South Alabama Baseball and Mauck's foot is still sore.

Name one game where the fan's negative attitude on this site has lost a game?
Right before Hunt covered the curl route instead of the fly route in Arkansas i said "we're going to Atlanta". Was that a negative attitude?

 

If we are all worrying that we need a QB who is better than Randall was last year, don't forget that it might be RANDALL himself. Basic ability is one factor but another is seasoning and development within an offensive system. His game experience from last year plus another Spring of practice and tutoring might produce some surprises. I wouldn't mind being surprised (pleasantly).

 

How many points did LSU give up in their losses last year? If the DL had not had the injuries and DJ exposed at the same time that Mauck was injured then the quarterback weaknesses of Randall waould not have been so glaring.

The statement that we are in trouble if Randall starts are echos of similar statements about Rohan Davey before the Arkansas game his Sophomore year.
Let's wait and see.

 

I agree. And if Saban feels Randall is the one then so be it. None of our salaries/lifestyles are dependent on LSU's football success.

 

agreed, but when you constantly go 3 and out and giving up field position....the entire game...theres not much your defense can do.

also interceptions and fumbles on your side of the field are hard to defend 3 or 4 times a game.

 

Negativity from the fans doesn't lose individual games, on specific plays, but that doesn't mean it has no impact on the team. It affects their confidence. Players know what's going on. They listen to the radio, get on the internet, etc. and read the kind of doomsday bullshit that started this thread. Do you want the 11 guys on the field to think that they will have the support of the people in the stands if a key player goes down, or something else bad happens? Or do you want them to think that everybody is convinced we've lost before its even happend?

Its fundamental to human nature that its easier to bitch than say something constructive. You seem to be defending your right to bitch about LSU football. If you feel that this site is your place to do that, nobody can stop you, but its pretty sad, particularly at this time of the year. The season is approaching, expectations should be high. If you're spending time complaining about last year, and thinking about what might go wrong this year, I'd hate to have to listen to you when we actually hit a bump in the road.

 

My response was to FightinTiger, who stated that Randall proved he couldn't handle SEC pressure in the 2002 season, but Mauck proved he could from the SEC CG performance. From what I saw, Mauck came in when Davey went down.

The post I was responding to did not take into account Mauck's play at UF. But even if it were, you would still be saying that Mauck could handle SEC pressure for a whole season based on 2 games (one start) that were almost a year apart.

My point is that we have to trust that the coaches will do their jobs and put the best player at that position on the field. It ain't up to us....

 

I'm not a fan of Randall at QB. But the key is not if we the LSU fans like or want him at the QB position. The fact is who does the team have confidence in? I remember the SECCG and Davey going out. Matt entered and I said; you can stick a fork in us now, we're done. The team appeared to have total confidence in Matt. Last year, IMO the team didn't appear to have confidence in Randall. I doubt he has made improvement enough to have the confidence now. He must perform and prove to the team he is a leader. I don't think anyone questions his ability to run the ground attack. The bottom line is the team. Remember when Roe went in to replace Josh? The team responded to Roe, when they didn't respond to Josh. I'm willing to bet, that before the first game that Randall is the #3 QB. MF or JR will step forward.

 

I guess there is always a positive way and negative way to look at the same thing. Example:
Positive - I hope that Randall has made a lot of improvement if we have him as our starting QB.
Negative - If we have to use Randall as our starter, LSU is not going to have a good year.

It appears that your view is more negative than some of the others who have posted on this board.

I would think that it would help a QB for the fans to be cheering just as loud for him if/when he is called on to play than to hear the equivalent of a collective "DAMNIT" coming from the stands when he steps on the field.

I'm not saying that Randall can/cannot get it done, but I'm not saying that Mauck can or cannot either. Just that we really haven't seen either of them enough to know at this point in their careers. We saw Mauck step up big time against Tenn and seem to be getting the hang of things (against less than SEC teams an 3 qtrs v UF) when he went down. Randall never had a chance to work in an offense completely suited to his style of play. Not really a fair evaluation period for either.