Last night was blatant proof that John Chavis was never the problem.

And I now fully understand why Chavis left.

Once again, the offense decided to pack it in, punt, sit on the lead, play field position, and rely heavily on the defense to win the game.

Once again, the opposing team had an opportunity to win the game on the final drive.

And, once again, the opposing team effortlessly drove the length of the field into LSU territory, and put themselves in a position to win the game - and no, John Chavis wasn't coaching the defense.

Last night's game was evidence that Chavis was never the problem. Somehow, for some reason, people on this board continue to defend Les Miles' ultra conservative play calling. They defend his obdurate, moronic nature of running between the tackles against loaded defensive fronts. They defend his absolute refusal to attack the opponent while on offense, while instead trying to milk the clock and "wear down" the opposing defense.

After Chavis left, the narrative that was sold by this board was that he was the problem. There have been a handful of games in the past where we were unable to stop the opposing team on the final drive, so he had to go. He was the issue. Despite fielding the #1 defensive in the SEC last year with young players, Chavis was the problem. This is what the LSU fan base has been led to believe.

And yet, here we were, yet again, in the exact same position last night - hanging on by a thread, with the opponent having an opportunity to drive down the field and win the game in the final seconds.

And MSU came incredibly close to doing just that. The game was out of our control, and was MSU's for the taking. I'm not sure how anyone can look at this game last night and come to the conclusion that Chavis was ever the problem.

The problem is tepid, uninspired, incredibly vapid play calling, coupled with a complete aversion to field a dynamic, attacking style offense.

The problem was never Chavis, and the problem isn't Kevin Steele - the problem is Les Miles. And the fact that some fans on here are so myopic that they can't understand this is truly disturbing.