re: Excoriating Les Miles

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Spoiled LSU Tiger football fans

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bullshite

2 years with the offense being ranked in the triple digits and fans that fork over big Money are pissed...

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THIS

Plus: WTF, a guy writes a book about grilling in front of football stadiums and he thinks he's Grantland F'ing Rice.

OK, I'll play the game. I gave up a couple of weeks ago.

In football, statistics are irrelevant when compared to Wins versus Losses. That is all that matters. Do you think fans in Arkansas today would trade all of Mallet's gaudy numbers in exchange for swamping tricky nicky and the boys from UAT (Tuscaloosa for those who cannot keep up)? I think they would.

Right now, all things equal, LSU, Toilet-Paper Corners (Aubbie), and UAT control the West. Until they play, nothing else matters. Do you think the fans in Ft. Smith and Little Rock would trade the 6'6" redneck's passing numbers for being in first place? I think they would. Better yet, I think they should. I'd gladly root for a team that was 120th in the country that got to plant the LSU flag in the center of the Georgia Dome come December.

I'll admit it: I hold my breath every time LSU drops back to pass. But Pimp is right. Les and Billy are playing their best hand in 9. Blame Perrilloux. Blame the LA Dodger's. Doesn't matter. 9 is a good kid. The team is winning. Warner gets this one right, too. How can we / you / us as LSU people collectively BOO a 4 - 0 team? What the hell?

LSU FANS PLEASE - quit the incessant complaining and appreciate the Tigers for what they are. GREAT in 3.0 parts of the game (Defense = 1 part, Spec Teams = 1 part, and Running game = 1 part). Top 5, Top 5, and Top 15, respectively in the nation. The passes will come. The drops will stop. This team will win games. How do I know this? Because the SEC comes down to two questions every year: Can you play D? Can you run the ball? If your team can answer two yes's there, you have a shot at the ATL in December. LSU can say yes to both. This suggests to me that Les knows more than we think. This team is far better coached this year than last. It is apparent. Poorly coached teams fold in the fourth quarter. This team so far has dug deep and toughed-out games in the 2nd half. I respect that even if it isn't pretty.

Why can't LSU people choose to be happy about 4 - 0 and just see how the season plays out?

The glass is 3/4 full fellas and ladies. Pimp has it right. So does Warner. Appreciate the team for what it is. LSU could be Ole Miss after all.

You REALLY think LSU is "great" in the running game? How much football do you watch?

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You seem to have an inside view of the practices. How bad does Lee look? I mean, all reports out of LSU are that JJ gets 75% of the snaps with the 1's, so in the 25% of the snaps that Lee gets, how many pick sixes are we talking about per practice?

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I don't claim to have personal knowledge, but I do know a few people and all of them have said JL looks great in practice, he makes quick decisions and has an accurate pass. Maybe I am being lied to but I don't see any reason for that.

With that said, practice is one thing, those green jersey's can make you feel unstoppable. Nobody will truly know what JL can bring to the offense until he is given a chance in a game. So let's stop trying to play coach without any information. Everyone seems to believe that if JJ keeps running the option upright like he does we will see JL anyway. In time we will have our answer, I just hope it isn't after 2 losses.

I think that is what makes everyone so frustrated, in CFB there is a sense of urgency that the NFL and other sports do not have to deal with. A team with the talent this one has displayed can have BCS championship dreams, one loss COULD kill those dreams. Les should let JL have some quality time now, if only so he has had some when he is called upon.

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LSU could be Ole Miss after all.

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I understand your point, but I have never understood the mindset of being satisfied with whatever you have because there is someone elsewhere who has it worse.

I do not want to fire Les or GC btw, but I would like to see JL get some time, even if it is only to have him ready if needed. I cannot see the intelligence is letting him have 2 passes in mop up duty over 4 games and then if he has to come in for an injured JJ at UF he will be thrown to the wolves again.

I would also love to see Les leave GC alone with the game plan for 1 damn game and see what he does. I refuse to believe the guy who called an offense that set records at LSU is calling this crap without interference.

How do you know this?

Where is your crystal ball?

Do you know of injuries and suspensions and turnovers and all the unpredictable facets of the the games before they are played?

Sure, LSU could win 9 games.

They also could win 6.

But, they could make it all 13.

I don't know. Neither do you. Watch the games. That is all I am saying. Appreciate what they are more than we complain about what they are not.

We're ranked 35th in the country in rushing, not 20th... and none of the defenses we've faced were particularly special.

No, we haven't been anywhere near "great", genius.

Actually, I don't really look at statistics all that much.

I don't need to know what Bama's running game is ranked to know they are good.

So, I didn't know that LSU was ranked 35th. I guess they fell some after last week? I think they were ranked in the top 20 after MSU?

I guess I was mostly going off of this:
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I'll try this one more time, because I do think you are a smart guy after reading a lot of your posts the last four years.

How do you define "great"?

You obviously don't agree with my definition.

IS Ridley merely good or average in your book?

Ingram I would say is historic. Ridley is a great college back. How is this wrong?

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No one will argue that 4-0 (2-0 SEC) is a horrible situation to be in.

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:rotflmao: