The expectaions of an LSU fan over the last 12 months

Orgeron is the perfect coach rebuild a program too

he's done it so many times

....so many proven guys we could ha e easily gotten were passed up.. Gundy for example.

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I don't want to get into whether or not people like O. I just wanted to discuss the extreme expectaions shif in a short period of time

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unfortunately those are one in the same given expectations shifting=goal posts being moved to support an earlier narrative

but I'll stop

bunch of drama queens

I expected this. The narrative will continue to shift for those who are backing the O hire. One day, most of us will be on the same page. I don't know when, but hopefully it won't be too late. I fear that it will be.

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It is scary how fast we allowed our expectations to drop

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The fact that people are just realizing what the reality of the situation is is scary and shows how much our fanbase knows about football*

This team is NOT tailored to play modern football. All of our WR's left during and right after the Miles tenure because we didn't actually throw the ball, and we have an awful OL coach who recruited a bunch of OG's and no OT's because all we needed to do was run the ball up the middle for the past 5 years. Our front 7 is completely gutted because we literally did not have anyone recruiting there from 2013-2015 between Chavis and Brick, and we're having to rely on young guys to pick up the slack.

Admittedly, I didn't expect us to have a bad season because Aranda is a genius and our defense has carried us before, but we do NOT have elite talent right now. As much as I don't think Orgeron will be the coach to turn this around, I think he's a truly elite recruiter and will be able to restock the cupboard and have enough success that our next coach will be able to come in and win a la Dinardo to Saban

O is a horrible head coach and it will continue to show with his teams play. We have to wait 3 years until we can hire a new coach and by then we'll be the muddogs and won't even be able to hire jim bob from northwestern state.

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It's almost like sports fans are generally optimistic towards the team they like... weird
We are actually doing the opposite.

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Yep. The expectations have gone from "We are elite" to "We are mediocre. We don't deserve to get an elite coach. We're terrible and we need to rebuild." That is definitely the opposite of being optimistic. That's basically painting ourselves as a bad program that's FAR away from being relevant. Unbelievable how fast the narrative changed.

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I don't want to get into whether or not people like O. I just wanted to discuss the extreme expectaions shif in a short period of time

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Yeah, I agree with you.

My expectations have dropped a ton; but I'm factoring in the coaching now.
Going into the season, even though I didn't think O would be able to maintain this program over years, I thought he'd pull an "Archer" and piggyback off the previous regime's structure... my guess was that this would be his best season, and then things would start breaking down.

I thought we'd lose at Alabama, but the rest of the season was in reach (hell, I had us beating State by 20 pts). I worried that we might lose at Tennessee or Florida, but expected 10-2, felt 11-1 would be possible.

The concept of a rebuild was never in consideration. We have SR's or draft eligible JRs who will leave at QB, both WRs, 2 deep at RB, and 3 quarters of the defense going in. You don't rebuild like that, because you're going to rebuild again next year. The idea was progression.