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Ground Control to Les Miles

Posted on 11/16/08 at 12:48 pm
Posted by Das Tiger
Tiger Town
Member since Mar 2007
3163 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 12:48 pm
Great coaching for almost two quarters, and hat's off to a incredble comeback against Troy, cupcake or not.

Pssst! I know the ghost of Joe Dean still haunts the halls, and Skip has instilled in you a penny pinching philosophy. It's nice to say we're saving $400k - $500k per year, but we need a defensive coordinator, badly, and it would not hurt to spend a little more and pick up a good special teams coach as well. Troy hung 31 points on our team in one half of a game. Not Florida, or Georgia, Troy.

The offense scored 3 (three) points against Troy in the first half, and your other work in progress looks like he has had no work at all. Now we understand why he was not put in against Alabama. Makes complete sense.

Watching no one block on punt returns, seeing 7 Troy players swarm our punt returner, is disturbing. Watching our kickoff return team not understand how to field squib kicks, is disturbing. Watching a player haphazardly grab a bouncing punt over his shoulder and return it is unacceptable.

One or two of dropped passes by Troy, or a few more running attempts, and people would have been talking about your replacement. It would have been the worst defeat in LSU history, You were that close.

You do not have to necessarily fire Peveto and Mallory just this instant, or even ths season, because we realize you should not ask for a DC to leave where they are right now, unlike Nebraska. Pick up a good DC (hint: not the one from TN) and let him make the decision of P & M at the end of the season. For now, we understand that no change will be made until recruiting is affected and we will be patient.

We like you coach Miles, and we want you to be able to stick around.

Posted by TheDoc
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Posted on 11/16/08 at 12:58 pm to
Posted by Tiger Voodoo
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Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:00 pm to
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
76850 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:02 pm to
Everything's fine. Nothing to see here.
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:03 pm to
quote:

Watching no one block on punt returns, seeing 7 Troy players swarm our punt returner, is disturbing.


its hard to block when the kicks were that bad, it was better for them to just get out of the way
Posted by TheDoc
doc is no more
Member since Dec 2005
99297 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:04 pm to
in jefferson's defense on his throws, his receivers were NOT helping him out at all.
Posted by rbdallas
Dallas, TX
Member since Nov 2007
10344 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:16 pm to
quote:

in jefferson's defense on his throws, his receivers were NOT helping him out at all.


they have not been helping Lee either..
I have been saying this for a couple of weeks.
Posted by Das Tiger
Tiger Town
Member since Mar 2007
3163 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:23 pm to
quote:

in jefferson's defense on his throws, his receivers were NOT helping him out at all


Absiolutely. He just looked really out of place, and I am sure he is capable. I'm just surprised he is not further along, knowing RP was going to be out and what we had with our original starter. Jimbo proved he was a very good developer with qbs, and addition to LSU qbs, I point to Damayue Craig as an ezample. I hope the wizard is as good or better in this dept. No question it takes time, and it's a tough position to learn. You have to be smart. It's by no coincidene our two NC qbs also played catcher.
Posted by Das Tiger
Tiger Town
Member since Mar 2007
3163 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:25 pm to
quote:

its hard to block when the kicks were that bad, it was better for them to just get out of the way


Exactly, another phase of the special teams where we struggled last night., and it's not just the punter that needs coaching...
Posted by trex1210
Member since Jan 2005
84 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 1:39 pm to
"We like you coach Miles, and we want you to be able to stick around."

These kind of comments are just mind blowing to me. What did you expect this year?
Posted by Das Tiger
Tiger Town
Member since Mar 2007
3163 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 2:03 pm to
I thought we would lose to Auburn, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. I never dreamed we would be spanked by TROY STATE in the first half plus of a game. That's a nightmare, not a dream.
Posted by pellietigersaint
Tiger Stadium
Member since Aug 2005
19043 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 2:07 pm to
I hate giving credit to anyone, but that was the best post i have ever read on this board
Posted by Das Tiger
Tiger Town
Member since Mar 2007
3163 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 2:11 pm to
Thanks man. I just love my Tigers and want the best for them.
Posted by DocBugbear
Arlington, Texas
Member since Mar 2008
8139 posts
Posted on 11/16/08 at 2:17 pm to
On the Troy punts last night I was wondering why we didn't put 11 men on the line and go for the block. Every kick was short and intended to roll, making it tough to field and creates a danger from having a blocker get hit with the ball. Plus, he always rolled the same way before the kick (making a shorter approach to block on that side), and the kicks were always low line drives to get the roll (easier to block).
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