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Lake Charles TAF Tiger Tour Recap:

Posted on 7/16/10 at 8:29 am
Posted by TopWaterTiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
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Posted on 7/16/10 at 8:29 am
This one had a much diff feel than those in the past. The crowd didn't seem to be as enthused as normal. More empty tables than normal.

Plenty of cool LSU stuff was brought for sale. TAF gear, Alumni gear, autographed stuff from coaches, Band gear, prints, etc... was very cool stuff!

Alleva spoke first and talked of budgets. Said they gave $6MM back to the school this year. Said we would see new windows in Tiger Stadium before the start of the 1st game. Said he hopes to bring alot of concerts to PMAC. Talked of conference expansion and admitted it was all about TV markets. Said SEC would want to go into TX and somewhere else in the East. But said all other conferences were adding teams just to be like SEC, best conf in the land.

Miles was next. Talked a bunch about his family. Nice to hear it really but I almost got the feeling it was done on purpose as a PR move. He admitted 9-3 season is no good at LSU. Admitted JJ held on to the ball too long as overcompensation from the J Lee situation. Said anytime a QB holds the ball too long, it puts a huge strain on O line. Said O line is very much improved as is RB. Talked about Zach Lee some. Said he'd almost surely be in pads in the fall. Was asked point blank who would start QB. Said JJ or someone named LEE. Said Chad Jones was recovering nicely.
Posted by TigerTailsSoup
Member since Sep 2005
10830 posts
Posted on 7/16/10 at 8:36 am to
Crickets will be chirping in houston next week I'm not going to hear a bunch of crap from Miles. At least we had Manieri and the NC last year
Posted by jtiga222
mandeville
Member since Jul 2005
732 posts
Posted on 7/16/10 at 8:38 am to
Thank you that is very interesting!
Posted by DaBeerz
Member since Sep 2004
17053 posts
Posted on 7/16/10 at 8:38 am to
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Said JJ or someone named LEE.


well that just gives me a shitload of confidence... 3 years and they all still suck to where he can't name one. I'm sure some of what he said is PR bs, but I have no faith in any of the qb's and sounds like they don't either.
Posted by WayDownUnder
Member since Dec 2007
Member since Mar 2010
379 posts
Posted on 7/16/10 at 8:48 am to
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More empty tables than normal.


This was the situation at the Morgan City TAF Tiger Tour.

I all my years of going, this was the first year I saw a bunch of empty tables. Not a good sign.

In 2004 (03NC) and 2008 (07NC), if you didn't already buy a table, you were standing up the whole time.
Posted by TheDoc
doc is no more
Member since Dec 2005
99297 posts
Posted on 7/16/10 at 9:05 am to
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Said he hopes to bring alot of concerts to PMAC


Oh yeah?
Posted by Nuts4LSU
Washington, DC
Member since Oct 2003
25468 posts
Posted on 7/16/10 at 11:43 am to
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This one had a much diff feel than those in the past. The crowd didn't seem to be as enthused as normal. More empty tables than normal.


This will turn around when the football team does, and not one day sooner.
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Miles was next. Talked a bunch about his family. Nice to hear it really but I almost got the feeling it was done on purpose as a PR move.

A friend of mine here in DC who is a political campaign consultant calls this the "don't kill the puppy" strategy.
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He admitted 9-3 season is no good at LSU. Admitted JJ held on to the ball too long as overcompensation from the J Lee situation. Said anytime a QB holds the ball too long, it puts a huge strain on O line.

All good things to hear. Better would be to hear that it's all fixed and he won't be up there next year having to "admit" that another season was "no good at LSU".
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Said O line is very much improved

Improved over last year's "best OL he's ever had"? Watch out SEC!
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as is RB

Good, but irrelevant if the OL isn't any good.
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Talked about Zach Lee some. Said he'd almost surely be in pads in the fall.

Andrew Hatch, Jarrett Lee, Jordan Jefferson, hell even T. C. McCartney have all been "in pads" for us. We're still waiting to see someone DO something "in pads".
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Was asked point blank who would start QB. Said JJ or someone named LEE.

Can't expect a coach to publicly name a starter before fall practice when there's competition expected.
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Said Chad Jones was recovering nicely.

Good news.

Posted by Ghostfacedistiller
BR
Member since Jun 2008
17500 posts
Posted on 7/16/10 at 12:39 pm to
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Said O line is very much improved as is RB


So the RBs are improved from last year when we had 2 seniors with a ton of experience? I think he's full of it.

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This one had a much diff feel than those in the past. The crowd didn't seem to be as enthused as normal. More empty tables than normal.


That sucks, but I don't blame people. I would not take off from work or go out of my way to hear what will be said. Man this year is crucial.

This post was edited on 7/16/10 at 12:40 pm
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