re: "Jefferson Should Have Played Earlier": Guilbeau Is An Idiot

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Miles has consistently stated, and alluded to again in his post-game press conference, that it was an issue of learning the playbook. The athleticism was clearly there. Maybe the guy is just not that bright. If I recall Jamarcus Russell had some similar issues early on

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so if he didn't know the whole playbook he might what? throw a bunch of interceptions for touchdowns...

I'm just saying that there were a lot of games earlier in the season where he could've gotten more run, and more game experience. and even with a stripped down version of the playbook, couldn't have made more mistakes than Lee.

If y'all remember this is how Matt Flynn got his start after his great play in a bolw game.

Certainly JJ's play should not be discounted but let's remember that fb is a TEAM game. The team as a whole performed better by leaps and bounds in the bowl and the Tigers finally had the ball bounce their way vs through the season.
Who knows what would have happened had not the d and special teams stepped up their games to go along with the o finally clicking?
For this game, this looked like the Tiger team of the past few years-physically beating GT as well as playing with confidence and having fun.
It also seemed as if the team finally found and listened to its leaders.
JJ's progress gives a bright light to the future but the performance of the team as a whole makes it even brighter.

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Wow your a complete dumbass.

Not to mention he works for Gannett News and not the LSU properghanda machine, The Advocate.

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Your entitled to you're opinion, of course.

And thanks for catching my mistake on his employer. I corrected it. But no matter whom he works for, there's nothing "proper" about his unsubstantiated factual assumptions, to say nothing of his penchant for arguing from a bias, rather than reasoning to a conclusion.

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Now you look like a silly delusional Tiger fan. You honestly think that an award winning journalist, that graduated from Missouri (The top Journalism school in the country, look it up) didn't graduate high school?

His job is to be an objective journalist. Not pamper LSU fans that hate the truth.

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Thank you Mrs. Guilbeau. Do ou honestly think deep down that JJ was ready to capably run the LSU offense in September? You have to remember that when JJ got here there were two older QB's ahead of him. You know what that means. Here I'll explain it to you and GG. It means that THEY get more reps on practice. Now what do you know that that means? They learn more of the offense and are better able to execute it. Do you think that timming on pass plays just happens? Do you think that handing off to running backs much faster than you had in high school just happens? Do you think that reading college defenses is easy? Do you believe that a college football game is just like a high school football game just with bigger crowds and hotter cheerleaders?
Now I know that you think that GG is a brilliant journalist, probably Pulitzer material. But for all of that I just have to believe that Crowton knows a little more than GG about quarterbacks. Just call me foolish if you will.
GG is just trying to sell papers. Which is his job. Accuracy is secndary and I think you know that too.

Come on, folks.
It's no tnews that Guilbeau is a "shock jock" sports journalist who creates controversy to create interest/talk, etc.
That formula ALWAYS means attacking the home team in some way. There's no integrity to this approach to journalism.
This is the just the latest product of that formula.
The notion that JJ was ready for the bowl game, and therefore ready much earlier is a non sequitur.
To the contrary, JJ shows every indication of having been developed responsibly and responding accordingly.

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what if by playing JJ earlier, he would've been ready earlier? like say game 6 or 7 of the season.

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What if he wasn't? What if he got hurt? What if What if What if........? Speculation is easy.
I tend to trust a professional football coach over some frat kids or a smarmy writer. It's just me I guess.

It's a writer's job to second guess.

No doubt Miles did his best. But what if he made the wrong decision? Isn't that what people are supposed to talk about? The what if's?

What if Jarrett Lee played the 2nd half of AUB like he did the 1st half and JJ was forced into action incredibly early in the season.

Would we have lost 5 games?

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Guilbeau Is An Idiot

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That's hardly breaking news!

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It's a writer's job to second guess.

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No it's not. No wonder you support Guilbeau. Unbelievable. I don't want to read a column by a reporter that is obviously a homer, but being one who's sole purpose is to "second guess" the decisions is ridiculous. Do you honestly believe what you just posted??