I saw a post by a guy calling for Les Miles' head.
He made this statemen:"I have never seen a lsu player act like the way they did agenst ark."
I responded in a long tirade:Really? Then you must not have been watching football for very long. That kind of shit happens all the time. What do you think Petrino was telling the lineman blocking Tremaine? "Ok, we're not gonna make a 3rd and 29, so spit in his face and get him to punch you."You think that's the first time an LSU player has done something stupid and given the other team an advantage? You're a moron then. "Oh but they've lost RESPECT!!!" How do you? Did you ask them? Are they on some website posting silly rants? I think you've lost resect so therefore you think everybody else has. Seriously, you're sounding like a whiney spoiled child, and I really think you didnt start really watching LSU football unill 2003 otherwise you wouldn't be so quick to want to "clean house." I'm not gonna defend this season because it was awful, but this season was doomed as soon as RP was dismissed and everyone knew that. If you fire Les Miles his year, then you're pretty much guaranteeing yourself another3-5 years of horrible football. You won't find any good coach willing to come to a program that fires the head coach one year after a contract extension and a National Championship and the year of a possible number 1, probably top 3 recruiting class. You'll end up with a Bobby Petrino or another Gerry Dinardo and you're program will be laughing stock again. But I can't say I'm suprise by this. This is the way LSU fans seem to have been ever since the 2003 season. Hell, Miles was winning 10 games a season and beating the best of the nation and they were still calling for his head.Why?Because they're scared. Scared to be back on the underbelly of college football. Scare of another 2 straight years without a bowl game. We've seen how bad it can be, and as soon as some fans see anything less than perfection, they panic.Things are bad, but they could be a hell of a lot worse. In 2002, Nick Saban's team looked a lot like this one. They lost a great QB and had to play one that wasn't ready, the defense coudn't stop anyone, they couldn't beat anyone decent, never showed up to pay, oh and, how ironic,they lost to Arkansas by one point. In that season, they were one last second play away from being in the same position we are in now. They also a lot easier schedule in that year too; the SEC wasn't near a loaded a it is this year. A lot of people that year, after and SEC championship the year before, were saying that Saban wasn't good enough. "Let's get rid of him while we can before he brings us down further." Now what would have happened if we had done that?One sub-par season, one mediocre season, one less than elite season and you want to scuttle the entire football program? Well, go ahaed. I'm sick of fghting with idots. I hope you get your way so you can see how stupid your way of thinking really is.Another thing to think about, think of all the people we lost last year.
- DC Bo Pelini who had remade the defense from scratch and developed a system that was a top 5 defense 3 years straight. That's why Les promoted Peveto and Mallory. He wanted to keep the same system. It just didn't work. Time to bite the bullet on that one.
- QB Matt Flynn- no one knew he offense better than he did and no one was a better leader for the offense than him.
- QB Ryan Perrilloux- all the talent in the world and the support of his teamates. That's just as important as good coaching, but he managed to piss it all away
- RB Jacob Hester-can you think of a better example of lead by example. Here was a guy who would never give up, never back down, never give less than 110% and wouldn't anyone around him do that either.
- WR Early Doucet- He was a member of he best WR corp in all of NCAA football in 2006. He made sure that the position of WR always had consistency and that every guy who played WR knew exactly what to do and how to do it.
- OL Will Arnold- I know he never actually played, but can you think of a smarter O lineman you have ever seen? This guy made sure that everyone who got in a three point stance knew what they needed to do.
- Keith Zinger TE- couldn't catch worth a shit, but damn he could open up some holes.
- Glenn Dorse DL- the most decorated player in LSU history, nuff said.
- Ali Heismith- was a semi-finalist for the Butkiss award. Always made the tackle, always had the D ready on every down, and always took off the QB's head of his name was Todd Boekman.
- Craig Stetz S- Wide receivers were scared of catching the all when he was hovering cause they knew as soon as it got there so would he, and he doesn't play nice. Every DB knew that with no. 16 back there, they could stop anyone. Was also a finaist for the Thorpe award.
- Jonathan Zenon CB- one of the most solid corners to play at LSU since Corey Webster. Saved our ass in the SEC Chapionship Game.
- Chevis Jackson CB- pretty much same description as for Zenon.
- Shawn Jordan FB- almost forgot about him. This man was a freight train. Not to take away from Quinn Johnson, but he plowed through LB's like a combine through corn.
Those are just the people I can remeber. Now think purely objectively, if I told you that a team, any team, was going to lose all those people, all that talent, all that leadership, all that experience, all that confience, how good would you seriously expect them to be?Everyone should've known this would be a rough season, the only suprising part is how bad the defense has become. I think everyone knew they wouldn't be as good, but this is ridiculous. It comes back to the loss of leadership, loss of experience. We lost 4 of the most solid and consistent playing defensive players in school history, we were doomed to fall.It won't stay this way though, mark my word. We'll be back soon enough.
