re: Pelini was cussing out players on the sidelines like a drunken sailor

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Are the players that sensitive and soft now? I never played football at that level but remember getting my arse chewed many times from tot football through high school. Butch up Tigers.

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If you've watched any of the interviews with Saban over the last few years he talks about this and how he's had to adapt and change his coaching style to fit this new generation. He has specifically talked about the yelling and chewing of the old days and how that doesn't work on most of today's kids. He says today's generation are motivated differently, and you have to figure out what motivates each individual and coach to that. I think Bo doesn't know how to adapt.

How do you please fans.
After the Auburn game, fans were moaning about players on the bench laughing and joking as we were getting our arse kicked.
The Coach rips them and now its the coach's fault for upsetting their tiny egos.
Maybe its a lack of "team" leaders?

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I'm wondering if the players have any respect for him.

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I think kids nowadays aren’t taught to be respectful of their elders, then throw in all the SJW bs.

The video where Bo is chewing on Evans sitting on the bench and Evans expression told me all I needed. Like get this f'n mad man out of here. I believe Bo would have a hard time recruiting "his" kind of guys after this defensive debacle of a season. I played for arse chewers, it was their form of getting and holding your attention.

First of Pelini is not going anywhere....

Second of all, can you call just not admit that the players are not doing what they are suppose to do? This isnt pee wee football here. This is college. Big money with the shot to go pro and make big bucks for yourself. Everyone wants to blame the coach. But they are literally running a base 4-3. Simple as shite. You saw it with Clark, dude just wasnt cut out for it. Most Highschool teams run a 4-3. This is nothing new. Players act like they do not want to be there. This is not on the coach. Be it the way the year has went, elections, social issues, outside influences, whatever. The players are acting like they do not want to play. And him screaming at players are the least of the problem, because after some games I watched they would have all ran until they puked or passed out. If they cant take how coaches are screaming at them then they are definitely in the wrong sport.

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It’s honestly weird in a way but also revealing on how players deal with these guys personalities. During a game they can come across as the biggest prick in the world but off the court (I assume most) are good guys to talk to. Brady has every reason to hold a grudge against LSU. He was fired a year and a half after leading LSU to the final four and then the program absolutely tanked proving him right in a way. Instead he’s the color guy on the radio very complimentary of Wade in the broadcasts I’ve heard and does a great job of breaking down the game. A huge surprise.

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Brady WAS acerbic to both players and fans alike during his time at LSU. His success (though inconsistent) was enough to keep him around for 11 years. But his personality was enough to get him out the door even though he was just two years removed from the Final Four.

It appears age and perspective mellowed him. He's no longer stressed and defensive, and it shows a lot about his character to return to the place that fired him (which he absolutely wasn't accepting of when it happened).

He's very good on the radio. He's also very respectful of Wade. Never second guessing anything Wade does relative to how he may have handled it as a coach. I thought at first it might be a bad idea to have the former HC on the broadcast team essentially looking over the shoulder of the new, young, HC. However, it has worked out well. Brady is good at what he does. And for his part, Wade is confident enough in himself that he doesn't worry about the presence of a former coach. He's also humble enough to accept Brady's input...which Brady only provides if asked. In fact, Wade sought some input from Brady with respect to LSU's need to get much better defensively. Something at which Brady's team were always good. You can hear in the post game interviews that they have a good relationship and mutual respect for one another.

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If you actually respected the coach you’d have no problem with arse chewings. But look at the way they don’t even look him in the eye when he yells at them. It’s clear as day they don’t really respect what he has to say.

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it COULD be this;

Or it could be that they knew they screwed up, and didn't want to look him in the eye because he was right.

If you release a guy when you shouldn't have, and he makes a huge play, you know it's on you, and you know you're going to get lit up.

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How do you please fans.
After the Auburn game, fans were moaning about players on the bench laughing and joking as we were getting our arse kicked.
The Coach rips them and now its the coach's fault for upsetting their tiny egos.

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The defense has been awful this year, but we can't say Pelini looks like he doesn't care. The D did play better on Saturday. We were better against the run, dramatically better on 3rd down, and other than the long plays that were made (which were too many), I can't say there were a bunch of wide open guys on other plays that Arkansas just missed.

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Players respond to coddling instead of coaching now. Pelini’s method is from a bygone era.

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This guy ALWAYS remains calm and NEVER chews arse:

And again, I know everyone wants to say "fire Pelini, he sucks" right now.

But- it's not like he was a Walmart stock boy until he came here. He's an experienced coach, he's been a DC and HC, he coached defense in the NFL, etc. He understands concepts.

You can say "oh, it's old and outdated", but that doesn't explain why you get 2-3 receivers running free on damn near every play (that even happened against Vandy, they just couldn't complete the passes).

He might not create the most cutting-edge scheme, but he should be able to create at least a generic, average, middle-of-the-road scheme. And with the talent that flows through LSU, that should be enough to keep the opponent under 30 pts a game. A team might create a favorable matchup, but in theory our safeties should be able to hold their own against an opponent's #2 guy, at least enough to contest a pass most of the time.
*It's like the Les Miles offenses here; it was out-dated, but we had the talent to make it work enough to win. Opponents might know the plays in advance, but unless they're Alabama, it's still going to work more often than not.

The defensive woes should be like that. Maybe we could use a better coverage scheme, but at worst we should still have the better athletes, and they should be in decent position, if not to break up a pass, at least to make a tackle after the catch. Guys shouldn't be running free. It's still 11 on 11, players should be accounted for.
What I've seen is, they're not. That's not the scheme, that's the players blowing assignments.