Les's "QB Struggles" will possibly end his Career at LSU. The entire season is wrapped around the competence level of Brandon Harris in the S.E.C. "Big Boy" games. If Harris shows no signs of improvement, can't get it done early on and Les refuses to give Etling a legitimate shot to run things, the Fat Lady will be singing very early. I'm certainly not a Les fan, but I do want the team to win enough this season to keep him around long enough to at least get Brennan on campus......................
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner. I hear this one comment more than any other in regards to Miles and his mystifying "Square Peg - Round Hole" method of QB recruiting. Just about everybody is fed up and out of patience too. If BH still can't hit the short/medium passes with accuracy, read Defenses, go through Progressions and quickly process information, he needs to be pulled. Let Etling get his shot. He seems like a QB more suited to run the Les Miles "Power Running I-Formation" Offense than Harris anyway....................
That brings this question to mind. In the first half of next season, who will LSU face that will force Harris to throw the ball?
This was being bantered around last year(and seemingly every year) during undefeated starts to seasons. With our recent history and the non-development of the QB, we, in particular, shouldn't "need to be forced" to throw. It should be part of the game plan as a balanced offensive philosophy. 7-0 was nice, but meaningless in the nation sense bc you could see November coming a mile away with our offensive trend. Same story pretty much every season. We look to be a better team on paper this coming year than last. Difference, of course, will be the QB. Separates contenders from pretenders, so to speak...
Kiffin was raised by a great football mind and he spent his childhood on the field and in the locker room. He's one of the smartest football people out there but he's completely inept as a leader. He lacks moral fiber, he is incapable of genuine face-to-face interaction, he's a control freak who doesn't trust his players nor engender trust, and he doesn't inspire a winning mentality. Saban is the one who does all that and Kiff is on a tight leash. He can spot and potentially develop talent but he can also kill enthusiasm and derail careers. Unless he has a major transformation, I hope he never is a head coach. Players deserve better than that from their leaders.
As much as Kiffin has accomplished as an OC, with spread concepts, the hurry up, and getting the QBs ready, I agree, he's fool's gold at the head coach level. Kiffin has a lot of boy in him. He likes to troll on twitter, celebrate on the sidelines too much and I could imagine if Saban allowed assistant coaches mike time during the season he would have to take back plenty, I think he'll get another look as a head coach, but I don't know any Bama fans that would want him here. Dabo, yes, Kiffin, no way.
I've never really had a strong opinion on Kiffen either way. I remember Okie hating him but she blindly hated anything non-LSU. I remember him and Sark doing well but man the talent was sick. Matt Leinhart, Reggie Bush, Lendale White, Dwayne Jarrett, Steve Smith. I don't imagine money could buy a better offense. Vball knows his personal side. Reading what she said about him, he musta popped her on the ass at one of the practices she used to attend. But seriously vball, he was awful young back then. Not many youngens could've kept a lid on that cockiness at that age. What was he, early 30's? All that California pussy being thrown at him and free everything, everywhere. As for being a control freak, there's no one more of a control freak than Saban. That has a bad connotation but it's not, necessarily.
It's called controlling the "clutter." I use to say things like a control freak, but I'm pretty sure I've been "processed."
