re: So much blame on Miles but what about Copeland

Still the coaches fault. He has had NUMEROUS penalty's of that exact kind this year. It is the coaches job to teach him it is unacceptable.

Be upset we lost. Be upset our coach isnt perfect. But anytime we lose this place is miserable. We played and coached out of ourinds last night.

We lost. I get it. I was in attendance and it hurt but at the end of the day I was proud of the entire team and coaches for how they performed and was positive that when I got home Les would finally have earned your respect for dominating Bama. He made all the correct adjustments and put our team in a position to win.

Kick the FG and make it late to give us a 6 point lead and then we get to kick it off and pin them deeper.

Get the first down with Warecat. All ware has to do is the quick drew brees jump.

Am I mad at alleman or ware? Nope. They are young and will keep improving.

Do I agree with every play call? No, but no one will ever be 100% in agreement because we all think we know better.

You don't break down hours and hours of film or spend hours a week at practices. Maybe Alleman is booming 80 yarders against a rush in practice so a 54 yarder is a chip shot.

Or maybe Alleman slipped a bit. Maybe Ware gets 1 yard 99 out of 100 tries.

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Maybe Alleman is booming 80 yarders against a rush in practice so a 54 yarder is a chip shot.

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If that's the case, why fake it on 4th and 12 on a much shorter FG?

Look, I'm not a Les hater and I was proud of the team. Our team was prepared and ready and we made adjustments. I just have an issue with mind-boggling calls in a game that means everything. That's all.

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Yes, it was a bad penalty... but it's not like it cost us points or even an opportunity for points. It was STILL first and ten with good field position... every offensive option still at our disposal.

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It did cost us. Without the penalty , we are at the 11 yard line and we are running it down their throats. It's pushed us out of fg range.

I'm not going to blame Copeland...emotions get the better of these guys from time to time. It happens. This isn't the first time he's been called for something like this though...I hope he can lock it down a little better in the future.

[quote]Still had several downs to get into fg range. [/quote

I don't put not getting points there, all on Cope, but it did put us out of fg range. It def took 3 off the board. There are two play calls I want back. 4& 12 fake( wtf ) and kicking a 54 yarder ( 10 yards longer than his career long). All the other calls are acceptable even if thy weren't successful. Although , on the 4&1 , there is no way I'm not lining up in the I and running Hill right behind Copeland. No way. Hill was gashing them for Atleast 3 yards a carry.

[quote]Copeland has had punk tendencies that whole year. He almost got a penalty the first time he touched the ball during the game after the ref got up in his face. [/quote

Copeland has been one of our best players since joining the team. The guy has been a warrior for LSU. So I won't hate too much. He is one of the reasons we run the ball so effectively.

100 percent correct! Miles players lack discipline. When Saban s players screw up he takes them apart emotionally on the sideline, he demands excellence! Miles would like you to try your best and if you screw up that's ok because he is still payed. Penalties, lack of discipline and goddam missed field goals and poor special teams. I don't hear about a bunch of Sabans players busted for weed. It may be covered up but his players are held accountable.

Nobody would be going for miles head if he sat a fullback. I like copeland. I think hes good but to say that people would have miles head if he sat copeland because of personal fouls is ridiculous.

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• On Bama’s last drive we could not put pressure on AJ with 4 man rush.

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we were sending an extra guy, they just picked it up pretty much every time.