Time for Ye 'Ole Reality Check, Forum Members!

Look...We need to cease and desist with all the crap that's been flying around here over the past 96-120 hours...

LSU is a superbly talented, extremely well coached, and superbly well-supported football team. They are ranked appropriately. They are currently 1-0, soon to be 2-0, and ranked in the Top 10 in the nation. They are coached by the best defensive mind in football (NFL or D-1, in my opinion). They have one of the best recruiting staff's ever assembled. All of this is easy to see and has translated into on the field results. Two SEC Western Division Championships outright, one SEC Western Division Co-Championship ('02), Two SEC Championships, four bowls, 3 bowl wins, 2 BCS Bowls, 2 BCS Bowl wins, and one BCS National Championship.

Having said this...

LSU played a pretty sh!tty game on last Saturday. Their coaching staff called a pretty sh!tty game on last Saturday. Both the staff and the team's preparation could also be called sh!tty on last Saturday. The fan support when about 10-15,000 left with plenty of time left and the game in the balance could be called sh!tty at some points. Also importantly, the field conditions and starting time were pretty sh!tty.

Perhaps most importantly of all, the team that we faced wasn't too sh!tty.

All of these things have translated into some pretty sh!tty mindsets and petty sh!tty bickering on this site and I'm sure water coolers and other areas where Tiger fans congregate around the Third Rock From the Sun.

But, I'd like to shed some perspective-if I might be so indulged.

In reality, this LSU team had one of its worst performances in the head man's era. Worse than UAB, and almost as horrid as Florida last year. Totally inept offensive line execution. Poor footing. Poor schemes. Poor reactions. Poor decision making. Just plain old sh!tty.

Knowing how truly sh!tty we played, and how decent the team we faced actually was...We still won the game.

We still pulled out a victory in the waning moments. When the sh!t hit the fan, the bottom line is that our team sacked up, gathered itself, and showed tremendous poise, focus, and WON the game.

Hello? You play to win the game! OU won a national championship by a final score of...13-2? They didn't turn their rings in! They definitely didn't give back the title because they didn't score enough "style points".

True, we need to get our sh!t together. True, we need to get sh!t straight. True, we really really need to whip the sh!t out of Arkansas State.

But, we've got to get rid of this sh!ttiness towards each other.

One of Nick Saban's basic principles is forget about yesterday. The most important game on our schedule is the one in front of us. The next game is what matters most. The process of getting better, focusing on each small aspect of what it takes to succeed is important to Nick and his team, but some of us here don't seem to think that they should give a sh!t about that.

But, I'm not sh!tting you people. The sh!t's got to stop. We need to flush those negative feelings about the game. Flush those thoughts about the sh!tty play, the looming questions that will be answered by NO ONE EXCEPT FATHER TIME. Flush these growing, blustering diatribes against one another and let's all admit that we've had to bite down pretty hard on a sh!t sandwich.

Get over it. Forget about yesterday. Focus on today, and focus on Saturday. Do what it takes to get this sh!t out of your system, and let's get it in gear for Saturday! Lots of questions, and only the time that it takes us to get to kickoff will answer most of them!

No sh!t.

 

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LSU football is in good hands. The coach knows what he is doing. All we haved to is watch and let wins come. One at a time. :geaux: :thumb:

 

before the others hammer you...are you really the correct proponent to stop with '****tiness toward each other'? lol I'm just laughing that you are proposing this... just rather ironic.

going watch the 2nd half. be gentle folks. email me the cliffs notes.

 

Doesn't really matter who comes up with it, as long as it makes sense...and there's been some Chicken Litteling around here...

How's that for an abridged response?

 

Are you having an anal moment? You used a version of the word sh!t 18 times.

 

I thought I was watching an episode of South Park...

 

LOL! It took exactly what...3 replies, one of which was my own, before someone brought it up...

Really, I just got off on a tangent...Used it one too many times, and then just said to hell with it, who gives a sh!t...

Could you agree or disagree with the premise though? I was afraid that this would degenerate into, "Why did you use so many derivations of the word sh!t?" thread...

 

having two greens feels better than you can imagine.