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What are LSU fans expectations for their football team

Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:44 am
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:44 am
8 wins every season?
10 wins every season?
Bowl game every season?
Win every game?
Compete for a national title every season?

IMO realistic expectations for every SEC west coach should be to make it to a bowl game every year and compete for a national title occasionally. Top to bottom, every SEC west school has at least a good coach. Also top to bottom, every coach is paid well and has high expectations because of it.

Nick Saban -- $7.1 million
Kevin Sumlin -- $5 million
Les Miles -- $4.3 million
Hugh Freeze -- $4.3 million
Bret Bielema -- $4 million
Gus Malzahn -- $3.8 million
Dan Mullen -- $3.0 million

The problem is they can't all win every game. So the best a school can hope for is that their coach builds their program the right way, they make a bowl game every year, with a chance at a national title every so often when the stars align their way. Otherwise they risk having unrealistic expectations and become perpetually dissatisfied with whoever their head coach is.

LSU fans with realistic expectations would be satisfied having Les Miles as their coach.

LSU fans with unrealistic expectations are the cause of SEC fans laughing at Les and LSU when those expectations aren't met.
Posted by TexAgChill
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:46 am to
I'm thinking beating Arky is everyone's baseline goal.
Posted by UnAnon
Breaux Bridge
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:47 am to
I predicted 11-2 this year but it seems we'll be 9-3 (10-3*) if things finish smoothly.


The team has given up and Steele falls asleep in the booth.
Posted by GCTiger11
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Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:48 am to
Forward pass
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:48 am to
quote:

What are LSU fans expectations for their football team


1a - To not be mud stomped by division foes three weeks in a row.

1b - To not be satisfied with a 7-5 season.
Posted by 12
Redneck part of Florida
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:49 am to
Belk Bowl
Posted by Ping Pong
LSU and UVA alum
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 12:49 am to
to never lose to shitty programs like Arkansas and Ole Miss is a good basis
Posted by craigbiggio
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 1:00 am to
I have zero faith he will be able to reverse the decline like what happened after 2008. John Chavis ain't walking through that door again. The offense has been consistently one dimensional for the past few years, save for one outlier season where we had 3 NFL staters at skill.

The inability to groom and develop a QB from HS will be his undoing. He has always coached offense so there's no excuse for it. He was an offensive lineman and offensive line assistant for years and that has been the second most inconsistent unity behind QB.

I love Les and hate to see him go out like this (if he is in fact done). So many great memories from his tenure. Also some head-shaking ones. Imo he is luckier than he is good.
Posted by Giant Leaf
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Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 1:02 am to
Wow aggies really are dumb

Paying a coach 5 million a year for complete irrelevance

Outside the SEC network I havent seen them mentioned on the national level for a couple months
Posted by Othello
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Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 2:05 am to
What ever the expectations are they are way over inflated compared with LSU's "tradition."
Posted by tigerbait2010
PNW
Member since May 2006
29552 posts
Posted on 11/28/15 at 2:07 am to
Anytime your program is in a losing streak by a combined score of 48-14 to the University of Arkansas you know you've hit rock bottom. Pig frickers!
Posted by JPLSU1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 2:08 am to
9+ wins EVERY season.
10+ wins MOST seasons
SEC title every 3-5 years
National title contention/conversation on a regular basis
8 wins or fewer is unacceptable
This post was edited on 11/28/15 at 2:11 am
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