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Tiger's display class. Gators not so much. And a 2nd post bottom pg.1 PHOTO pg 5

Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:00 pm
Posted by vjp819
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Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:00 pm
This was posted obviously from a person who wants a new coach at floria. If it was posted earlier I couldn't find it in search. If already posted I'll delete it.

So tonight one of our players was gravely injured in the last minute of the game. I hope Latroy Pittman turns out to be fine or recovers speedily.

But now I have to stop and thank Les Miles and the LSU Tigers. As some are aware, LSU tends to be seen as rougher around the edges than is normal in the SEC. However, their class in the last minute of the game proved exactly why they deserved to win. Upon Latroy's injury, they removed their helmets and knelt in respect for a fallen player. They clapped when their own injured player got up but remained on their knees with helmets off since ours was still being strapped onto the board to be carted off.

On our sideline, exactly 6 of our more than 70 players knelt. Undoubtedly these learned their decency not from Will Muschamp but from their old high school head coaches, since Muschamp took the opportunity to huddle his defense and in typical fashion, yell at them.

Almost 7 minutes passed before it occurred to him that he may need to go check on the boy the Pittman family entrusted to his care.

Of course, Will couldn't be bothered to talk TO Latroy. No, he simply walked up, poked a trainer on the shoulder, asked her a question and jogged away.

LSU continued exhibiting the kind of well-led honor that any decent coach would instill in his players by approaching Latroy once he was on the cart and expressing their sympathies. Indeed after two dozen LSU players had done so a few Gators broke ranks and showed they could learn from a good example by doing the same.

So I would like to thank Les Miles for improving the lives of roughly a dozen Gators more in 5 minutes than Will Muschamp had done in YEARS.

We lost again. We turned the ball over a lot and stuck with a QB who lacks improvement again. We got tired made bad mistakes on defense late again, and relied on desperation plays to keep it close again.

But more importantly we responded to our fellow man going down by ignoring him and using his injury as a long timeout to yell at defenders who just watched a friend, roommate, teammate get hurt.

Fire Will Muschamp, Jeremy Foley. If not for being a bad head coach who can't win enough games, then do it for the better reason. Fire him for failing to be a leader of men. Fire him because he lacks the respect for an injured player that over 80,000 other people possessed in that stadium. Fire him because he's a bad human being.

Thank you again Les Miles and the LSU Tigers. I hope one day we might again contribute to the class of the SEC. You helped our young men learn about class tonight. Your fans should be proud of you. I'm proud to have seen you and your 70+ men. Good game and goodnight.
This post was edited on 10/13/14 at 11:58 am
Posted by baybeefeetz
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:03 pm to
:wow:
Posted by LsuTool
Member since Oct 2009
34847 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:03 pm to
I don't think that guy likes Will.
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:04 pm to
Posted by tiigerr1
Member since Jun 2004
964 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:04 pm to
Say what you want about Les but... he's a good guy. That's why his players play for him.
Posted by TigerRagAndrew
Check my style out
Member since Aug 2004
7217 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:06 pm to
He learned it from his mentor Lord SabAn. Also I don't think this post is made if Florida wins
This post was edited on 10/12/14 at 8:07 pm
Posted by DonChowder
Sonoma County
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:06 pm to
It's the GG of Florida.
Posted by CAT
Central Arkansas
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:06 pm to
Posted by BayouBengals03
lsu14always
Member since Nov 2007
99999 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:07 pm to
Haven't thought about that.

Must feel extra shitty to get chewed out by your head coach when one of your buddies might be paralyzed on the field.
Posted by LSUcrawfish
St George,Louisiana
Member since Feb 2007
4301 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:08 pm to
Wow awesome proud of Les and kids.
Posted by No8Easy2
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:08 pm to
was a good read and thanks for sharing it
Posted by vjp819
South Sec. 414 / Alex Box Sec. 210
Member since Nov 2003
10882 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:09 pm to
i did find it strange that once several tigers went to the cart, as if an after thought that a few of the gators wandered to the car like it would look bad if they didn't. Then being that they were about to roll the cart, one of the guys following the cart shooed them off.
Posted by 7thWardTiger
Richmond, Texas
Member since Nov 2009
24670 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:09 pm to
He has a legit point tho
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:10 pm to
This is making the rounds on FB now.
Posted by vjp819
South Sec. 414 / Alex Box Sec. 210
Member since Nov 2003
10882 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

He learned it from his mentor Lord SabAn. Also I don't think this post is made if Florida wins


i think it does. it looked odd to me, that Will nor his players went to the field for quite a while. Once Les left the field after checking on our player, I looked for Will, and thought it odd that he was not checking on his player.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24033 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

As some are aware, LSU tends to be seen as rougher around the edges than is normal in the SEC.


What's this mean? The fans? The players? The coaches?
Posted by GeauxLSU8
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
4234 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:17 pm to
wow

Thanks for posting that.

...and to our players and coaches who do it the right way.
Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
6581 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:19 pm to
WTF is this shite about LSU being "rougher around the edges." F that guy.
Posted by Team Vote
DFW
Member since Aug 2014
7730 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

So I would like to thank Les Miles for improving the lives of roughly a dozen Gators more in 5 minutes than Will Muschamp had done in YEARS.


Ouch
Posted by vjp819
South Sec. 414 / Alex Box Sec. 210
Member since Nov 2003
10882 posts
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:22 pm to
Here is another one different poster.

Tiger fans, we wanted to share with you the kind words from Florida fan John J. Jordan following last night's game:

I am a Gator fan and attended the Florida-LSU Game with my wife last night in Gainesville. During that game, one of our football players (Latroy Pittman) was injured and in light of the potential for a serious neck or back injury, they immobilized him and carried him off the field on a motorized cart.

I am writing to express our appreciation for the way that your football players displayed what appeared to be sincere concern for that young player as the doctors and EMS personnel were working on him to prepare him for transport.

I may be telling you something you witnessed yourself either at the game or on TV, but if you did not, it was truly a sight to see.

We’ve been attending college football games for 40 years and we’ve never seen anything quite like it before. Many of the LSU players kneeled and prayed (led by number 32, Jalen Collins), and later a large number gathered near the cart and spoke to Latroy as they were preparing to take him off the field.

Bottom line, We were very, very impressed by this show of character and class, something that is hard to find in a world that seems to place winning above everything, and concern for one’s self above concern for others. Please express our respect and thanks to Coach Miles and his staff, and especially to the young men of the LSU Tigers Football Team for setting a great example for everyone who witnessed their simple act of humanity.

This post was edited on 10/12/14 at 8:59 pm
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