Ed Orgeron Comments On The Arik Gilbert Situation

They don't want a college education, they want one year to make their case and move on to the pro's. You can thank the nba for this.

Opt out U

I think I'll call into a sports show and talk about "Heart," even though I haven't showered today.

Who was the leading rah rah player during the protest?

Who was the leading rah rah player leading the demonstration?

And these same kids 6 months ago wanted to be paid to play college football.

Hes not just opting out ,hes apparently trying to transfer

This is why I said Terrace quit. You're either on the team or you're not. You're either committed to playing or you're not. No one is special. This is affecting everyone. And is he going to be homesick in the NFL? Seriously? Sorry Coach, I can't play anymore cuz I miss my mommy. This is ridiculous on the surface.

He's only opting out of a wasted season. You put up more W's, and they are all still playing. No need to risk injury, on a year like this.

I swear every time Coach O opens his mouth this season I lose my love for him more and more. I think that the divorce really got to him mentally, and it’s tough to blame him for that, but damn is this getting worse and worse.

Why not play the players that want to be there? To a lot kids on the team, being an LSU player is a dream come true. With the shite show now; it is the time to see who really wants to still be part of the team.

“We're fine”. No Ed, you aren’t.

This “leave and we’ll take you back” shite is only empowering them to go. And then to throw out “otherwise it’s next man up.” How is he not selling this kid on how much we need him? How great his future is here? How he’s going to break records and win championships and go play in the nfl and LSU will get him there? I can only hope he’s saying that privately, but I don’t think it hurts anything to say that publicly too. For fricks sake, the kid is one of the best recruits LSU has ever landed. He came in with hype and hope. The season hasn’t gone well but O has to find a way to look at the guys in the program right now and reassure them that this set of trials and tribulations will pass, we’ll come out on the other side and we’ll be back to winning championships next season. And maybe that starts with an apology to them for not understanding their political strife. Who knows? And frankly, I don’t give a frick if O is a card carrying Trumper, he needs to find a way to bridge that gap if it exists. If there is lingering resentment among the players, it’s got to be addressed. The team is falling apart and I haven’t heard shite about one team one heartbeat. This is a full on meltdown by the coaching staff and it’s like he doesn’t give a frick.

Sounds like a lack of chest to me. Quitters gonna quit, why would you let them back on the team?

He is so full of shite its not even funny.

Total lack of accountability and leadership with this team and coaching staff.

Coach O better grip on this. I understand Kids getting home sick and all but the NCAA is basically giving kids free Reign to do whatever they want with no consequences. Between opting out and Transfer Portal this can be a program killer. Where is the accountability? I'm angry at the coach. Well im transferring. Im not starting well im transferring or opting out. These kids are learning to just leave and not be responsible.

Farrell, "opted out" with a legitimate COVID concern. Gilbert would just be quitting. You wouldn't be able to field a team if everyone just quit when they missed home.

Opting out & tranferring aren’t the same level of rant meltdown. We need to know which