re: Thank you Stingley, Jr.

Ok

Why because he is looking out for the best interest of his son and not LSU or it’s sorry arse fans that bash players when they get hurt?

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Was he really ever that good to begin with?

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Absolutely. Still is.

Nagging injuries and a shitty coordinator hurt him but he's still going to be a top ten pick.

What most people are talking about is what occurred last year and how his play drastically changed on the field from 2019. Clearly the focus was not 100% on football last year and it should have been. The kid can act the way he likes and do what he likes but when his play is affected by his actions then fans will be disappointed in him only because it’s clear how talented he is but it was also clear that effort was not given last year for whatever reason. That started everything. Then not practicing with the team for the entire offseason whether it be from injury or not, he didn’t even show up.

His first game this season was not even close to what he had showed 2 years ago so of course people will start to think that his actions have indeed affected his play. Then he comes out and shows us a great game and a half, now he’s hurt again. No he can’t help getting hurt BUT usually when your effort starts to lack, injuries follow and other negative things start to pile up. It’s never good to get out of your rhythm as a player and he clearly did that for whatever reason.

Coach Pelini didn’t coach him to tackle with little effort or to start worrying about off the field issues instead of just staying with football. It’s fine if you want to concern yourself with off the field issues in a positive way while also giving the same effort on the field but when thousands of fans hear and see you have a negative view of things then follow that up with negative play, people will assume that they’re related and they’re likely correct. Simply because he’s a young man and very emotional at that age, we know because we’ve experienced it and we’ve let that affect us in some way but we also never had the talent and support that he does. I guess it’s just disappointing to people that someone with his talent wouldn’t take complete advantage of it and perform the way he did as a freshman. He is on a downward slope right now, even if he never did have this injury and I totally believe he’s hurt and can’t perform. He wasn’t for most of last year.