Program Direction

’nuff said.

It’s just bad.

Injuries are bad luck.

But the QB play is a product of coaching, and the team surrounding the player. Our WR’s have dropped too many balls, and our coaches haven’t put the team in the best position to win.

About the booing: I’m not sure I can stomach another self-righteous post about how a Tiger fan is supposed to behave. I’m not trying to disrespect Richard Pittman and his personal opinions and blatherings, but at the same time, I’ve been a Tiger fan for almost 40 years. I’ve lived and breathed Tiger sports. No one is going to tell me that I’m not a true fan or how a true fan should or should not act. It’s to the point where I’m questioning my level of participation on this board. If you want every fan to think and act exactly the same, in unison even, then you’ll have your wish when you weed out fans who just may have a different take on things every now and then. While fans may not think it be very proper or bring no good to the overall aura of the team, when there is yet another pick-six thrown, some fans are going to boo. Get over it. Don’t say it should NEVER be done. It’s a damn football game, not a golf tournament.

I have never once said that anyone is not a “true fan” or a “real fan”. It’s a term I don’t like, the same way I don’t like when people are called “real Americans.” I am not saying the people who boo aren’t real fans. All I say is that they hurt the team and the program. It’s a selfish thing to do that does not in any help and in every way hurts. If you want the program to succeed, you should avoid it.

You got two, you got none. I am astounded, with the talent, how out of sync this year’s LSU squad is. QB play has to get a pass b/c these VERY young kids got tossed straight into the fire when RP decided to go all-Brendan Frasier lunkhead. Yes, the pick-sixes are calamitous, but it’s the defense, out of position -blowing coverages – failing to wrap up, that is the true culprit. I don’t think Miles can look at game tape of any of the four losses and conclude that the greatest problem is anything BUT coaching.

Have you guys heard about this or is it just a crazy rumor?

http://blog.nola.com/gladow/2008/11/rumors_speculating_lsus_les_mi.html

I really sympathize with Lee. If what you reported yesterday is true (and I have no reason to suspect it isn’t), it’s a sharp reminder that these are real people out on the field who really feel the pressure and really take it personally. And some of them are still teenagers.

I have heard Boo’s at every football game I have attended but they have been directed at the opposing team. If we think that boo-ing the opposing team is going to have an impact on the way they play, why then would we not also believe that boo-ing our TIGERS is going to have an impact on how they play.

I am now over the 60 mark and am most thankful that there is no one following me around and boo-ing when I make a mistake. I understand that it is just a way of letting the coach and players know that we are less than pleased with the performance, but I also understand that encouragement goes far in the success of the team. We are encouraging the players to be negative – “If I miss this assignment, the fans will boo me so I will try much harder…darn, I was thinking too hard and not playing the game…there go the boos.”

Don’t know the answer, guys, but have to agree with Richard on this one. This is not being self-righteous or judgemental, simply expressing a long held position that support of your team means support in the good or in the bad. When my children made a mistake, I always tried to support them, while pointing out the error of their ways. We all, as TIGER fans, have a right, no, the obligation, to express our opinions of what is right or wrong with the team, but we can also be kind and considerate of their efforts.

I have been as critical of Les Miles as anyone, and he showed me something last year. His reputation as a mental lightweight who inherited a ton of talent (a stereotype I previously helped perpetuate) was disproven in 2007, when Coach Miles’s bold yet shrewd coaching decisions won a national championship his team would not have captured without him.

These things are cyclical. While no team can be satisfied with the status quo, even elite teams go through brief (and temporary) downturns. In the 21st century, the three elite teams in the S.E.C. (in terms of won-lost records, conference championship game appearances, and final rankings) have been (alphabetically, so as not to start an argument) Florida, Georgia, and L.S.U.

The Bulldogs went into a slump in 2006 and finished 9-4. They bounced back in 2007 and finished second in the country. The Gators went into a slump in 2007 and finished 9-4. They bounced back and likely will play for the national championship in 2008. The Tigers went into a slump in 2008 and probably will finish 9-4. They’ll bounce back in 2009. Count on it.

Enjoying watching this board grow Richard. I feel I’ve found a board that’s not dominated by cursing, cut downs and filth although I know you can’t always control that. Keep up the good work here.

It is really quite impossible for me to comment while at work. First, it is against work rules. Second, even when I’m doing my own thing at lunch, it seems my ancient work computer doesn’t know how to get the commenting thing right. It makes it very hard.

I’m not deliberately ignoring the discussion. It’s just hard for me to participate.

A couple points. First, dissent is tolerated here. You don’t have to agree with me to post. The rules are pretty simple: no abuse, either towards the players, other posters, or the writing team. Profanity is tolerated if it’s kept to a minimum. This place is generally meant to be something that parents would allow their children to read if they wanted to read it. Even though things have gotten a little heated here, or at least lukewarm, everything’s been kept above board, so keep that up.