re: If y’all beat Bama, is all forgiven with Coach Eaux?

1. O didn’t hire himself. He isn’t to blame. Alleva is.

2. A W v Bama doesn’t change the fact that O isn’t a HC capable of winning championships.

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Do you remember the lose to UAB .who was the Coach...

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I wish people would stop bringing this up until O actually wins something significant.

Yes, Saban had a couple bad losses in his career. He laso had a resume of success at other places before those losses happened. O does not, so stop comparing the 2. You just look like fools.

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You're seriously asking why would anyone care about one of the worst losses in LSU history, certainly the worst loss of the past 20 years?

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Especially when, in that scenario, THAT loss would keep us out of the playoff.

"A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward."

Stannis Baratheon

Cut off his fingertips for losing to Troy. Give him a knighthood if he beats Alabama.

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BigSlick

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Awesome post.

You probably won't get many replies though. Hits too close to home for the majority on here. That, or it wasn't seen. In case the latter is true....

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I understand complaining about the stink. Any fan of any team is unhappy if it doesn't perform as expected.

I get that the MSU loss shouldn't have been as bad, although I don't think they could have won that game with the roster issues they were dealing with. I get that LSU should "never" lose to Troy, even with a young, depleted roster. (But a 99% chance of winning still means the other guys win one in a hundred.) However, even the greatest coaches lose games they shouldn't, especially when they haven't had time to get their programs running the way they want or in down cycles or when everything goes wrong (Fisher this year).

But why are you, or anyone else, entitled to anything? Maybe you have season's tickets; maybe you contribute to TAF; maybe you go to a game once in a while; maybe you just watch on TV. Why does any of that entitle you to anything? Do you have a contract with the school or athletic department that guarantees you certain performance goals each year?

Sorry, but you are not "entitled with the years of top 10 recruiting on this team not to be crushed by Mississippi State and embarrassed by a fricking SBC Troy." No fan of any team is entitled to anything except the right to complain if you don't like what you're seeing. You can do that all you want, but objective fans will try to understand the causes before they just start spewing bile.

Saban himself was just recently quoted as saying that it sometimes takes a game like Troy to wake a team up. And it doesn't matter who's coaching or what he tried to do.

People must live a pretty charmed life if they expect everything to always work out the way they want. It must be nice to have never been beaten up by life and had to learn that things don't always go as planned. It must be nice to live in fantasyland where nothing ever goes wrong and you can always blame someone for not giving you what you want.

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That would be great but that loss isn’t going away and if you can beat Bama and win out there isn’t an excuse not to make the CFP because you lost to Troy

That loss isn’t going to go away.

We demand coaches who have already lost 4 games and probably 2 more each:

Jimbo Fisher
Tom Herman

You don't get it.

I'm not saying LSU shouldn't be held accountable. If the product isn't satisfactory, the fan base can certainly complain about it and express a collective desire to see better.

If you work for me (by the way, people do), I will certainly judge your performance and treat you accordingly...because I'm entitled to get what I pay for. Does LSU work for you?

If you order a meal, you are expected to pay for it. In exchange, you are entitled to get your money's worth. Are you ordering performance from LSU?

The people I was complaining about are those who believe they're entitled to get something for nothing. "I like LSU so I'm entitled to see them win." What have they done to deserve it?

What right do you have to demand a certain number of wins? Why are you entitled to a given record? Why are you entitled to demand anything? Just because you want it? Is any of your money going to LSU, whether directly from tickets or indirectly through TAF? Even if it is, do you pay enough for anybody to notice?

I was disappointed and unhappy about the loss to Troy, just like everyone else, but the only thing I'm entitled to as a fan is an effort to improve. I have to accept it, and so do you, because it happened. What else are you going to do, pretend it didn't? You - and the coaches and players - analyze it, figure out why it happened and how to fix it, and move on.

Somebody asked on this board if LSU would have beaten Florida and Auburn if the Troy loss hadn't happened. I have no idea, but would you rather lose to Troy and beat Florida and Auburn, or beat Troy, not realize your problems, and then lose to the other two?

It's easy to say "We get what we...demand," and it certainly sounds good, but it's just hot air without anything to back it up.

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I have to accept it

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Great, accept what you want, but I don't have to no matter how much you want me to.

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Does LSU work for you

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As a tax payer of this state and a tuition payer to LSU, I have a right to my expectations. If you want to have none yourself, do whatever floats your boat.