re: Our receivers - what say you?

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our receivers seem to wait for a "perfect" ball to come to them

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they've seen maybe 10 of theses all season...

Our receivers are lacking consistent intensity and hunger. I feel they have the talent to step up to the plate. The season isn't over.

Lafell is a great route runner. Byrd needs to work on it, but I can't think of many better route runners I've seen in college.

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speculation.... it is impossible to evaluate our WRs this year... so many bad passes, they can never get in a groove...

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BUT...when the passes are good, they DO NOT consistently make the catch. I am not much on "the groove" thing. Some receivers never get more than one or two throws thrown to them per game.
If the pass is "catch able", catch it. It seems as if it is a lack of concentration and/or desire..
Is that the duties of a RECEIVER COACH?

I think our receivers are very frustrated right now - all dressed up, and no one to throw to them (reliably). KC.

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but, if everytime a pass comes your way you have to be a magician to catch it.... and thats jsut it the good passes are so few and far in between they can not get consistent...

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in any football game, a receiver can not expect any more than a handful of passes...unless he is the only one...
therefore, he must be ready to catch...
Bad passes, I understand,
but just because a previous pass was bad, it does not excuse dropping a good pass.

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I think our receivers are very frustrated right now - all dressed up, and no one to throw to them (reliably). KC.'

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they may be, but how is that a good excuse.
Each player MUST do their job.

rbdallas is exactly right. While our QB is not perfect, our WR's are underperforming. You go back to last year, they did the same thing with Flynn trowing to them, the only one with any effort was Early, and he was hurt most of the year. That's why Flynn's stats looked so bad, but most to the people on here just wanted to blame him because he wasn't Russell (thank god he wasn't, we won NC).

I just don't seem to get the "blame it all on the QB, but give the WRs a pass" attitude on this board. The effort of our WRs is horrible. But you guys just think they are great, so its OK.

I have also noticed this, and respect your courage in posting it. I have noticed some outstanding catches, runs, defensive efforts, and individual efforts from other teams. It just seems like LSU is so absorbed with what is wrong that no one seems to be laying it out there. I've seen games where I think to myself about a team, "Wow, these guys really want this game." I have had moments when I've thought that about LSU, but they have been rare. IMO, that has to lie on the coaches. I think the atmosphere has been a negatively charged one at LSU this year and so much focus has been about everything but desire and motivation. I coach also and know too well that when you are having to coach the basics daily, it's easy to fail to prepare them emotionally for the game. I also believe their energy (or lack thereof) shows their lack in confidence in the teams leadership, whether that be on or off the field.

Maybe because the SEC has defenses with DBs that will knock your head off, and the Big 12 doesnt have defenses or DBs

This was evident during the Georgia game. There receivers would go up and get the ball whereas our guys dont seem to quite want it as bad. Not defending Lee because he has had his share of bad passes but how many times do our receivers seem to not even try.