Official Sunshine Pumper Offseason Changes Thread

For Sunshine Pumpers and Positigers only:


The negatigers have painted us as a naive group that think everything is perfectly fine. That is not the case. We know that changes need to occur in order for this team to reach its potential. As we can all agree that Les should stay at least through 2016 (and hopefully he does), lets look at what changes should/will happen.

1) Bradley Dale Peveto MUST be fired. This isn't one of those situations where we can excuse one year because he has done well in the past. He has always been a failure here. I understand he is a good recruiter, but that really shouldn't make a difference. Hire someone that is just as good of a recruiter that actually has some sense as a coach.

2)Offense has to change. This is where Alleva needs to step in IMO. They have already taken steps to not renew Cameron's contract, so lets assume there is a change. While we all like Les, we aren't oblivious to his unwillingness to change. MAKE him change. Alleva should be very heavily involved in the recruiting of a new OC whether Miles likes it or not. We cannot let Les hire another one of his buddies that will just agree with everything he wants to do. We need a smart, proven OC, that can develop QBs as well as bring a modern approach to Miles' offensive philosophy (don't turn the ball over, control the LOS, convert 3rd downs, win TOP). The ideal candidate, while very unlikely to happen, has got to be Lane Kiffen.

3)Fix the defense. I'm not entirely sure how my fellow sunshine pumpers feel about Steele, but I think he needs to go. I think he was a flop of a hire. I think we hired a proven failure as DC and he did nothing but make us worse in every phase than we were last year. Therefore, I think the solution is to give him the Brick Haley treatment. Do not fire him, just make him LBs coach. He has been a decent LBs coach and will be a great recruiter moving forward. Now whether or not he will accept a demotion is another topic, but I can't imagine he will have a ton of other job offers out there for him. Once you open up the DC spot, we need to get Alleva involved in this one as well. The truth is, I just don't trust Miles to make these types of important hires anymore. We cannot lose the LSU defense perception. We don't need a good coach, we need a GREAT defensive coordinator that will shut down opposing offenses. Ideal candidates IMO are Dave Aranda (DC Wisconsin), Bud Foster (DC VT), Don Brown (DC BC)


Now for the real sunshine pumping. We need to do the things I mentioned earlier to not only keep the recruiting class intact, but to also utilize more efficiently the talent we have on the current roster. Hopefully we can keep Orgeron, Raymond, and Wilson on the staff as well. If we do these things, I don't see any reason why we aren't competing for SEC and NCAA championships next season. 2016 is our year, now don't screw this up Miles/Alleva!