re: PS4 Da Clan Video Games and Football Thread Extravaganza

I thought booger said it right last night. The offense doesn't have to change much. They just need to develop the qb which he as never done.

He needs a good oc/qb coach. I know we have said this for years. He used to hire good coaches, he hasn't lately.

Man they handled their firing so much better than we did

Awwww yeah!!!

Yes

Enjoy jimbo

Want to get truly pissed off?

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Something went wrong with the Fisher deal Friday or Saturday. Saturday Fisher was reported to have told the president at Florida State that he was staying and had no interest in any other jobs. The word on the street initially was that Fisher’s agent, the somewhat-infamous Jimmy Sexton, had surfaced late in the process with some additional demands which were deal-breakers. But after the game a different word surfaced; namely that it wasn’t Fisher or Sexton who blew up the deal but that it happened on LSU’s end. Specifically, that LSU’s president F. King Alexander blanched at spending the money to hire Fisher.

Fisher’s buyout was $5 million, a princely sum but hardly an unbearable one. To buy out Miles’ contract would cost some $15 million, but that’s an irrelevant figure for two reasons. First, the university was never going to come across with that money; it would be paid as a donation to the Tiger Athletic Foundation from a number of wealthy contributors taking up a collection, and each of them would be taking a tax writeoff for their portion. And second, Miles’ buyout would have been washed against his salary in another job which he certainly would have been hired for – and in the case of a Missouri or South Carolina, two SEC schools who would certainly have approached him, his contract would have unquestionably been more than $15 million. Meaning LSU’s responsibility for that buyout was far more theoretical than practical.

But Alexander, it’s said, didn’t want the appearance of committing to “$50 million” for football while LSU is in dire financial straits. This is of a piece with the decision earlier this year to halt construction of the school’s athletic nutrition center, a dressed-up name for an athletic dining hall, with money from donors earmarked specifically for that project, because at the time LSU’s budget situation was uncertain and Alexander was in the midst of a political and PR campaign to lobby the legislature to raise taxes rather than cut his budget. LSU has more funding now than ever before, thanks to an increase in tuition and fees paid by students which has displaced, and then some, the state general fund dollars which used to make up the bulk of its revenue. But Alexander, largely for ideological purposes, takes the position that if LSU isn’t funded through the state general fund it isn’t funded at all, and tuition from students even if it’s paid for through the state’s TOPS program doesn’t make his budget work.

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Look, I can't say I'm super mad about not making a coaching change. I feel like a change is justified given all the reasons we've gone over before. And Saturday night was Exhibit 3,642 in a long line of evidence on why LSU needs a change. The passing game is putrid. And it doesn't get better...it only regresses. And it's been 11 years. So I don't imagine much will change at all.

Like we said earlier, I don't think the scheme is a bad one. It's a pro-style offense that should be a breeding ground for game-managing QB's that could prep them for an NFL future, either as a starter or backup. But instead we get these "athletes" that can't read defenses and can't anticipate throws.

9-3 isn't bad. But it isn't what this program should expect with all the elite talent they accumulate. The road to the playoffs goes through Alabama. And LSU and Les Miles haven't proven they can do it lately.

War thunder is fun, but yes, I have no clue what I am doing as far as leveling up or "researching" or maintenance...

Anyone bought anything cool today?

I bought a handgun but nothing else.