re: Many around the program – and outside of it – compare the scheme Ensminger is implementing

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That was just his first full season at the helm. What crazy fan base wants to fire the coach after one season when the team finished 9-4 his first season?

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Did I slip into a parallel universe? Didn’t we fire the coach with the highest winning percentage in school history because he was losing 3-4 games? I mean he was almost fired after an 8-3 season in 2015 or did that happen in my other universe.

And this is another thing that I don’t know why you can’t understand, but just because people are critical doesn’t mean we want him fired NOW!!! I didn’t want him hired but that’s different, he was so now we have to give him a few years so long as he doesn’t completely tank (a losing season is grounds for immediate termination

But I’d didn’t fricking work!

And honestly why would you believe what a coach says after a fricking frick yo like losing to Troy?

If something AWEFUL happens and the person in charge says they made a tiny tweak, 99.999999999% they fricked everything up and are mitigating damages. The offense looked completely different could score on a fricking sunbelt team. I dont Believe o just said “just simplify it a little bit”

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What crazy fan base wants to fire the coach after one season when the team finished 9-4 his first season?

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The same one that wants to fire a NC championship winning coach after a 9-3 season.

Nah man gotta make sure he players are fresh. Running around not knowing what your fricking doing really takes it out on you.

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he same one that wants to fire a NC championship winning coach after a 9-3 season.

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nope, we fired him after an 8-5 season followed by a 9-3 season followed by a 2-2 start to a season while clinging to a retro offense.
edit: not to mention terrible SEC records in recent years.

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followed by a 9-3 season

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You just agreed with what that guy said.

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while clinging to a retro offense.

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I agree. This was the reason Miles was let go. He didn't adapt his offense after he said he would numerous times.


I would venture to say that winning two SEC Championships, a National Championship and the appearance at another National Championship game earned him a little latitude from the higher ups.





But back to the subject, O doesn't have that luxury. O has not won an SEC Championship, nor has he won the west side of the SEC. He sells a big game but the results 8 out of 10 times fall short.


That is why he gets what he's getting on here. I guarantee you it's not because people want to see LSU fail. Any rational fan can see that he isn't the man for the job.


He says one thing and sells everyone on his plan and then he doesn't produce results on the field. It happens 80% of the time, and that's just in his first year as HC. The Auburn win was a huge win, no doubt but after that, it was weak teams until the bowl game. He finished with a 9-4 season, one loss more than what Miles was let go for and 3-2 in the first 5 weeks. You just said that Miles went 2-2 in 2016 and lost to the likes of Wisconsin and Auburn, when we could've won both at the last second if Brandon Harris doesn't throw the pick and Chark makes that catch at Auburn before time expires. That is a far cry from losing to Mississippi State by 30 and Troy in the first 5 weeks. And don't forget Syracuse put a scare in everyone.

Look at his first year. He got run over by a perennial SEC doormat by 30 and lost to a Sunbelt team at night on Homecoming. Not taking anything from Troy, but the talent on the LSU sidelines and the Troy sidelines do not equal one another.

The upcoming schedule is a lot tougher than last year and some fans have already decided to use the "but the schedule was too tough and we're still a young team."

O knew the expectations, he said it himself. If he can't sustain the success of his predecessor, then the leash should be very short, that's why he was hired. This wasn't supposed to be a rebuilding, he said that as well and welcomed the expectations.

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you constantly bash O without even giving him a chance  

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i gave him a chance.

he had 52 4 and 5 star players
returning senior qb
returning all sec rb
the best coordinators money could buy
the easiest schedule he will probably ever have at lsu

and he lost 4 games. 2 in historic fashion

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then go cheer for another program. 

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if you bashed the most accomplished coach in lsu history then go cheer for another program.

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Just sit back, support the program,

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i am.

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reasonably knock Orgeron with constructive criticism

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nothing i post about O is unreasonable

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but don't try to go out your way to shite on him and thus the team by extension, 

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where was this stance during the last regime? the fact that you cant see the hypocrisy is astounding.

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Did anyone really expect we would last season

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What crazy fan base wants to fire the coach after one season when the team finished 9-4 his first season?

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we fired one of the most accomplished coaches in sec history because he was losing 4 games
its warranted when we were sold a win now campiagn. if lsu did have to rebuild then Ed Orgeron shouldve never been hired. there isnt a single shred of evidence that points to O being able to build a program. hell there is no evidence that O can build a successful defense.He has never in his life had a top 14 recruiting class for his own program.

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i gave him a chance.

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I gave him several. Probably more than I should have.

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ot to mention terrible SEC records in recent years

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2011 to the day he was fired lsu was 2nd in the west in sec wins and 2nd in the sec in overall sec wins.