re: my opinion from the sideline of the game

You can clearly see that Byrd doesn't want to have anything to do with Lee. Lafell and Scott seem to be the only players on offense who are even trying to fire up the offense.

What worries me is that the team is in a tail sping and Miles doesn't even seem to recognize it. Blaming players is not being a leader. You never blame your troops. The leader should take responsibility for what happens on his watch, not try to blame 20 year old kids.

Had a friend on the sidelines for the Ga. game and said it was not only chaotic on the sideline but the players looked like they had no clue what was meant when they came off of the field and were talked to by coaches.

Also said he like to faint when Masaquoi (sp) lined up wide, alone, and none of the coaches noticed at first.

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And I can't blame them either. Have you ever had a boss telling you to do something you knew was going to fail anyway? And the reason you did it was because he was your boss. But you had absolutely no passion or pride involved in what you did because you knew it wasn't going to work, and inevitably, it didn't.



Yep. That's the way the defensive backs are playing. They know the system won't work.

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Yes, and I think this has infected the rest of the team. They know the D won't work, so why should anything else matter?

Maybe fixing that aspect of the team will infuse some confidence in the rest of the team, because prior to a couple of weeks ago, the offense looked pretty good (QB notwithstanding).

it's called lack of freakin SENIOR leadership - these guys are all out for themselves.....no Doucet, Flynn, Hester or Dorsey - sick of seeing these guys complain about the QB and drop freakin passes! Byrd should never complain again - he does not step up when we need a reception the most!

talent but no character.

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Eh. You can't make the players form team unity. It's not all on coaching. You have to hold the players accountable

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It is mostly on coaching.

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But why should they be any different than our fans who give up on the team and don't believe in them and have no respect for most of our players?

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Because perhaps the players are the ones actually playing the game. They should take more pride in what they do and not worry about the fans. Please give the "bad fan" crap a rest.

This team didn't have an identity...no leadership. Who are the team leaders? Can anyone answer that?


To me, that's the single biggest problem w/ this team. Last year, LSU was loaded to the gills w/ leaders (Dorsey, Flynn, Hester, Steltz, etc), but I don't see any leaders on this team.

As for Jarrett lee, you'd think that some of the veteran WR's would try and be supportive of him, but I've noticed all year that they don't even try to help him out.

Hard to believe that last year's championship TEAM could have such a different mindset this season.

Defensive team morale is really low. Talk to any of the players and they will tell you that.

Many dont have confidence in the DCs. The players dont like the schemes, play calls coming in late thus many dont know the play call,

The more and more I hear, I am really concerned on the defensive side of the ball. Its pretty disheartening how 2 guys have absolutely destroyed the team.