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re: Does anyone still think Les was a better hire than Jimbo
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:15 pm to winston318
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:15 pm to winston318
Not hiring Jimbo Fisher when Saban left was the biggest colossal failure of Skip Bertman tenure as AD.
Instead we got Les Miles.
Instead we got Les Miles.
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Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:16 pm to Salmon
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Everybody hated Jimbo when he was here
wrong moron
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:16 pm to TigerFanatic76
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Not hiring Jimbo Fisher when Saban left was the biggest colossal failure of Skip Bertman tenure as AD.
Fans would have melted down.
This is revisionist history.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:17 pm to ironsides
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Wasn't a clinic in the 1st half
Freshman QB making his first start with O-line that got obliterated. It's not how you start, it's how you finish.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:18 pm to ironsides
The problem for jimbo at the time was he had no head coaching experience. That doesn't always work well ala will muschamp. Fisher actually had some struggles early at fsu but they stuck with him and he's gotten better as a coach and always had the ability to coach quarterbacks well. The result has clearly been good for fsu.
This post was edited on 9/5/16 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:20 pm to winston318
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Does anyone still think Les was a better hire than Jimbo
what has he done, in a weaker conference?... How many titles?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:20 pm to Salmon
Does anyone still think Les was a better hire than Jimbo
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Not hiring Jimbo Fisher when Saban left was the biggest colossal failure of Skip Bertman tenure as AD.
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Fans would have melted down.
This is revisionist history.
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Sir, I suppose you forgot how we melted with Les Miles was announced as Saban's replacement. BTW, we melted with Saban was hired. We're LSU fans we melt for everything when we don't get our way.
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Not hiring Jimbo Fisher when Saban left was the biggest colossal failure of Skip Bertman tenure as AD.
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Fans would have melted down.
This is revisionist history.
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Sir, I suppose you forgot how we melted with Les Miles was announced as Saban's replacement. BTW, we melted with Saban was hired. We're LSU fans we melt for everything when we don't get our way.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:21 pm to TigerDog83
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The problem for jimbo at the time was he had no head coaching experience.
What did Les change during his first 2 years. It was Jimbo's offense. I don't think Les even brought 1 coach with him from Oklahoma State
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:24 pm to patnuh
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I'll be honest and say I was glad to see Jimbo go..
same here...his offense used to frustrate the shite out of me.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:24 pm to TigerFanatic76
Yeah it's clear now that we probably would have been better off with Jimbo than Les.
That said, at the time, Jimbo had no HC experience so it would have been a big gamble. I can definitely see and agree with the argument for not hiring an unproven HC.
I'm more mad about the more recent time we could've had a proven Jimbo and screwed it up. I really hope we're not kicking ourselves years down the road knowing we could've had Jimbo but passed. Hopefully we can get someone in power that can make amends and go get Fisher this year, assuming he has any interest whatsoever in us remaining.
That said, at the time, Jimbo had no HC experience so it would have been a big gamble. I can definitely see and agree with the argument for not hiring an unproven HC.
I'm more mad about the more recent time we could've had a proven Jimbo and screwed it up. I really hope we're not kicking ourselves years down the road knowing we could've had Jimbo but passed. Hopefully we can get someone in power that can make amends and go get Fisher this year, assuming he has any interest whatsoever in us remaining.
This post was edited on 9/5/16 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:24 pm to mattz1122
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Most people at the time didn't realize the issue on offense was Les and not Jimbo.
INSIDE INFO ALERT:
Used to work out with the QB coach at Nicholls who was a good friend of Jimbos when he lived here. I asked him what went down and essentially he said - in his last year here, in a big SEC game (forgot which one) Les started overriding Jimbo's calls and Jimbo got PISSED. They ended up having a very huge shouting match over it and then Jimbo really started looking for a way out.
This post was edited on 9/5/16 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:26 pm to winston318
Jimbo did more QB development at halftime than Les and Cam have in 3 years. Sucks to think how things would have been had JBE and Alexander stayed out of process.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:27 pm to Spankum
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same here...his offense used to frustrate the shite out of me.
I mean, take out the 2006 Auburn game, and what was so frustrating? I honestly can't recall.
2003 LSU set records in passing. 2005, I think the Tigers won 10 straight? 2006 was the best LSU team I've ever seen, Florida game was just bad luck — the goal line plays and Chevis Jackson's muff punt (biggest play of the game, IMO)
This post was edited on 9/5/16 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:27 pm to theunknownknight
Auburn?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:28 pm to theunknownknight
Jimbo's guys on the staff in 06 knew going into the Sugar Bowl they were all moving on.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:31 pm to mattz1122
had to look it up - yeah it was Auburn. They had a throw down and Jimbo was done.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:39 pm to WackyChris
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what has he done, in a weaker conference?... How many titles?
He is in a weaker conference, but he has only had one of the longest winning streaks of all time at 29 games that included an undefeated NC season where he knocked off the SEC in the NC (something no other coach could do). He is 11-1 against his rivals Florida and Miami. And he is 7-1 against the SEC including 2-0 against them in bowl games.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 11:03 pm to Salmon
quote:Yep. Sure did.
Sure you did
Posted on 9/6/16 at 8:52 pm to Big EZ Tiger
I was at that game. Twas a thing of beauty.
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