re: We need to sit back and give BK his credit for what he has done with this program thus far

All B.K teams he has build up usually start to get going in years 4 and 5 . I’m really expecting the O-line to be good this year and really be able to run the ball consistently. I also believe the season we have depend on our Db plays too . We need them guys to make plays this year .

BK has done less than Saban, Miles or Orgeron in the same amount of time. Dude is an underachieving loser. He will never win anything at LSU.

Another way of looking at it is he took a team that had been 5-5 and 6-7 the two years before.

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but the true story of LSU's success is really Jaden Daniels

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Who went and got JaYden Daniels? Who developed him into what he became? He sure as hell wasn't what he became when he got to LSU.

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It's a much different era in college football where everyone is trying to figure it out no?

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LSU had the 8th best roster last season composite wise and BK lost to USC to open the season. Being truthful BK hasn't been all that good in big games. Including here and Notre Dame. Vs top 25 teams, he's 34-34. That's mediocre. I get why so many fans are in "show me" mode.

I am, as always, starting the season optimistic. In particular, Whit Weeks' winner/competitive attitude will be contagious, he and Harold will have this defense clicking. Nuss is looking like more of a leader. I think he understands that he will have to take opportunities to run when his receivers are covered. I think he will play a little more like Jayden Daniels this season.

We have some really good players, and I think we will see more of a team mentality like we did on the baseball team. In the NIL landscape, I think a lot of players had lost sight of that and become ME oriented. From all the player interviews recently, it seems like a chemistry has developed.

Hope I'm not wrong about that.

Honestly I this this program was cooked before Austin Thomas came back. Our roster management and staffing was fricking pathetic the first two seasons.

He’s clearly a sharp guy but I’m in the party of “less golf course and more oversight” after the first two seasons and I think he’s gotten the message.

To his credit, stabilizing the program, building a culture and navigating the fast changing landscape is no small feat. Plenty of high profile programs are trying to adjust with varying degrees of success. He should get big credit for that.

OTOH, I am still baffled at how a coach of his experience could not find a way to fix the 23 defense all season. It seems to me that the ole miss game was where major, major changes needed to be made but the d didn't really get much better after that. I don't know what those changes would be but how does someone of his stature not know how to improve the statistically worst d lsu has ever had? Almost ANY changes would have been an improvement. It's almost like he was hands off the whole season on that side of the ball and just watched it burn every game.

He has also been responsible for 4 or 5 of the worst beatdowns I have ever seen the tigers suffer in 40 years of watching. Outside of his tenure, I can count 8 or 9 off the top of my head. Even curley's teams were somewhat competitive, even though they lost most games. His only 3 good wins are 22 bama, 23 missouri and 24 ole miss. Those are solid but, rare and definitely not elite. Heck, he hasn't even gotten the tigers in position to even play an elite game, much less win.

I would characterize his results as "mixed" so far.

LSU has 6 tough games this year (Clemson, Florida, 8-4, Bama, Ole Miss, Ok), 4 on the road. I do think the team will be improved but, enough to make the playoffs? Out of 6 tough games, it would not surprise me if LSU lost 3 or 4, especially given his track record so far at LSU.

I get that he's been embracing the challenge but the flip side is he's written checks with his mouth that he might not be able to cash; win the 1st game, best roster yet, taking receipts, etc. If LSU misses the playoffs, that's going to be some huge egg on his face. He said that before, he didn't have the roster and now he does. So missing the playoffs is going to be squarely on the coaching. I know he's a very good coach. I just don't know if he's going to get into the elite category. TBD

He took a team over that was depleted by a moron named Farmer Fran Orgeron and brought it back to respectability

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LSU can definitely make a statement in this opener and they finally have the roster to do it.

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Just Do It then. Win the opener. Shite or get off the Pot!