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re: So O threw another group of players under the bus

Posted on 10/5/17 at 12:59 am to
Posted by Ed Osteen
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 12:59 am to
You are missing the point
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57538 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:00 am to
No major head coach would completely abandon faith in his kickers going into the hardest stretch of their schedule. It’s pretty fricking simple, even if you are thinking it, you don’t say it to the media.

He’s not cut to be a head coach, he’s a an idiot in over his head that got offered a ton of money
Posted by PaperTiger
Ruston, LA
Member since Feb 2015
23008 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:02 am to
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Unlike Saban and Belicheck


I get your point. I thought it was just funny to use Belicheck because of the current discussion. "kickers arent football players"
Posted by PaperTiger
Ruston, LA
Member since Feb 2015
23008 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:03 am to
Never said Kiel was
Posted by PaperTiger
Ruston, LA
Member since Feb 2015
23008 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:05 am to
I get the point. O shouldn't be head coach. There we agree. But if people want to bitch about what he said about recruiting "the best kicker in the country" because our now combined kicking team is 3-7, then we want O gone for different reasons
Posted by Just_Fight_Baby
Haunting the Indian Mounds
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:05 am to
Savage
Posted by jmaginnis
Prairieville
Member since Apr 2012
138 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 6:15 am to
It's to challenge them. You either man up and prove him wrong or wither away. Glad O did this
Posted by ranger350
CutOff
Member since Jul 2011
857 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 6:20 am to
why not say it, you have to be blind not to see it. maybe it will light a fire in their butts to actually make a kick.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
59239 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 6:25 am to
bullshite. You don't do it in public the way he did it. It's SOP for crude, good ole boy O though. I'm not surprised the low I.Q. set get off on this.
Posted by justice
Member since Feb 2006
54624 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 6:33 am to
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Glad O did this
Then you are an a-hole. Yeah its great he tore down their confidence to the media without giving them the best chance to succeed. They don't have a damn special teams coach for Christ sake. the kickers are set up to fail by Coach O.
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88913 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 6:56 am to
Was Kiel one of his players that he needed to perform at a high level? I think you’re missing the fact that a kicker is the most mentally driven position on the field. If they don’t have 0 confidence in what they’re doing then they’re done for. Roberto Aguayo is a good example

If people honestly do t understand what he did wrong here, then you’ve never been in a locker room before. Comments like this will lose your players in an instant. Hell they were probably halfway there with the Brosette comment
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 7:00 am
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
56838 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 7:00 am to
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Funny how we “have no kicker” magically at the start of O’s tenure where he strategically chose to not have a dedicated special teams coach.


Special teams coaches don't really coach kickers. Kickers get their instruction from specialists outside of the program.

I honestly don't mind this comment for a position group vs. a specific player. It could have a positive effect if used properly.

However, for kickers it just doesn't make sense. Kickers aren't just going to try harder and be better. And, as previously stated, you can't really coach them up. This is an excuse.

Separate from that he is right. The stage is too big for Gonsulin. The duck hook against Troy was ridiculous. That doesnt happen to a kicker who is calm and zeroed in. It happens to a guy who is struggling to compose himself.
Posted by BayouCowboy
Member since Dec 2012
14523 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 7:17 am to
I was willing to give O a chance and hoped that he could at least manage good coordinators, handle the basic day to day operations and get the team moving in the right direction. It has become abundantly clear he does not know how to manage his coaches or his players.

There are obviously a lot of variables affecting this season with the new offense, injuries, youth at positions like WR, DB, LB . . . but, none of that excuses the level of drop off, the lack of intensity and inability to adjust. There is plenty of blame to go around from players to coordinators. Ultimately it lays directly at the feet of the HC. He is failing and he is failing in epic fashion.
Posted by I20goon
about 7mi down a dirt road
Member since Aug 2013
13219 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 7:25 am to
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Special teams coaches don't really coach kickers. Kickers get their instruction from specialists outside of the program.
true, for the most part. Camps, workshops, etc.
quote:

I honestly don't mind this comment for a position group vs. a specific player. It could have a positive effect if used properly.
Agreed. But I'm more leaning towards a player vs. player consideration not position. Some players show leadership tendencies, they are open to it and it will not destroy them and probably motivate them.

The there are some positions, as you are stating, that just need to be ready for it. QB for instance. Me personally I think your top OL, S/CB, and a LB need to be "chosen" and designated to be open to it. By all means, prepare them, let them know ahead of time.

Noting there are lines here. There's mentioning ("______ needs to do _______ better"), criticizing ("________ is not doing _________ very well") and throwing under the bus ("_________ isn't performing and cost us the game"). Mentioning or criticizing is different than throwing under the bus. I see some innocuous stuff called "thrown under the bus" around here; for Orgeron, Miles, and other coaches. You should never blame a player for a loss, period. That is throwing a player under the bus. And it is NEVER true. No one play ever decides a game; there's many other plays that led to that one.

I agree with you on Kickers, just leave them out of the public eye. If a Kicker wants to be criticized publicly, let them do the speaking.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 7:27 am to
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This has better be the #1 class in the country with the way he’s hanging his hopes on recruiting.


Going to be our worst class in a decade
Posted by BlackPot
Member since Oct 2016
2072 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 7:28 am to
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So O threw another group of players under the bus



Miles danced around every question and everyone hated it. EVERYONE. O tells you the problem, now everyone acts sensitive when he just tells you the issue. I see why everyone hates the LSU fans.
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88913 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 7:28 am to
You’re kidding
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56561 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 7:31 am to
Other NCAA coaches power thru and win games w bad kicking, Others coach them to be better.

We demean ours publicly.
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
44200 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:01 am to
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I agree if you are talking QB or something. I mean we are talking about the kicker though. The friggin field goal kicker.


So you're admitting that you have no fricking clue how important the kicking game is in football.

Got it.
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 8:09 am
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66579 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:07 am to
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how important the kicking game is in football.



ask Bobby Bowden
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