re: Why does it have to be the coaches fault? Why not blame the players?

Miles is also the guy that recruited one of the best QB's in the country,who happens to be from LA,to be a damn FB

Dak under Cam for the 2014 and 2015 years would have been great. I think Cam can teach QBs, but Harris (like we have said for a while) was ridiculously raw coming out. He was all arm strength and mobility. Would have been much better had he not started til next year at the earliest and had learned from Prescott.

We also have to commit more to the passing game as well. That's why pass blocking has looked awful most of Miles's time here, and that's why when our QBs have to be in a shootout, they look lost. We threw it 352 times with Mett his 1st year (356 passes for the year) for an average of 27 per game. That's the highest LSU average by far since 2008, but those 356 passes in 13 games only ranks 109th in the country this year (100th in the country in 2012).

Several things are that

1) we haven't been effective in throwing the ball at all since 2007 except for 2013.
2) these guys barely get to throw the ball and when they do, they almost always look really bad.
3) our lack of throwing and production keep our first options away (Bridgewater, Rudolph)

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Where is this magical talent gauge you all seem to have?

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Dude, they lost to fricking Toledo

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This evolved exactly as I thought it would, still falling back on arguing about the coaching staff.

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Now I have to thank you for proving me right, baw.

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Lemme guess, you started a thread to "ask" a rhetorical question; only to be able to spew the pumper "logic" when someone doesn't answer the way you WANTED it to be answered.

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Where is my easy button?

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There are a million and one variables that go into a players performance besides talent.

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the general consensus, amongst the people who know talent, is that LSU is loaded. I bet 3 weeks ago the positigers were praising CLM recruiting and the narrative wasn't "we don't have the talent'...2 games later it's "we don't have the talent"

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CLM has always been a great recruiter to some on here.

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Hard to argue that he hasn't done very well in this facet.

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I don't consider allowing your team to lack depth at two of the most important areas being great in recruiting

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Studrawa and Brick proved to be poor recruiters. It showed.
Yes Miles is responsible as head coach but no one can do it by themselves. All these top guys need assistants to do the ground work in their territories.

The players have to execute, but the strategy they're executing should put them in the best position to succeed. As Miles himself said, "I like my quarterback, I like my tailback. I think this offensive line is pretty good. So it's gotta be something I'm doing." (Paraphrasing)

But basically, it's been ten years of anemic offenses and yet we've put more talent into the NFL, including on offense, than any other college team in the country. That's an indication that the talent is there, but needs to be coached properly.

First of all it's the coaches jobs to have the players ready to play. Even my son's pee wee coach takes the blame when they lose.
Second, these college players in my opinion are relatively still kids. We shouldn't put too much blame on them ever at any university. Once you hit the pros then the gloves come off.

I can think of 4.3 million reasons to blame the coach.

A player is responsible for his performance. But what people are criticizing is the same type of play year after year with different players. And LSU gets talented players. So yes, it's more coaching than players.

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Because Saturday night proved that they are. That is why they play the game

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Saturday night proved that Miles is unwilling to adapt and that the whole mindset of this team is just f*cked. And that starts at the top on down.