My 2 cents on CLM

As a person CLM is a great ambassador for our city and state. We are very fortunate to have someone in such a high profile position that consistently puts his name out there in favor of our city and state. I'd like to see him in some facet at LSU if he's fired.

With that, the game he's used to playing is currently not the same game being played. Spurrier had a comment on one of the sports shows after the LSU game. It was along the lines of last season he finally realized that while he was innovative in the 90s that the game had passed him by and his system was no longer effective and that he sees the same thing with CLM.

While we are all giving CLM shite about not changing his system, as a coach on the high school level I do understand his thought process. As a head coach you'll put together a system that works for your players as you progress through the levels and while you'll have pitfalls along the way you will ultimately find that system you feel that puts the best product on the field.

As a coach once you start having success in that system it's very hard for you to detract from it. CLM has had great success with his current system until the last few seasons. Until Tuesdays press conference I had not seen him show any real recognition of his current flaws. It is a shame because if he'd have had this realization last year when he was close to being fired we might very well see a new revamped offense that is tailored to his QB strengths, not his weaknesses. Instead you'll see more of the same as long as BH starts because he doesn't have the mentality needed to run CLM style of offense and make passes when he's called upon. Even if he changes to Etling you'll still see the same offense because it's impossible to completely change a scheme during the season, which is why if you see a coordinator change mid season they normally maintain the current scheme until the off season.

My point in all this is that while CLM is a great person, he's not paid because of his off the field accolades. He's paid to recognize deficiencies in his players and himself and to train and adjust to those weaknesses. I really feel the light has finally come on for him that his system isn't effective. It's a shame that he didn't realize this and truly make the changes in the off season he said he did and I wish him the best of luck going forward, but if your believe you'll see a drastic change in the offense during the season your going to be greatly disappointed.

Once a tigers fan always a tigers fan. Let's support our players and just let the rest play out as it will.

Geaux Tigers