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re: At the risk of raining on LSUs annual preseason offensive hype, let me remind you...
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:49 am to Oilfieldbiology
Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:49 am to Oilfieldbiology
Im not, not excited. I just think we should temper expectations considering history. Maybe Im suffering from fear of disappointment.
I do think the offense will be better but some are absolutely convinced that LSU is going to do a 180. I dont think theres anything wrong with taking a wait and see approach. That would be prudent but some act as though we should all completely buy-in or we are being 'negative'.
I do think the offense will be better but some are absolutely convinced that LSU is going to do a 180. I dont think theres anything wrong with taking a wait and see approach. That would be prudent but some act as though we should all completely buy-in or we are being 'negative'.
This post was edited on 5/3/19 at 9:53 am
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Posted on 5/3/19 at 9:56 am to nola000
Why? What’s the harm of having high expectations? It’s May. We have absolutely loaded WR corps, some stud RB’s coming in as well as several gifted backs returning, a senior Qb who only improved as the season progressed, and an additional year of online development (no early entries to draft) with rumors (only rumors though) of our best OL player potentially coming back.
Hopefully the addition of Joe Brady will modernize the offense and allow us to beat bama because the defense is going to be absolutely fricking loaded.
As to buying into the hype whole sale, I actually agree cautious optimism is best. But that’s not what you did. You started a thread pointing out (factually) how shitty we were in the past. That’s not cautious optimism, that’s pessimism/negativity.
And also let me say this, I don’t think you are an overly negative poster/person so don’t take my comments that way
Hopefully the addition of Joe Brady will modernize the offense and allow us to beat bama because the defense is going to be absolutely fricking loaded.
As to buying into the hype whole sale, I actually agree cautious optimism is best. But that’s not what you did. You started a thread pointing out (factually) how shitty we were in the past. That’s not cautious optimism, that’s pessimism/negativity.
And also let me say this, I don’t think you are an overly negative poster/person so don’t take my comments that way
This post was edited on 5/3/19 at 10:06 am
Posted on 5/3/19 at 10:36 am to nola000
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Maybe Im suffering from fear of disappointment.
From my other post...
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Such a snowflake mentality. Your egos are so fragile that you refuse to get your hopes up and risk being disappointed again. You envy the optimists and how much fun they are having so your only hope is that the team fails so at least in the end you can be right.
Its true, we will not know for sure until we see it. We may end up being disappointed. But if you look at all of the current evidence objectively rather than dwelling on the past, it is a much better bet that our offense will be different this year than the same, and the doubters will look sort of dumb in retrospect.
It will be OK either way. If the offense does improve, the skeptics and negatigers will be happy too and only regret that they missed the bandwagon. If the offense is the same, it will be surprising and disappointing AGAIN, but life will go on.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 11:04 am to nola000
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Im not, not excited. I just think we should temper expectations considering history.
Here in lies the flaw of your stance.
You don't just want to withhold YOUR excitement and wait and see, you want EVERYONE to agree and do the same.
Just like its ok for you to wait and see, its ok for others to be excited now.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 11:12 am to nola000
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Maybe Im suffering from fear of disappointment.
Living in fear is no way to live! So, fear not!
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I dont think theres anything wrong with taking a wait and see approach. That would be prudent
In most areas of life, that is a wise approach. But, this is college football. The off-season is where you can/should get excited. Every team, regardless of last year's performance has a chance to win it all!!! Why not get excited? Because you could be let down? Pansy! Lol. Hell, I predict we win it all! Could I be wrong? Probably. But why not brag while I can... once the season starts we will all soon know if offense has changed.
Instead, I'll get excited; hope for the best; anticipate needed changes; and let non-LSU fans tell me to how "bad" we will be-- how we were shut out 2 times against Bama. Enough enemies will rain on our parade, I just don't need/want people who claim to be LSU fans to be
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raining on LSUs annual preseason offensive hype,
OK.. end of rant. Geaux Tigers!
Posted on 5/3/19 at 12:58 pm to nola000
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Im not, not excited. I just think we should temper expectations considering history. Maybe Im suffering from fear of disappointment.
There are a host of reasons for thinking our O will improve and a lot of the reasons involve returning players.
QB, WRs, OL and Helaire are all returning with experience.
Two big time freshmen coming in to help.
Then there is the new coach helping SE.
Dwell on the past if you like, but there are way more positives this season than last season.
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