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re: LSU can beat Bama if Les doesn't get in the way...
Posted on 10/28/13 at 2:26 pm to BayouBengals03
Posted on 10/28/13 at 2:26 pm to BayouBengals03
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edited, which I don't like doing because it hangs you out to dry.
I was thinking of the 54-yard field goal attempt. Read my edit.
Ah, got it.
This I can agree with. Alleman sucked last year and had no business trying a 54 yard field goal. Miles trusted the defense to be able to prevent Alabama from doing any damage with 1:08 left in the half. That was a mistake, but still didn't cost us the game. What cost us the game was really going into softer defense the last series of the half and the last series of the game and then a freshman not hearing his fellow defensive players yelling at him to back out of the blitz due to the stadium being crazy loud. Also, a missed tackle on the very first play of the last drive of the game didn't help. Had a chance to tackle Norwood in the field of play, before reaching the first down marker
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Posted on 10/28/13 at 2:35 pm to PurpleAndGold86
I just have a hard time blaming the defense.
Our coaching staff relied on them all season. Against Florida they were on the field the entire 2nd half.
Against South Carolina and Texas A&M (especially aTm), we were very conservative on offense and relied a lot on the defense in the 4th quarter.
They were on the field when we were up 23-21 against Carolina and 24-19 against aTm and were asked to hold on, and they did. I can't fault them completely for failing once against one of the best teams in the country. Even if they did make some mistakes on that last drive.
Kicking the 54-yard field goal was one of the biggest mistakes Miles has ever made, IMO. If it's 7-3 at half, and we come out that dominant in the 2nd half, it's likely that nothing that happens late in the 4th matters. We would have been up by more than one score.
Like you said, Alleman sucked. When he ran out on the field I was honestly in disbelief.
As for the other two mistakes in the 2nd half... I think the Spencer Ware QB sneak (and the one we do now with Jennings) is the stupidest fricking thing I've ever seen. The tight formation we get in with the running back a few yards up that gives away that we are sneaking is honestly retarded. I can't help thinking that only a retarded person would call that formation (keep in mind, I still love Miles). I'm okay with the sneak, but why not just line up in a normal formation and sneak it? This way they still have to account for a regular dive play. Yeah, I know we ran the trick play against aTm last year out of the same tight formation, but Alabama knew what was coming.
And like I said, I would have put the ball in Mettenberger's hands instead of letting Alleman try another long field goal late in the 4th. Like we said, he really wasn't a good kicker, and Mett was on fire. This isn't hindsight, it's what I felt as I sat at the game.
Did Les cost us the game? Maybe I went overboard with that. But I like the phrase "out-coached himself." He made some very questionable calls.
Our coaching staff relied on them all season. Against Florida they were on the field the entire 2nd half.
Against South Carolina and Texas A&M (especially aTm), we were very conservative on offense and relied a lot on the defense in the 4th quarter.
They were on the field when we were up 23-21 against Carolina and 24-19 against aTm and were asked to hold on, and they did. I can't fault them completely for failing once against one of the best teams in the country. Even if they did make some mistakes on that last drive.
Kicking the 54-yard field goal was one of the biggest mistakes Miles has ever made, IMO. If it's 7-3 at half, and we come out that dominant in the 2nd half, it's likely that nothing that happens late in the 4th matters. We would have been up by more than one score.
Like you said, Alleman sucked. When he ran out on the field I was honestly in disbelief.
As for the other two mistakes in the 2nd half... I think the Spencer Ware QB sneak (and the one we do now with Jennings) is the stupidest fricking thing I've ever seen. The tight formation we get in with the running back a few yards up that gives away that we are sneaking is honestly retarded. I can't help thinking that only a retarded person would call that formation (keep in mind, I still love Miles). I'm okay with the sneak, but why not just line up in a normal formation and sneak it? This way they still have to account for a regular dive play. Yeah, I know we ran the trick play against aTm last year out of the same tight formation, but Alabama knew what was coming.
And like I said, I would have put the ball in Mettenberger's hands instead of letting Alleman try another long field goal late in the 4th. Like we said, he really wasn't a good kicker, and Mett was on fire. This isn't hindsight, it's what I felt as I sat at the game.
Did Les cost us the game? Maybe I went overboard with that. But I like the phrase "out-coached himself." He made some very questionable calls.
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