re: hard working tigers are the ones who play

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I agree with this. Ridley did exactly what a leader should do.


This is just a WAG, but when Ridley says "work", I believe he's referring to the process of learning LSU's plays (i.e. homework). Anyone who cannot consistently evaluate the defense and adjust their responsibilities accordingly, won't play. That's my take. Again, disclaimer: WAG

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He might not even have meant anything other than a standard bland reply - it is unfortunate that many reporters/editors tend to rework such plain articles to provoke interest and discussion.

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Les and all coaches are human. They make mistakes sometimes and they play the wrong player

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Too often

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Ridley needs to shut up,

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So let me get this straight. You rantards jump all over Les' a$$ because he beats around the bush when answering a question. You want him to answer it clearly and directly. Now Ridley does just that: Answers a question frankly and honestly. And now you want him to shut up? Wow! Just Wow! Some of you people never cease to amaze me.

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Sorry if some of you like this, but as a former coach, I'd bench a player for openly talking negatively like this about another teammate.

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Maybe your statement explains why you are a former coach.

I am not judging Ridley's comments one way or the other, but you can't equate the way a coach should address the media to a player. Totally different.

Maybe Blue played over Ford because he is better.

Maybe?

And I like Ridley and hope he continues to lead the team in exactly this fashion, him having a pretty good game gives him the validity to lead this offense. An offense that desperately needs a leader.

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Ridley needs to shut up, because its not his place to be calling out a teammate 2 weeks into the season publicly. Sorry if some of you like this, but as a former coach, I'd bench a player for openly talking negatively like this about another teammate. He didn't need to bring up the hardER working shite

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As a former coach of seven year olds who went 1 and 5 (I had two great assistants who I had taught years before), my opinion means absolutely nothing here; however, I didn't see this as dissenion on the team or calling somebody out. I do agree with a previous poster that it is hard to tell from the article how, where, or when the comment was made. The comment is clear, but the context may not be.

He certainly could have left the comments to himself, but they don't seem inflammatory. It does bring up something, though, that I have often thought but seldom see on this board. The coaches see these people every day, and your work ethic shines through. I don't believe Ford's work ethic or his ability are poor after watching some of the spring game. I think his chance will come, like Coach Miles said, down, distance, and circumstance will manifest themselves. And in that peculiar set of events, Ford will rise to the occasion.

This can be a Pollyanna view, especially on this board, but I believe all things work toward the good. Patience is not usually a strong facet of a young player's personality. I would want to play, too. Who wants to practice incessantly and never touch the ball or set foot on the field?

I wsas more impressed by what Ridley said about reinforcing Alfred Blue's success and minimizing his mistakes. I may be wrong, but I think a business, a school, and even a football team tend to mirror a boss or a coach's personality. I sometimes think we make too much of overt comments as a means to determine leadership. I think a group will always have at least one leader. It's the function of personality, and how people rise to an occasion. Quiet leaders or vocal leaders are still leaders, but do they lead by example? Out of 100 players, you have 100 hundred personalities, assuming of course that no one has that rare multiple personality disorder. God forbid that we have a "Sybil" on the team unless that player is channeling Gale Sayers or Dick Butkus or Jack Tatum.

I feel good about the team, and I kind of likes what he said.

If you have a problem with what he said then you are proabably not a hard working person. Big problem in today's society people want everything given to them. F that. I love what he said.

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Ridley needs to shut up, because its not his place to be calling out a teammate 2 weeks into the season publicly. Sorry if some of you like this, but as a former coach, I'd bench a player for openly talking negatively like this about another teammate. He didn't need to bring up the hardER working shite.

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I disagree.....we need someone to motivate these HS stars.......you're a small fish in a big pond.....grow up and put the work in.

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hard working tigers are the ones who play

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like, hard working in practice?

good thing our coaches in high school didn't have that mentality or we would have never won state. They put the best players on the field, even if they were lazy in practice. The hard working ones that weren't as good were used as leverage by the coaches during games..."if you don't pick it up out there, i'm going to put so-and-so in, lord knows he's earned it!!!"

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good thing our coaches in high school didn't have that mentality or we would have never won state. They put the best players on the field, even if they were lazy in practice. The hard working ones that weren't as good were used as leverage by the coaches during games..."if you don't pick it up out there, i'm going to put so-and-so in, lord knows he's earned it!!!"

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Different game in HS.......even though that sucks too.......they are all stars coming to LSU and competition is much better.