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I suppose if they demanded an offensive change and Les knew it, and still retained Cam, despite their warnings, he should have expected to be canned.

Les is stubborn as shite. He was told to change that offense and he couldn't/wouldn't do it.

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It could have been handled much better (and believe me, we know about shitty handling of a coach's firing [Sherman]). Now, the optic to coaching candidates is that LSU won't even let you finish the season. It gives the appearance that LSU has unrealistic expectations.

bullshite! The LSU Administration handled that crap badly last season.....every coach in the country knew what Les had to do to save his job this year. LSU was more than patient with Les till the change had to be made.

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They should have demanded that Les get a new offensive coordinator or be shown the door, at the end of last season. They screwed up both the management of Les and timing of his dismissal.

They let Les hang himself. The Administration knew/knows LSU needs fresh blood and Les was old school and proved he couldn't evolve.

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Now, the season is a wash and apathy looms. Major sports media will largely ignore LSU football for the next 2-3 months. It amounts to a near full season without LSU football. And Aggys know better than anyone about how one absent football season can completely destroy a program's momentum.

Coach O has rallied the troops, he's bringing fire and excitement to a fan base that no doubt would have been pissed and totally apathetic if Les been allowed to come home in the wake of that AU loss. Can you imagine the poor crowd that would show up for that Mizzou game this Saturday if Les/Cam were walking the sidelines?