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Sooo... it's about the X's & the O's, and not the Jimmy's & the Joe's???

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Nobody ever said the two were mutually exclusive. Both obviously matter a great deal.

My view is it takes a certain level of talent to reach the ultimate goal of a championship. Tulane had a great season, but we all know they don’t have the talent to legitimately compete for a championship in the playoff. So the Jimmys and Joes matter.

That said, you can squander talent with poor coaching (thank you Brian for teaching us that difficult lesson). So the Xs and Os obviously matters too.

Hori Hori Gardening Knife is a great and versatile gardening tool.

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Trust him enough to play him tonight coming off an injury and a week of no practice?

I don’t know what the Gumps think, I try to avoid it. But I was in Gumpland for Thanksgiving. And there was a lot of talk that Kiffin wasn’t coming to LSU, why would he leave Ole Miss which is now a better job than LSU. Numerous folks laughed at the thought. But they were very quick to say Kiffin would be perfect at Bama and he would no doubt leave Ole Miss for Gumpsville when the Gumps move on from Kalen.

Same Gumpers texted this week suggesting Kiffin was a coward for leaving Ole Miss and only a loser would ditch a program for a “better job” because he knows he isn’t “man enough” to win big at Ole Miss.

The double standard was clear- the Gumps were Gumping. The jealousy was evident. The fear was festering.

The roster didn’t suck overall, the only position group that sucked was OL. Lack of talent evaluation in the OL room
Led to a misallocation of resources in the portal. Which led to a disaster of an offense not able to run the ball and not able to protect the QB in the passing game. And inept play calling and scheme, etc. etc etc

To be fair, it is a very different situation with Ole Miss, they are losing their coach within the conference yo a hated rival.

That said, Ole Miss has not handled this well and continue to dig their hole deeper by the minute - losing offensive staff and replacements for Kiffin are getting thin - Golesh and Summral are off the table. They needed to be proactive 14 days ago and they were not.

Click, click boom. His boom was likely the result of the click clicks.

I do not understand the upvote/downvote ratio for Philly. This guy has been proven to lack credibility.

That doesn’t mean Lane doesn’t come to LSU, that is a possibility, and I hope he does come to LSU. But why folks continue believe this fool’s posts is beyond me.

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Tyson would have murdered my hero

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Certainly your hero was not Ali.

Kennel is a son that feels the need to
defend his pops. That’s respectable. I get it but in time he will see this situation for what it is - his father did not work hard. His father did not do the job. In fact his father, led LSU to quite possibly the most disappointing season in LSU history. Brian Kelly did that with abject failure at every level: (1) he was a poor talent evaluator. The offensive line was the primary downfall of this team. Instead of addressing that in the portal, he spent money on marquee (and likely unnecessary) pass catchers. (2) he made poor coaching decisions - Sloan and Davis. (3) he was a terrible on field leader - berating coaches on sideline and taking zero accountability. (4) he was a terrible leader off the field - giving mid week press conference and media appearances that a slimy polished politician would be proud of; and giving despicable post game press conferences berating media and pounding tables like a phony tough guy; (5) he was an embarrassment to himself because he had no identity - fake accent, dancing with recruits, f@cking his realtor, filing for divorce and then reversing course. He is weak, he lacks character, he doesn’t have an identity. (6) that same issue plagued his teams - because the program could not forge an identity. This years team lacked an identity. That could be a more wide spread issue in the portal era with player movement. So a strong leader will be necessary. Brian is not that coach. (7) the result of all of the above was disastrous football, disappointment among the fans, failing support in an era where support is essential.

So Kenzel, when all of the above is true and a coach gets paid up to $54,000,000 to stop doing a job, it is very reasonable to not allow said coach to be on the field to ruin senior night even more for the kids that suffered through his leadership.

Also in the spirit of Thanksgiving week, Kenzel should be grateful for the financial windfall your family is receiving from LSU despite the fact that his father was an epic failure at his job.