re: What really happened in the 2nd quarter?

He also made a few good throws that the receivers couldn't come down with. What I liked about him is that he had touch on the ball and he made all the easy throws that Harris often missed.

Worked for Denzel in remember the titans

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When he makes a bad decision starting a player that isn't up to the task, he will not change, he keeps trying to force a round peg through a square hole. He did it with JL and JJ. The only reason he put DE in was he knew he would be out of a job if he didn't make a change.

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...truth

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Because he thinks of the players as more than just players. He is a players coach and wants them to succeed and when they don't it's painful.

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So is he only focused on player failure and not success? After Etling led the team to 27 points in the 2nd Quarter, he should have been excited for the TEAM, but appeared to be mourning for Harris,

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Which video shows Harris checking a different route? I see him staring down WRs on each play.

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Of course you do. You don't see any dump offs or check downs because you don't want to.

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Was it because Etling checked down/ looked at multiple receivers? This seems plausible but are our primary receivers covered that often? When Harris throws it seems like there are always 2 defenders near the receiver. Every receiver Etling threw to was open by ten yards. Why were they all of a sudden so open?

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You're absolutely right, especially in saying this. Harris seems to only look at 1 main receiver, maybe 2, then he eyes him the whole time and throws it to him anyway, regardless if he's open or if he's double covered or triple covered. I like how, like you said, Etling checked down and looked at multiple receivers and didn't throw it until he found the open man. He just seems to see the field and makes better decisions thn Harris does. He isn't a world beater, but Etling is still a decent improvement over Harris. I love Harris, but he looks lost.

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It was in his Less' best interest to shut it down

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Pains me to say this, cause up to now I was CLM all the way. Amongst SEC coaches Les Miles is a Tier 2 Coach (bordering on Tier 3). He simply cannot adapt and much less adjust to game situations. On the Etling interception, hey the guy was a sub. If allowed he will improve. Etling is better game manager.....period.

His (Miles) offense is way too predictable. I mean dang, give me a break. Throw in some misdirection plays, maybe throw in an occasional flea flicka on an end around. Anything to create some hesitation by them linebackers. If you OL isn't getting the job done and you're primarily smash mouth, don't take a rocket scientist to figure out any DC worth his salary is going to zero in on your QB and rattle him. IMO that's what happened in this Wisky game. Wisky stacked the box, and dared LSU to throw. We know what happened. Miles could not (or would not) adjust.

I ain't no coach. Even I can figure out LSU's problem, and the problem is in the mind of that guy being paid $ 4.38 million dollars.

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Every receiver Etling threw to was open by ten yards.

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This isn't true.

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do believe this is how Miles thinks. All the passes right out of the gate had me thinking "Do they want him to fail?", then I thought "maybe Miles told Cam to do whatever he wants, and so he is doing so". 

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Lol