. Two years later, he retired, and Nebraska's program has been on a roller coaster ever since

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To be fair here. That is when it was time to stop running the option Osborne ran and start recruiting O-lineman that could pass block as well. The game was changing and Nebraska HAD to get on board. Just sayin.

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If he doesn't leave this year to take the Texas job

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If he wins another NC he will go.

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he will probably be retiring in the near future.

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Texas would be his last job. BUT if he stays at Bama, it would be for another three to 4 years and then settle in on the porch with a beer near his dads filling station in West Virgina.

So u are saying we need a new DB coach?

That does nothing to ease my feelings of dread over the next two games. LSU has in the past quit after the a Bama loss.