re: Fans need to express themselves with cheers and boos

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the U.S. and it's successful corporations are prime examples that democracy and listening to the people that are low on the totem pole is benefial in any system. there is a reason that businesses do surveys and want to know the opinions of their customers. A coach should also want to listen to opinions outside of his own and his staff.

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are you really comparing democracy to football????

I've never been to a game and agreed with the "expert" fans sitting around me, so I can't imagine (or respect) a coach that would make decisions based on fan reaction. The way you please fans is by producing wins...period.

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Wow, your logic astounds me.

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whoever you're talking to, i wouldn't be offended coming from you.

i would pray we wouldn't think the same and kill myself if we did.

Wait, I misspoke. I said a coach should never let fans dictate his decision. I spoke too hastely. In high school I think the head coach should let all paying booster club members influence, if not dictate his decisions. In college it should be different....only the big money giver fans should have input into coaching decisions.

I'm not saying that booing should generate a reactionary decision by a coach, but the coach should hear the boos, think about why they are booing, and at least want to make the fans happy. If he really thinks that the fans are asking for something that will hurt the team than obviously he should not go along with them, but can we agree that sometimes coaches are stubborn and stick to something that doesn't work for too long? Can we agree that sometimes fans beg and plead for the coach to make a change and sometimes that does influence his decision and works out for the better?

I'm with you cubby. I'll take a good loss over a bad win any day. In fact, let me go 0-12 with good losses and I will be one satsified fan.....as long as the coach listens to my input, that is.

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I'm in disbelief that I'm the only one here that expects more than just wins.

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You're not the only one who expects more than "just wins". We all want LSU to look good in the process, too. But I also expect the head coach to take a longer view, for the good of the program and the players, than just satisfying the transient whims of the most vocal of the paying fans in the stadium.

If Les Miles believes its in the best interest of the team, and Jarett Lee, to try to get Lee back into the picture by letting him play against La Tech, a team LSU should be able to beat at less than their best, I can accept that. If Miles thinks protecting Jefferson from the horrors of what happened to Lee last year, when he was thrown to the wolves way too early, by running a conservative offense, I can accept that as well. These are the decisions a head coach has to make.

In the meantime, I'll take ugly wins over pretty losses any day.

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I'm totally against booing a college player but when you pay big bucks to watch a game and the coach (who makes millions of dollars) makes a terrible decision, fans have the right to boo him. Miles says that nothing good can come from booing. I thinks that is bullshite. If the coach hears 75% of the crowd booing something that isn't working, he should make an adjustment. I love Miles and I want him to stay at LSU but his stubborness is a big fault of his.

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You mean if 65,000 drunken people that don't know diddly about football want Miles to change something, he should? I'd want him gone if he listened to the boo birds!!!

Cubsgrace,

How old are you?

I think we should be able to vote people off this board. You would be gone.