I'm not sure if Les realizes the gravity of this seemingly innocent statement. It is a clumsy quote as is the case with most of Les' speech.

In order to run a successful play, the team needs to be coached on the proper execution. Each game of late indicates to me a glaring lack of coaching related to execution.

* Everyone has seen the frantic stare from Brandon to "somebody" on the sideline waiting for a play. That stare is usually accompanied with a look of frustration and confusion. How is it possible that this continues week in and week out? They literally have trouble executing the play call onto the field. It is infuriating and painful to watch LSU try to run a no huddle offense. This offense is only successful with the highest level of coaching and confidence by the players. Its embarrassing to watch and its not the players fault.

* We have all seen Brandon Harris struggle with throws and timing with his receivers. Somehow, even the most basic patterns (slants/outs)seem to be very complex for him. As a result, Les reigns in and relies on running the ball because he doesn't trust Harris. Please tell me why Harris cant seem to perfect anything but Hail Mary passes? It appears the basic mechanics of the simplest routes are not taught properly and the repetition to perfect is not there either. Not Harris' problem. Cameron is obviously unable to handle this and we know Les cant do it so there you go. Harris will continue to struggle. Oh yea, and he wont have a coach on the sideline during games to talk to either. A coach that might be able to show him what he did wrong or praise him when he does something right.

* We can blame the players all day long about how we cant execute a screen pass but its the coaches fault. In LSU's run heavy offense, the screen should be a deadly weapon for this team. Most teams have figured out when LSU will be throwing and bring the house on pass rush. LSU could take advantage of this a couple of times during games, but... they cant execute the play most of the time which is again on the coaches.

* Penalties are rampantly out of control because technique is poor. False starts, illegal formations, holding, etc... Why does Miles accept this from his teams?

* Discipline is suspect as well. Our players seem to celebrate excessively on successful plays as if they accomplished the act for the first time. Sometimes it leads to penalties. Taunting after a good play on pass defense... Posing and theatrics after a sack... Why do they do this stuff? Why don't the coaches make any effort to curb this stuff? They act a lot like the old Miami Hurricanes minus the execution. By golly if you want to act like that then at lease be able to back it up. This is all on Les.

The problems at LSU are certainly related to Les not wanting to change. But the bigger problem is because Les has hit his ceiling on coaching ability. The team has trouble executing the basics and if they cant do that in an offense like this then that should tell you all you need to know. They are undisciplined. Not all of them but a lot of them have trouble controlling their emotions during the games. This cant be more obviously a coaching failure. He doesn't need to be "Nick Saban like" in his approach but needs to take a step in that direction to help get rid of all the stupid mistakes. This wont happen though.

Good players have obviously helped Les achieve a respectable level of success over the past few years. However, LSU plateaued with Les years ago. He wont wake up one day and suddenly "Get it". What you see is what you get. There will be no change until Les is gone.

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