re: What are your REAL thoughts on the LSU program?

I've said it before....Miles looks like a guy who won a contest to coach the team for Saturday. It hit me in the face when he tried to call the TO against Tenn & was tackled & has just gotten worse.

He is completely out of touch with the majority of the fan base (hence his, "I have no idea why people would choose to root negatively.") & if you think that doesn't matter, you're a moron.

I don't feel that he's taken anything from me personally. But he is steering the ship in the wrong direction IMO. All you have to do is watch the games...don't overcomplicate it, just watch the games.

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I don't feel that he's taken anything from me personally

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I'm simply referring to the fact that he has taken my beloved Tigers and made them somewhat uninspiring. Nothing more...I'm not going to kill myself

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But he is steering the ship in the wrong direction IMO. All you have to do is watch the games...don't overcomplicate it, just watch the games.

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good point

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frick all you people with "his record is this, and his bowl record is that." That man has taken something from me and I will never forgive him for it.

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frick you right back...Pratt. His record is 50-13...his bowl record is 4-0 which includes a stomping of ohiost for an undisputed natcham. What has the man really taken away from you? Not a damn thing. He's made the most out of a bad situation because we're not nearly as talented as you delusional fricks think we are. Your loss of spirit tells more about you than anything Les Miles may or may not have done.

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I find myself asking "wtf are they doing?" on offence a lot more. IMO this team needs to abandon this lame and useless offence and run a pro-style conventional scheme. They have all the pieces to do it with and god forbid if Jefferson goes down again, it would suit Interception Man a lot better. Two seasons is enough for me see this crap of Crowton's and know its just not going to work anymore. But that said, I still enjoy LSU football very much.

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The same offense was on display last night for the Browns with B. Quinn at QB. Multiple bubble screens which the Ravens held for maybe 2 yards or negative yardage, then on successive drives very short passes to receivers ~ 4 yards past the line of scrimmage turned into interceptions, one was a pick 6, the other run back about 15 yards. I looked at it and thought why does anyone run this incompetent shite. The coach obviously has little trust in Quinn or the OL in front of him. Not saying it is exactly the same with LSU, but good D's aren't going to allow an offense to move on them with short yardage plays out of obvious formations.

The offense hasn't been fun to watch since 2007 due to poor quarterbacking but this year Jefferson has improved and it's the play calling, game management, and stupid penalties that kill successful plays and puts the team in holes they can't dig out of most possessions. I mean how many times can one convert a 3rd and 20+ critical situation like against Bama and have it called back due to a bonehead false start by an O lineman who has been called for the same thing numerous times this season. I applaud the defensive improvement and continued good play by the special teams, the O needs to improve or change should be made.

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I don't expect perfection, but I hope for the pursuit of it.

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This

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That we will never be a dominant, respected team again.

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We're still very much respected, but when were we this dominant team you speak of? '03 is really the only season you can point to, and even then we lost to a very average Florida team at home. And we scored zero offensive points that game. Hardly dominant. Which other Saban team was dominant? The '00 one that lost 4 games? The '01 one that lost 3? The '02 one that lost 5? The 04 one that lost 3? Please point out to me this string of dominant teams we fielded that Les has so cruely destroyed. If anything, the 2 most dominant teams we've had back to back recently were the '05 and '06 ones--both under Les. (though I suppose you could argue '03/'04, but that '04 offense was bad) And the most dominant 3 year stretch was '05/'06'07. Again, under Les.

i think part of the problem is this. during the last several years, LSU has been really good while bama was down. our biggest speed bump in the west was auburn, and it seemed whichever team had the home game that year would win the west, all the while bama was down, arky was up and down, miss st was miss st....

then mix in the fact we play fla every year. in previous years, LSU has been as good or better than the 2 teams that are undefeated this year (bama/uf), and we played them well. i'll throw last year out the window. i don't think its fair to judge any coach on that season based on things that went on such as (complacency after just winning it all, losing a 5th year senior, losing other quality seniors, losing you Def Co.), but i must admit, this year, and i know we're breaking in yet another new qb, i feel somewhat like pratt feels.

i will always support the team, the players and go to every home game and some road games, it just 'feels' like we're slipping, and i think some of that has to do with what another poster said about bama moving up as quickly as they have, and UF's success. we need to be even with them, and we have the talent to do it, it just seems like something is missing that wont allow us to stay par. i wish i had the answer, but i'll watch and root while hoping things work out.

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He's made the most out of a bad situation because we're not nearly as talented as you delusional fricks think we are.

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whose fault is that?

BTW-I agree...to a certain extent. For example, the only thing that kept us in the Bama game was extraordinary effort by a few great players (e.g. Charles Scott, Peterson)...certainly wasn't coaching or game plan, & definitely wasn't the terrific halftime adjustments.


Also, the talent we have is terrible underdeveloped (overall).

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With no playoff, half of the truly elite teams (mentioned above) can already close the book on this season - this isn't a plea for a playoff. Until you can lower expectations or just try to enjoy each performance as they come, it's easy to become disinterested.

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The idea that you can't get a team or its fanbase interested in the possibility of a 10-2 regular season, plus an extra game against a good opponent that you normally would never play, is a real indictment of the team, its coaches and the fanbase. And if that weren't enough motivation (which it should be, and more later on what the real motivation ought to be), remember that your finish this year with a young team that returns its core talent next year is quite relevant to where you are positioned at the start of next year. Finallly, if these "elite" athletes, even though they are mere adolescents, can't get motivated simply by the idea of playing to their potential in a great program, then there is something wrong with whom we are recruiting or how we are teaching them--or both.

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He is completely out of touch with the majority of the fan base (hence his, "I have no idea why people would choose to root negatively.") & if you think that doesn't matter, you're a moron.

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And the majority of the fan base is completely out of touch with what it takes to run a successful major program and equates how Miles talks in a press conference to how he runs the program. Who is the moron, the minimum wager bitching about a successful coach making over 3 million dollars per year or the successful coach asking fans not to boo his young student-athelets.