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The chances that you or me know something about college football that a offense staff with maybe 75 years of experience between them living and breathing the game 24-7 with the team is probably a 1000 to one or more.

I guarantee you that there are things I (and other people on this site) know about about college football that the offensive staff doesn't know. That's the nature of individual experience. That's why synergistic systems are effective. That's why good coaches often ask for player feedback. I'd bet there are plenty of people on this site who have much broader knowledge (therefore -- a different perspective) on certain things regarding the landscape of college football because coaches are focused on their specific team, conference, and region. That doesn't mean there is a lot of insight on this board. I don't think there is, but occasionally there are good ideas expressed.

One thing that many people on the Rant got right was Kendell Beckwith at MLB. Many had him tabbed as the better player well before the season. Your response to that might be some type of authoritative rationalization about KB not being ready to be a full-time player until the exact time the coaches put him in that role. If so, I would disagree.

Many people here wanted Brandon Harris to play vs. Texas A&M. Les Miles admitted that he made a mistake not playing Harris in that game. How do you square a situation like that, Groupee? Is Miles wrong in saying that he is wrong?

To clarify -- I'm not saying coaches should look to the Rant for advice. But, people are obviously going to give their opinion about LSU football on this site. Evidently, you don't like critical opinions, but for you to try to shut people down with a coaches-are-omniscient argument is silly, and sheds light on a disturbingly servile mindset. Humility is generally a good quality, but not when it is taken to the point of cutting off free thought.

Your appeal to authority logic is probably tied in with some feelings of reflected glory about LSU football. If that's how you want to enjoy football, fine. But not everyone is like you. Other people like to talk about different aspects of football. I like to talk about personnel, strategy, history, health/nutrition, etc. Should I just resign myself to not having my own opinions? Should I just let my mind be guided by fallacious appeals to authority (perhaps conditioned to do so by years of religious indoctrination and/or other forms of authoritative conditioning)? Well, I choose not to kowtow through life like that.

This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 9:56 am