re: Most of You are Spoiled -Throw-in- the-Towel 1/2 Assed Fans

This thread needs to be anchored.

Are you a better fan because you come on here(a public message board about LSU) and call out people who are critical to the team they love? Everyone in this world is being watched by someone and are being judged. How is this any different than an employee evaluation? It isnt. People are stating what Miles has to do to get this team playing better. Nobody is throwing in the towel. Most are stating the problems that LSU is having and most are towards Miles.

If you dont like reading stuff like that, dont come here. I enjoy reading peoples opinions on this team. Chicken and the admins have done a great job monitoring it so it doenst get out hand like cursing out players. He also did a great job in getting in a great LSU writer with Carl which has made the site better for us.

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If deciding to wait before passing judgment on this year is "drinking purple koolaid" then count me in.

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Fair enough.
But how many 4/5 lose seasons will it take before you would consider the results to catch up with the performance?

Remember, we were 5-1 last year also.

Do you deny that if drastic changes aren't made that the "trend" becomes a reality? Do you think that these coaches are getting the most out of the talent (not a single game, but over the past 2 years, which is a pretty large sample)? Lastly, do you believe that the results ultimately fall on the shoulders of the head coach, regardless of the asst coaches/players/etc?

You don't have clue about what you are talking about. If LSU keeps on doing what they are doing, they are going to keep on getting what they are getting. You can have every Blue Chip player on a team and if is poorly coached or lazy it will never meet its potential. You can call bull shite all you want and talk about traveling to the future and make any other assinine analogies you like but you have apparently attached your ego to this subpar underperforming team and you cannot detach yourself for a moment and look at it dispassionately. Keep on Blogging Brother. P.S. I hope you are right and I am wrong.

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And what will you do when they are winning the SEC? Hop back on the bandwagon?

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I will scream my lungs out cheering for LSU just like I do now and have done for the past 25 years.
Just because I get pissed after the 2nd-6th option call with JJ running his back into the defense OR when the offense comes onto the field with no receivers on 3rd & goal from the 3 and run the obvious dive into the left side of the line for no gain OR when we rush 3 and drop 8 on 3rd & 12 only to have Joe "Schmoe" Cox complete an easy 13 yd pass after 5 seconds for the 4th or 5th time doesn't make me any less a fan than you.

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Please tell me specifically what makes this year a promising year. If you say b/c we're 5-1 and ranked 10th, I'm going to throw up.

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Well, throw up then.

Cause we are 5-1 with an off week in which to heal and get ready for Auburn at home. A winnable game to go 6-1. We then have Tulane...another winnable game to go 7-1 and probably ranked around 7th or 8th heading to Bama. What's not "promising" if we can be 7-1 with bout 3 weeks to go in the season???

This is just me, but I'll take 7-1, play out the season, and see what happens before throwing in the towel.

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Cause we are 5-1 with an off week in which to heal and get ready for Auburn at home. A winnable game to go 6-1. We then have Tulane...another winnable game to go 7-1 and probably ranked around 7th or 8th heading to Bama. What's not "promising" if we can be 7-1 with bout 3 weeks to go in the season???

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Just like when we were 5-1 last year.

Let's see, most difficult part of the schedule still ahead....however, we're ranked 109th in offense & 40th in defense....our OC still calls the same plays that haven't worked for weeks, our OL can't block for shite & haven't for weeks, our defense can't get anyone off the field on 3rd down and puts zero pressure on the QB.....all of that and more and the fact that the remaining schedule is tougher than YTD.

I'm not giving up on the season & I hope we make it to ATL. But what reason is there really to expect anything different from what we've seen so far...and what we've seen so far won't cut it the remainder of the season.

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Most of You are Spoiled -Throw-in- the-Towel 1/2 Assed Fans
who don't know crap about leadership, developing a team over the course of a season, and the recipe for winning in sports or business. We are in the Top 10, respected around the country, will beat Auburn and Tulane and go into T-Town 7-1 with a chance to win and porably the 7 PM featured game of the week on ABC or CBS. These are good times and the comments on this board make it appear that our program and season is in the condition of FSU, MI, GA, TN, OK, UCLA, WV.... all teams with multiple losses. We have work to do on offense, no doubt, and I have concerns about Crowton -- not Miles, not Chavis. For God sakes, enjoy this season -- it has the potential to be a great one, and most all of our teams over the last 50 years were not as good as this won. Man up and get behind the team instead of trying to tear it down. How do you feel when your boss and/or customers do nothing but tear you down personally. Makes you feel good and improves your work? I don't think so.

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I'm with you

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But how many 4/5 lose seasons will it take before you would consider the results to catch up with the performance?

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Ding, ding, ding! Exactly! 4/5 loss seasons. So far how many of those is in the books? ONE. So far this season we have ONE loss. You, however are resigned to and already see a 4/5 loss season. I can only speak of results/performance of 6 games so far this season.

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Remember, we were 5-1 last year also.

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Oh! I didn't know that! So, last year's performance IS THIS YEAR'S PERFORMANCE. Gotcha!

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Do you deny that if drastic changes aren't made that the "trend" becomes a reality?

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This is another place where we differ. It only becomes reality AFTER it occurs. Until then it is only an estimate, a guess, a perception. These are people playing a game of will, desire, physical force, etc. Many unpredictable factors are involved that cannot be measured. You can measure all the stats you want -- they are only indicators. How do you measure the fire in the gut that wills a team to do extraordinary things? (Though I will say it SEEMS there is very little evidence of this on the offense during SOME of the games SOME of the time so far.)

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Do you think that these coaches are getting the most out of the talent (not a single game, but over the past 2 years, which is a pretty large sample)?

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Not on offense, not right now. There are flashes of brilliance then followed by stupidity that lets the air out before any steam gets a chance to build. On defense they did not last year but I see improvements that say otherwise this year.

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do you believe that the results ultimately fall on the shoulders of the head coach, regardless of the asst coaches/players/etc?

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Of course it does and I don't think you will find many who will say otherwise. I am just glad we are not giving in to the LOUD knee jerk reaction a segment of our fanbase is screaming about (you seem to be one of them). FWIW, I did react this way immediately after the game (check my posts) but calmed down and realized that I was overreacting. Who would want to work for someone that flies off the handle that quickly?

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7 Moves

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Keep that shite out of here...it does not agree with the "trends" they see.