re: ESPN- Brace yourself: Expect another year of LSU-Les Miles divorce talk

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Ok. But isn't les one of the best recruiters out there. I think so. Brandon was NOT why we lost. Our D line got demolished that game. And Ole Miss having a decent qb is an excuse. They were never in that game from the start. Think about it.

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1. He is a great recruiter, but nobody has perfect depth everywhere. We had Melvin Jones as the backup FB in 2014 and honestly, I thought he was better than Neighbors in the second half of the season. He got in trouble (academics I think), and was gone leaving us with Moore in his first year and freshman Mouton who played more receiving TE in high school than blocking. Shipley (a 280lb 6'5 TE) screwed us in the recruiting game with his BS and he would have been the replacement for our "#3 tackle" Gordon. Jeter is good at blocking, but he's only like 245 at best (listed at 6'7 244).

2. Harris was pretty bad vs Ole Miss but our blocking was horrific in the 3 losses all together. They gave him pretty much zero time.

3. Decent is not how I would describe Kelly. He put on a show last year and dominated LSU for 3 quarters passing and rushing. Then they ran the clock down. Yes I agree LSU was not in the game much (Hawkins was out so we started another true freshman on the OL), but hell, Fournette had a 56 yard run on like the 2nd play and then it was wiped out. Again, bad exchange 4th down on goal to go late in the game, cost us points as well. Ole Miss was up 38-17 with 3:29 left. Harris went 12/28 1 int from that point til the end of the game.

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The scheme is fine. The execution isnt.

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The scheme is not fine, the execution is not fine either. When the execution is poor yearly, why do we keep pointing to it instead of the actual scheme? My God it shouldn't have to take experienced 3rd year starting NFL level players at WR and QB (Mett played JUCO for a year) to have a decent passing game.

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Of course, had he stayed at LSU, he would of had that same run or better.

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I don't know if that's true. The Bama Saban is better than the LSU was Saban. imo

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very few would want Miles fired

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LSU might have the biggest fan disconnect with reality in college sports. The displeasure expressed, continually by some, with our football and baseball coaches even with both owning NC and high level of achievements, overall, is hard to understand. imo

Paul has taken LSU baseball to the CWS 50% of his time here with 5 SEC tourney titles, and a NC but we have fans who continue to 2nd guess almost his every move and post like he is clueless. Miles owns 2 NCG appearances, a NC, a 100% OOC regular season winning percentage after 11 yrs, the 2nd highest number of wins in power 5 football during his time here, and he is 2nd in SEC in winning percentage, .02 % behind the leader, but some act like he has to have help finding his way to the stadium on game day. Both have these achievements came while playing in the most competitive college conference in the NCAA. Something neither Skip nor Nick had to face in every game while coaching at LSU.

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My God it shouldn't have to take experienced 3rd year starting NFL level players at WR and QB (Mett played JUCO for a year) to have a decent passing game.

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It shouldn't, but this is Cam Cameron's background. He's an NFL guy who has worked with professional athletes for years and for years was running an offense that could be grasped because those guys were on a higher curve, no limits on practices, etc.

The problem is that when you run that offense, you HAVE to have a guy who can make the reads and audible away from a bad play when necessary. That's a tall order to ask of a guy who was playing high school ball two years ago. He does seem to be simplifying things for Brandon Harris, and we'll see how that works out, but our biggest problem by far for the last several years has been lack of depth.

2008 - redshirt freshman
2009 - true sophomore
2014 - true sophomore
2015 - true sophomore

2010-12 wasn't always pretty, and there were some horrifying moments, but we did manage to go 34-6 during that span. Then 2013 happened and we saw what this offense can look functional. Just give it time, guys. The next two years of Brandon Harris/Cam Cameron should be a joy to watch.

Should have happened this past offseason.

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Add a bowl win and it's a 10 win season.

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THE HORROR!!!!! How could any college ever settle for 10 wins a year with a bowl victory?

If Miles can't at least win 13 games a year and the NC then he should be run outta town immediately - am I right??

We should hire Art Briles today and show Miles the door. I for one am getting sick of being ranked in the top ten, being in the discussion for the playoffs and bringing in top 5 recruiting classes every year its time for a change damn it!!!!!!

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The only thing we need to get better at on offense is passing efficiency.

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red zone efficiency would be nice

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BASICALLY ESPN IS TRYING TO COOL THE RED HOT RECRUITING STREAK LSU HAS BEEN ON

AND YES IM SCREAMING




Everyone should do themselves a favor and never watch or read ESPN. I left that boat years ago and have been much better for it. Espn and the bama bias is real

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Do you realize how ridiculous it is that you're using three different qualifiers to limit the results? Since 2012, only four of fourteen SEC teams have better than a .600 winning percentage in overall conference play. LSU is one of them

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Yes, but that .600 is padded with a easy September schedule for the most part and it is a winning percentage in the .900 range. When it COUNTS Miles has failed!