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New sport---Choking
Finally something Ole Miss does often and does very well.

Yep true, but the way Alleva has handled this is embarrassing. He's a little weasel and has no integrity. Guess he'll bolt from LSU if this turns into a clusterfrick, just like he the Duke thing was a clusterfrick, and the little shite just ran away.

This better work or Alleva needs to be shown the door asap!

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We 100% got Jimbo?

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Not until a contract is signed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My sources say people who claim to have sources end up being wrong most of the time...

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What? 3 years ago we had a 1000 yard rb and 2 1000 yard wrs. Same OC we have now. Different talent

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Uh, Almost all of Miles' offenses and every QB he has coached (not recruited and coached by Saban and Jimbo)outside of Mett have sucked.

Even 2011 the offense was one dimensional, especially when JJ got all the playing time back. Just had an offense and a defense that could wear down every program in the country, except one. Look up the passing yards towards the end of the season that year.

Mett had to learn the system year one and offense was decent. Year two offense was good but defense was weak that season.

2005, 2006 was Jamarcus Russell, 2007 was Matt Flynn. Both recruited by Saban and developed by Jimbo...and Jimbo is a hell of a recruiter too.

So one JUCO transfer in 11 seasons is the only decent QB play to come from Les Miles, regardless who the OC has been. This year looked like it was going to be decent to good with QB play, but the whole team basically imploded after being beat by Bama AGAIN. Plus Steele's defense sucks.

Some will same the same shite every year...the team is young, we don't have the talent this year, as if LSU is the only program where Juniors go to the NFL. Every program that recruits a lot of talent loses more of it early to the NFL. LSU may have the most in recent years but other programs are right there with them, so the difference in the number of people leaving is negligible. Bama deals with it every year, same with tOSU, etc.

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I was told for years that every coach in the world would thank their lucky stars for the chance to coach here

Change needs to happen but I would love to see this flood of coaches I've been told about all this time

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It is one of the top jobs for a football coach. Having said that, you have to be very careful when getting rid of a current coach who is still doing ok, because you can end up in a worse situation. We've seen it happen at some big time programs. We've also seen successful programs hold on to their coach too long and wait until the program is a mess before making a change.

Timing and luck is what it really comes down to. Usually the really good coaches already have good gigs and are being paid really well. So one of them has to be ready to make the move because (for whatever reason) they aren't happy where they are, or it's a better situation for them and their families to make a move. Still some of these will end up staying where they are and take the raise and contract extension offered by their current program.

Hiring a successful coach from smaller programs can turn out great. It can also end up being a disaster.
Florida hit the jackpot this way with Urban Meyer. Then he burned out, quit, and was available to come back when tOSU needed a coach. Saban realized the NFL wasn't working and just so happened Bama needed a coach. Jim Harbaugh was fighting over control and egos with the powers that be with the 49ers, and Michigan needed a coach, and he just happens to be a Michigan man. But it took them a while and a few coaches to get it right. Brian Kelly went from Cinci to ND. He is at a disadvantage their because ND has higher academic requirements, so he is actually doing very well considering he has to pass on players who are NCAA eligible but not ND eligible. But supposedly ND is his dream job, even though another program may offer him more money. Then again, I think he is a slimeball so he may take the money and run. ND is private so we don't know what he makes...just speculating.

Then you have good coaches at smaller programs in the big conferences. Some of them will be willing to make the move, but no guarantee they work out. Some do better getting more out of players, but don't know what to do when handed a ton of talent. So they are better suited for smaller big conference programs.

Problem is when you don't have that slam dunk, gamble on it anyway, and it goes bad.

We've seen power house programs go into the shitter because the people in charge are idiots. Alleva is our AD and an idiot. He is the whole reason we are in this mess with the contract extensions and insane buyouts and the main reason Chavis left.

So I'm definitely worried. The program is in the hands of an idiot and a group of people with a ton of money. LSU spent the dreaded 90's with idiots and powerful people making decisions who had no idea what they were doing.

If they are smart, they will keep Miles unless we have a slam dunk big time coach ready to sign now. Even agreements in principle and verbals can go bad at the last second. Those verbals become more likely when they are made public, but someone currently coaching another program usually doesn't want that to be made public until they sign and show up for the press conference.

I know it was a long post, but LSU football is one of the top jobs, but the timing has to be right as there are many factors that influence a coach's decision.

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I am really surprised to see him do this as much as he is. It is a dangerous play and he seems to be doing it when he has better options. I think he tried to do it from the 3 yard line in the first quarter.

Does anyone else hope that we use whatever tape we have for highlights and never see it again?

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Did you just discover football?

Players have the CBA and the Players Association, rules are written in a way that give the players the ability to have it heard by a court and win.

Non-player personnel do NOT have this option in their agreements. NFL teams/owners do Not have this option. Technically, anybody can sue for anything...doesn't mean you can win a case even if you are right...all depends on what you agreed to.

Saints players all had their suspensions over-turned. Media did Not make a big deal about it because coaches and GM were still suspended. They did Not fight it because they do NOT have the same protection as the players.

The only thing they and Benson could have done was speak out against and make a lot of noise. Why they chose not to, I do Not know...probably to avoid the risk of further retaliation by Goodell.


Players did fight it and won because the NFL has no evidence.

Benson, Payton, Loomis, etc have access to really good lawyers, so they would have fought it if could have been ruled on by a judge...because the NFL had NO evidence. Obviously it was determined that this was Not the case for them!

So how long are people going to keep saying they wish the Saints would have fought it more?

Am I reading this shite correctly? We need to get rid of Payton and Loomis???

I'm a lot more concerned with how the starters play and not who is on the field in the 2nd half of a preseason game. I understand a lot of positions are up for grabs, and some of them may be starters, but they were lost in the first half...just like last year. The good news is it was only the first preseason game, but the D is going to have to get a lot better in a short amount of time.