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Anderson's arm/wrist?
Posted by Buda on 5/11/25 at 9:50 am
Anybody have any update?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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The one prediction guaranteed to come true regarding the LSU Arkansas Series this weekend
Posted by Buda on 5/8/25 at 1:04 pm
Numerous people will say many stupid things on this rant
Yea. Let's fix something by letting the federal government run it.
How F-in stupid is that ?!?
How F-in stupid is that ?!?
Anybody know why Daniel's is leaving
Posted by Buda on 12/5/24 at 8:40 am
Seems like he would be WR1 or 2 next year....
Recruits that chase the money ...
Posted by Buda on 12/4/24 at 6:34 pm
... seem to me to bust at a very higher rate. More pressure on the kid. More pressure on the coach to pay that kid early. Maybe less of a commitment. Maybe less focus - it's hard for a 19-year -old who's a multi-millionaire to stay focused on getting better ....
I think I'd rather guys that come to LSU because they want to play for LSU or because they like LSU's position coach at their position, or any other reason than money.
I don't have data to back this up, but I suspect that this class will end up far better than some of the classes that were "bought" by NIL.
Just my thought ....
I think I'd rather guys that come to LSU because they want to play for LSU or because they like LSU's position coach at their position, or any other reason than money.
I don't have data to back this up, but I suspect that this class will end up far better than some of the classes that were "bought" by NIL.
Just my thought ....
It's lack of talent!
Posted by Buda on 11/16/24 at 8:40 pm
I think we're seeing the same thing we have seen with our last two coaches. The don't get/keep/develop enough talent. No depth - our 1s are average at best and our 2s are very bad - when any starter gets hurt we drop off a lot!
If the best talent level we could have was 5 and the worst was 1, here is how I would rate our talent:
QB - 3
RB - 2.5
WR - 4
TE - 3.75
OL - 3.5
DL - 2.5
DE - 3.75
LB - 3
DB - 2.75
P - 2.5
PK - 2.5
R - 3
What ya got ?
If the best talent level we could have was 5 and the worst was 1, here is how I would rate our talent:
QB - 3
RB - 2.5
WR - 4
TE - 3.75
OL - 3.5
DL - 2.5
DE - 3.75
LB - 3
DB - 2.75
P - 2.5
PK - 2.5
R - 3
What ya got ?
re: We have one of the best coaching staffs in college football but still can't get it done
Posted by Buda on 10/29/24 at 5:55 pm to OJsLifeCoach
Still lacking the following talent-wise:
Difference makers at RB, DL LB, and DB
Depth at LB, OL, DL, and DB
Reliable kicker with some distance ability
We play in the SEC - top level of competetion and talent in CFB - cannot contiue to have such significant recruiting/development holes
Pretty simple ....
Difference makers at RB, DL LB, and DB
Depth at LB, OL, DL, and DB
Reliable kicker with some distance ability
We play in the SEC - top level of competetion and talent in CFB - cannot contiue to have such significant recruiting/development holes
Pretty simple ....
re: Who from this freshman class gives you CWS hope?
Posted by Buda on 5/21/24 at 2:00 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Think of the progreess Skenes made from year 1 to year 2 to year 3. Think Condon from Georgia this year.
You never know which players are going to develop in to "generational players." These dudes are freshmen and all four have the potential to be that type of player - you just can't assess that at this point. Overall, I'd saythis class libed up to its billing as top in the country!
You never know which players are going to develop in to "generational players." These dudes are freshmen and all four have the potential to be that type of player - you just can't assess that at this point. Overall, I'd saythis class libed up to its billing as top in the country!
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MLAX
Is there an LLAX as well?
So if there is an alumni team, would they be ...
EX-LAX ??
re: We have a lineup!
Posted by Buda on 2/16/24 at 1:20 pm to lsufan0582
Trey Morgan pitching for VMI !!
:@)
:@)
re: Would you welcome a Saban statue on campus?
Posted by Buda on 1/10/24 at 8:49 pm to DellTronJon
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Would you welcome a Saban statue on campus?
May be the dumbest question ever posted here (and that's saying a lot)!
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and guess that you're just trolling.
35 to 40 million reasons ...
Posted by Buda on 12/18/23 at 5:49 pm
I am a traditionalist - I like old style football and have old style beliefs. I used to think it was terrible when guys didn't play in bowl games - letting down your teammates, not honoring your commitments, etc.
But in today's new college football world, I have come full circle and changed my mind on this topic. First, the playoffs have made all other bowl games meaningless. That sucks but it's true. Second, there is pretty good argument to allow the next guy up (ie, Nussmeier in our case) to get that valuable game experience and the 15 days of extra practice. I do like that - Nuss needs it and the staff can evaluate him and others against a decent defense.
Most importantly, if I was a kid in the position of Jayden Daniels or other tops picks - despite my deeply held beliefs about team and commitment, I personally might make the decision not to play in a meaningless bowl game. The chance of injury is not zero - and a serious injury could cost me 35 to 40 million bucks! That's the going ret for a top 5 NFL pick and Daniels is projected there.
And it's not only the money - a serious injury could end the career you spent your whole life preparing for.
I know many of you guys believe in team and commitment and other things that are more important than money - but take a second to think about it. Maybe the reality is that you would skip the bowl too!
But in today's new college football world, I have come full circle and changed my mind on this topic. First, the playoffs have made all other bowl games meaningless. That sucks but it's true. Second, there is pretty good argument to allow the next guy up (ie, Nussmeier in our case) to get that valuable game experience and the 15 days of extra practice. I do like that - Nuss needs it and the staff can evaluate him and others against a decent defense.
Most importantly, if I was a kid in the position of Jayden Daniels or other tops picks - despite my deeply held beliefs about team and commitment, I personally might make the decision not to play in a meaningless bowl game. The chance of injury is not zero - and a serious injury could cost me 35 to 40 million bucks! That's the going ret for a top 5 NFL pick and Daniels is projected there.
And it's not only the money - a serious injury could end the career you spent your whole life preparing for.
I know many of you guys believe in team and commitment and other things that are more important than money - but take a second to think about it. Maybe the reality is that you would skip the bowl too!
A few thoughts about BK
Posted by Buda on 11/27/23 at 2:22 pm
I - like many of you - am not 100% happy with Kelly's job so far ... but a few things we must consider (I know most of this has been said many times before):
- He inherited an absolute mess from Orgeron and company, from talent to organization to culture.
- Last year they were in crisis mode - building every aspect of the program from the ground up - no time to build the foundational parts of a program - those little administrative and organizational aspects that are crucial to the success of any operation the size and complexity of a major college football program. I suspect they are still working on a lot of this kind of stuff.
- He was hired somewhat on the fly - not a lot of time to select his staff. He kept Polian on that first year because of his recruiting abilities and because he would probably only have stayed if given a significant coaching position - ie, ST Coordinator. We suffered for that in year one, but Kelly got rid of him and improved significantly in year two.
- Same goes for House - all indications coming in were that he was going to be a great hire - NFL pedigree, etc. Last year he was so-so, but maybe that was a talent issue. This year, he was much worse - and I fully expect Kelly to address this in the off-season, just like he did with Polian.
Ironing out staff and coaching issues is always a challenge for a new coach, but even more so when you inherit a program in a mess and have little time to select staff in year 1.
- We lost a lot of talent and recruits in the secondary and BK and company went out an addressed this the best they could brining in Chestnut, Harris, Alexander and Sam. Two did not work out - that was the risk with guys like that. Alexander got hurt and Sam ended up playing waaaay above his weight class. Also no one could have seen what happened with Greg Brooks coming. That's a lot of hits to the secondary that were out of any coach's control.
- I also think that guys like Speights and Swinson and Oghoufo were good gets - but it takes time to work guys like that into the system. Again, their failure to progress fast can be attributed to the Hosue issue above and the lack of culture and organization that can be attributed to the Orgeron legacy mentioned above.
There are plenty more things to point out, but the short story is: Kelly seems to be identifying issues and dealing with them. A lot of the bad is either outside of his possible control or just part of the inherited mess. He has had a couple of great successes also - starting with Daniels and the hire of Denbrock. Bringing in Jenkins immediately was pretty smart and immediately addressed a significant issue.
I'd say Kelly deserves another two years before we start blaming him for much of the negatives. He started out with a shite-wreck - it will take time to develop organization, talent, culture, to solidify the staff, and to get everything moving in the right direction.
My overall grade for him at this point is a B. He must start getting A's soon. LSU fans, sponsors, and administration will not accept B-level performance from a coach they are paying 10s of millions of dollars to. Kelly looks like he could get up that A-level game, but he must do so soon.
- He inherited an absolute mess from Orgeron and company, from talent to organization to culture.
- Last year they were in crisis mode - building every aspect of the program from the ground up - no time to build the foundational parts of a program - those little administrative and organizational aspects that are crucial to the success of any operation the size and complexity of a major college football program. I suspect they are still working on a lot of this kind of stuff.
- He was hired somewhat on the fly - not a lot of time to select his staff. He kept Polian on that first year because of his recruiting abilities and because he would probably only have stayed if given a significant coaching position - ie, ST Coordinator. We suffered for that in year one, but Kelly got rid of him and improved significantly in year two.
- Same goes for House - all indications coming in were that he was going to be a great hire - NFL pedigree, etc. Last year he was so-so, but maybe that was a talent issue. This year, he was much worse - and I fully expect Kelly to address this in the off-season, just like he did with Polian.
Ironing out staff and coaching issues is always a challenge for a new coach, but even more so when you inherit a program in a mess and have little time to select staff in year 1.
- We lost a lot of talent and recruits in the secondary and BK and company went out an addressed this the best they could brining in Chestnut, Harris, Alexander and Sam. Two did not work out - that was the risk with guys like that. Alexander got hurt and Sam ended up playing waaaay above his weight class. Also no one could have seen what happened with Greg Brooks coming. That's a lot of hits to the secondary that were out of any coach's control.
- I also think that guys like Speights and Swinson and Oghoufo were good gets - but it takes time to work guys like that into the system. Again, their failure to progress fast can be attributed to the Hosue issue above and the lack of culture and organization that can be attributed to the Orgeron legacy mentioned above.
There are plenty more things to point out, but the short story is: Kelly seems to be identifying issues and dealing with them. A lot of the bad is either outside of his possible control or just part of the inherited mess. He has had a couple of great successes also - starting with Daniels and the hire of Denbrock. Bringing in Jenkins immediately was pretty smart and immediately addressed a significant issue.
I'd say Kelly deserves another two years before we start blaming him for much of the negatives. He started out with a shite-wreck - it will take time to develop organization, talent, culture, to solidify the staff, and to get everything moving in the right direction.
My overall grade for him at this point is a B. He must start getting A's soon. LSU fans, sponsors, and administration will not accept B-level performance from a coach they are paying 10s of millions of dollars to. Kelly looks like he could get up that A-level game, but he must do so soon.
re: Can someone please explain why you would want the ball if you win the toss?
Posted by Buda on 9/13/23 at 8:40 pm to LSUTitan99
Momentum. Set the tone. First blood. Perhaps your offense is far superior to your defense and you want more offensive possessions. Maybe your QB is the hyper type pre-game and needs to get in there quick. Lots of possible reasons.
No. Root cause was being beat on the LOS, mostly on O.
Bottmo line, O line equals no line ... still
Posted by Buda on 9/4/23 at 12:16 pm
Same issues we had under Les Miles. We continue to recruit average O-line and expect to compete atethe highest level.
Football games are won by th eoffensive line! Period.
Ours has not been good for many years. I was hopings they would be better this year - looked like we had at least ac ouple of real talents there.
But they got their asses handed to the last night - and SEC West D-lines are better than FSU's D-line.
Check my past posts - I have been consistent in saying his for years. This team will never be elite until we recruit and develop elite O Linemen and get them to play at the elite level.
Football games are won by th eoffensive line! Period.
Ours has not been good for many years. I was hopings they would be better this year - looked like we had at least ac ouple of real talents there.
But they got their asses handed to the last night - and SEC West D-lines are better than FSU's D-line.
Check my past posts - I have been consistent in saying his for years. This team will never be elite until we recruit and develop elite O Linemen and get them to play at the elite level.
re: Will see if coaching has improved
Posted by Buda on 9/1/23 at 4:48 pm to Tigaux6661
You dood speaka de ingrish?
Credit to the fans at CWS
Posted by Buda on 6/27/23 at 10:29 am
Top of 2nd. Fl has the momentum with 2 runs in the first. Thompson comes up with runners in scoring position. Guy had a horrible night last night and a horrible CWS - could easily have been in bad minset. Crowd could have been down on him and made it worse.
But the 24,000 LSU fans (out of 25,00 seats in the stadium) boosted him. It was HUGE! made a statement!
He gets the RBI and it completely changes to momentum of the game and the entire CWS. The rest, as they say, is history!
It was subtle and no one mentioned it, but that move by the crowd may have really changed to momentum and outlook of the whole game!
For those of you who were there, THANKS!!!
But the 24,000 LSU fans (out of 25,00 seats in the stadium) boosted him. It was HUGE! made a statement!
He gets the RBI and it completely changes to momentum of the game and the entire CWS. The rest, as they say, is history!
It was subtle and no one mentioned it, but that move by the crowd may have really changed to momentum and outlook of the whole game!
For those of you who were there, THANKS!!!
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