Did you think of this?

Nine seconds is still enough time to throw an out rout underneath the coverage and get out of bounds back in FG range. That's what I was thinking we would do.

Yeah it was a cacophony of errors really, but even in spite of that there were still things we could have done to win the game right up until the very last play. It was like every possible thing Miles could do to frick it up... he did.

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Now is not the time to gloat.

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God I am so fricking tired of trying to point out that it's not just the last play that has everyone upset. It's everything leading up to it, and a coaching staff whose job it is to be calm, rational, and prepared for every senario be completely incompetent and out of control.

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1). Calm down. It's just a thought. Don't piss yourself.

2). Would you honestly, in your heart of hearts, think that an attempt to win the game on a deep ball would be caught, in bounds, with < 1second left? Say what you want, but there is not a snowball's chance in hell that you can expect that to ever happen, much less plan for that situation.

As for the out route underneath coverage, that still would have been a thirty(ish) yard route to get to the first down marker, and even then there is no guarantee he catches it/gets out of bounds. Not saying that isn't what should have been called, but this is definitely what I saw as a "what the frick" moment.

And to all along the lines of 9Fiddy, no matter how much money you make, you can't be fricking perfect.

That scenario doesn't happen very often at all, and contrary to popular belief, money does not grant infinite wisdom and perfect judgement.

I think HUMAN is the word. People make mistakes. Granted, there were quite a few on Saturday. This one, though, can be justified somewhat, IF in fact this was the call to begin with.

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If miles didn't know what to do, why is LSU paying him nearly 4 million a year?

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This is what I am talking about. Wish I had a chance to see you shite a brick in the situation, Coach.

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Yeah it was a cacophony of errors really, but even in spite of that there were still things we could have done to win the game right up until the very last play. It was like every possible thing Miles could do to frick it up... he did.

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However poorly, I acknowledged that with the "we shouldn't have been in that position to begin with" comment.

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A TO with 35 seconds left would have been good move...but what the heck do I know? It appeared to be bedlam on the LSU sideline and I dont think Miles should be caught like that...just saying.

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AGREED! I am just flabbergasted that anyone can be expected to be flawless week in and week out, JUST BECAUSE he is paid an un-Godly amount of money.

I know it's a lot of money (understatement), but you just can't expect that.

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Yeah but he should have had the field goal unit ready regardless.

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IF he knew that the clock was not going to run out. He had no timeouts and nine seconds left and 50+ yards to go to win the game.

I do see what you are sayin, but IMHO that play was called with the intent of it to be an end-all, be-all situation. In those situations, the field goal unit will not be ready. It's just the nature of the call.

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but IMHO that play was called with the intent of it to be an end-all, be-all situation

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I'm not arguing with what you are saying because I think Les Miles is so simplistic he actually was thinking that way. And that's the f'ing problem. When you make 4 million a year with as much coaching experience as he has, you think the whole thing through and do it on the spot. Because, afterall, you are being paid 4 million a year to think things all the way through. A coach getting paid 75,000 is justified to just think it through as just a hail mary play in the endzone and then get caught with your pants down.

Nobody would think that bullshite is how it would have happened. He isn't a fricking psychic.

Jeebus...I talk so much about the IQ level of gumps, maybe I should look at some of our delusional rantards as well.

Then again...It is entertaining.

In the words of Patches O'Hoolihan, "It's like watching a bunch of retards trying to hump a doorknob."

So tell me this. Using all the excuses you have for what happened at the end of the game, are you satisfied with the effort and mental accuity that was on display Saturday by our coaching staff?

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If I were Miles and that happend, I would be beside myself and most likely not know what to do.

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And this is why you don't coach major college football. Hell, it makes you wonder why Miles does. This isn't like scheming to go against a Nick Saban defense or an Urban Meyer offense, this is the same basic clock management jr. high coaches have to deal with, and our coaching staff continues to fail miserably at it.