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T or F: LSU must lose a game before Jefferson loses starting job?

Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:25 pm
Posted by Sanford Lyle
Member since Dec 2010
126 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:25 pm
I say absolutely true. Les will not replace Jefferson as long as we are winning, no matter how horrible he plays. I'm certain Jefferson will start the season as the starter and if we beat Oregon, the job is his until we lose. I suspect it will be similar to last year when he played horrible but we were 7-0. You just knew at some point, QB play would cost us games.

If and when Mettenberger becomes the starter, it may be too late to salvage our national title hopes. One loss because of putrid QB play could ruin what could be a magical season.
Posted by LSUdm21
Member since Nov 2008
17486 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:27 pm to
True.
Posted by bwallcubfan
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
38164 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:27 pm to
JJ will not sit if he's winning.
Posted by siliconvalleytiger
Bay Area, CA
Member since Apr 2004
31160 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:27 pm to
What if LSU loses and JJ is not the reason for it?
Posted by apostel tiger
Member since Nov 2010
204 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:28 pm to
Don't quit ya day job $ag!! Mett is a season away from being a starter.
Posted by xXLSUXx
New Orleans, LA
Member since Oct 2010
10312 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:39 pm to
False.
Posted by Prolate Spheroid
surface of revolution
Member since Apr 2008
2247 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:39 pm to
I think F and it would take more than 1 game and it being directly related to his play.

Second it's like firing a coach, you don't just do it because you are pissed. You have to have someone who is better to take the position. Or else you end up like our women’s basketball.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24179 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 12:48 pm to
Isn't it at all possible that with a better QB developer that Jefferson might start because he is actually better than Mettenberger?

Jefferson showed flashes of talent at times, just has Lee has. Who's to say Kragthorpe can't bring it out of either of them?
Posted by xXLSUXx
New Orleans, LA
Member since Oct 2010
10312 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 1:08 pm to
It may have been true last year, simply because we had no one better to replace him with.

Hear me out JL advocates. I'm as big a fan of Lee as anyone but he had his problems as well. I would have liked to see him start more down the stretch just so he could have his fair shot. But he had mechanical problems that would've hurt playing an enitre game.

But now after this spring with more practice I think both JL and Mett have the potential to be better than JJ. You can't fix reading defenses, but you CAN fix footwork mechanics.

So if JJ has 2 or 3 games with 0 TD's and 100 yards or less passing then I think it's a no brainer that the coaches need to play a better QB.
Posted by DBG
vermont
Member since May 2004
72571 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 1:11 pm to
He's going to start every game regardless, barring injury of coure
Posted by ZacharyTiger17
BR
Member since Mar 2010
463 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 1:23 pm to
False
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
44337 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 1:36 pm to
true
Posted by TriumphTiger
Alpharetta, GA
Member since Sep 2007
10187 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 1:41 pm to
Mett would have to be heads above dominant. Otherwise, it's JJ's job.
Posted by wilfont
Gulfport, MS on a Jet Ski
Member since Apr 2007
14860 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 1:48 pm to
False
Posted by Jaydeaux
Covington
Member since May 2005
18813 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 1:51 pm to
F, Les would have sat him down if he had a better option last year.
Posted by The_Pistol
Member since Dec 2003
2519 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 3:13 pm to
N'ah. I think that Les learned a valuable lesson in '06 against AU. It's better to try the passing game than to lose conservatively.

If LSU is handling their opponents despite bad play by Jefferson, Miles will throw Mett in when the going gets tough. Likely, he'll get Mett some experience prior to baptism by fire.
Posted by cajunjj
Madison, AL
Member since May 2008
7427 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 3:24 pm to
False!!!!! Les will play JJ if we loose 4 games.
This post was edited on 3/17/11 at 3:29 pm
Posted by Camp Randall
The Shadow of the Valley of Death
Member since Nov 2005
15611 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 3:25 pm to
inhale.

It's 79 degrees outside, the breeze is gently blowing, the sun is shining and somewhere in Louisiana an LSU fan is furiously typing on his keyboard in a dimly lit musty room filled with garbage and half eaten burritos from taco bell that the sky is falling or will soon be falling for sure.

exhale.
Posted by Bobby Moore
Red Hill, Mississippi
Member since Jun 2005
17751 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 3:35 pm to
quote:

I say absolutely true.


So no matter what happens in the spring or fall practice, J will start...Les said it was J's job to lose...so he might lose it in the spring or the fall........if J does not prove then he is the starter then he will not see action unless someone gets hurt......
Posted by KCinDC
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2007
1520 posts
Posted on 3/17/11 at 3:55 pm to
F.

It's beyond me why anybody would think that Les and Krags would play any QB but the one who demonstrates the best ability to execute the offense. It's not in their interest to do anything else!
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