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  1. Tigerskin

    Tigerskin Founding Member

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    okietown says:

    First off, congrats on beating the Sooners last year, seeing
    LSU win was fun, especially against such a spoiled fanbase.

    As someone who has followed and admired LSU from afar and
    pulled for them to win, I thought I would pass along a few
    observations on some posts on this board.

    COACHING - At Okla St, a Coach by the name of Eddie
    Sutton lost half of his team to a plane crash, and sufferred
    by his standards thru a couple of bad seasons. Fans SPOILED
    by the very winning ways he brought to Stillwater said he
    was finished, could no longer recruit, time to replace him,
    etc... RIDICULOUS stuff. A few years later (last year) Coach
    Sutton returned to the Final 4 with players that were neither
    Micky D AA's, or national recruits, he basically took transfers,
    other teams disgruntled players and formed a winner.

    LESSON: Great coaches do not simply forget how to coach
    unless they have a mental disease. Coach Saban is a great
    coach, you do not go from being a coaching genious to the
    village idiot overnight with one loss. If LSU score 2 more
    points last week, Saban is still a genious. Something seems
    odd about the previous statement.

    TALENT - Barry Switzer ALWAYS stated he received way to
    much credit for his success, and he use to say: Hey idiot, it
    ain't the the alignment, it is the alignees. LESSON: Great
    Coaches can not win without great mature talent that is
    performing.

    PERCEPTION - An old coach once said in regards to the
    perception of a win or a loss: You never are as good as you
    think after a win, and you never are as bad as you think
    coming after a loss, the real truth lies somewhere in between.

    LESSON: Fans should refrain from getting to high or low
    based on the results of a single game, you are setting
    yourself up for some major heartache if you do.

    Living here in Oklahoma, many hate the Sooners on a local
    and national level because of the behavior of the fanbase
    after a loss, some of those folks literally will eat their own
    after a loss. Don't eat your own after a loss, don't allow the
    success of your program lead to an arrogance by the fanbase
    that causes fringe fans to your program to look at LSU in
    different light....don't allow a loss to detract from the class
    your fanbase has.

    It is a good idea not to post on a bulleting board concerning
    your team until about 24 hours after the game and the liqour
    is gone from your system.

    I watch the following cycle on college bulletin boards all over
    the country every week following a loss, and it is entertaining:

    Saturday - Post game - Denial, time to drink even more.

    Sunday - Anger - Fire all the coaches, the players all suck,
    no way we should have lost, we are superior.

    Monday - Depression - Man, we really do suck, the season is
    over, we really do need to fire everyone and start that back-
    up QB.

    Tuesday - Bargaining - What did I do from my normal
    gameday ritual that screwed this whole thing up? It had to be
    me. Ok football gods, I promise never to break my pregame
    ritual again and I will never speak bad of a coach or player
    again along as my team wins.

    Wednesday - Acceptance - Okay, we lost the game, it was
    just ONE game. I love State-U, I really do. I love my coaches
    and players, they are great.

    Thursday - Excitment - Man, I am getting PUMPED for the
    game this week-end.

    Friday - Talking Smack - Let's tell the opposing State-U fans
    how we are going to kick their *ss, our players and coaches
    are soooo much better than yours. I am convinced we
    should win 55-0, and if we don't it is becasue our players and
    coaches probably blew it.

    Saturday - Gameday & pregame - Perform game rituals and
    hope football gods are pleased with your offerings, go to the
    temple, I mean stadium, and pulll for beloved State-U.

    Good luck to LSU this season, your coaches and players have
    accomplished much recently, they wil be back, don't eat your
    own, it does not reflect well on the fans.
     
  2. Berge

    Berge Founding Member

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    The fans you see condemning Saban are bandwagon fans. They are the ones who only accepted him when they saw we had a chance at the NC last year. 99% of us true fans still support Saban and would follow him off a cliff.
     
  3. tygertail

    tygertail Founding Member

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    Who is condeming Saban? I haven't read all the post but I have yet to read one like that. If you would have told me before the game that we would hold AU to 10 points I would have been pumped. We played a good game although not a great game. We can sit here all day and "shoulda, coulda, woulda" the whole situation, but it won't change the outcome. This team is going to surprise a lot of people and still go to the SECCG.
     
  4. Tigerskin

    Tigerskin Founding Member

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    Some fools on another board. One was seriously saying to get rid of Jimbo.
     
  5. LSUfan71

    LSUfan71 Founding Member

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    I agree, forget all the defensive mistakes and consider that :po:Auburn[​IMG] was held to 10. If someone were to tell me that the defense can hold everyone to 10 points then I would expect a NC. I'm just shocked that we were held to 9 :cry:
     
  6. cajdav1

    cajdav1 Soldiers are real hero's

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    I really good post.
     
  7. Bengaleze

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    Great post Tigerskin

    I am in a profession to know, and what you are describing is almost the same thing that happens following a death, you know the cycle of shock, anger, denial, depression, etc. It really is sad that some LIVE and DIE over LSU football. I love LSU, graduated in '86 from LSU, but it's not my life, NOT EVEN CLOSE. That said, Geaux Tigers, Beat State.
     
  8. bayareatiger

    bayareatiger If it's too loud YOU'RE TOO OLD

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    ...from "On Death and Dying" by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross...

    ...it's really not surprising that some folks view LSU football as a life or death proposition...

    ...I used to be that way, but thank God I found a good adult beverage cure... :grin:
     
  9. Bengaleze

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    Bayareatiger, Now you'll need to find a cure for the previous cure or you're bound for the cycle.
     
  10. Gulf Coast Tige

    Gulf Coast Tige Founding Member

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    Great post, very accurate. Now, lets beat the muts. :eek:ldskule:
     

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