I think people take for granted what this team can do by going above the coaching. AKA, making the most of a chitty situation, which translates to NO MISTAKES. I think this is what Shep wants to discuss...
Agreed. Anyone who has played even Jr HS ball know players take responsibility for their mistakes. They know they should not be making these stupid mistakes and believe it isn't coaching (it is but they don't think so). Mutinies don't take dramatic form like this. They dribble out as players stop trying.I was on a team in HS where this happened. Sheppard et all believe the team is letting the coaches down and will demand the team do their jobs properly and then LSU will win.
As do coaches. For once I'd like to hear Miles say, "I messed this one up, it's on me." As a coach I gave credit to the kids for wins and took the blame when we didn't get it done. Then went to practice and took care of what needed fixing- including chewing on some azzes if that was, too.
When you have only 30 sec left with no time outs subing players is very risky. The coaches screwed that up but on the other hand the complete confusion on jj's part was the biggest problem. He can't think for himself or make quick decisions under the best of times. How the coaches put him in a situation like we were in is beyond stupid. It's not jj's fault he isn't a sec qb but it is miles fault for putting him in a position to think like one
Well, I agree. But there have been times he's said that. He has taken responsibility of some things. I don't know if he went to practice and commenced to chewing arses. This is the problem with Miles as far as I'm concerned. I do know his first response is always to try to put lipstick on a pig...not realizing that it's still gonna be a pig. He needs to learn to recognize that the fans, media, etc, are not idiots. We know a pig when we see it. No amount of lipstick is gonna make it look like anything but a pig. Period. - He did it yesterday when he says things like "That's life in the SEC", but then turned around and said it was embarassing and he knows there's things they need to work on. I'm like you in that I'd rather he just come out and say "we got lucky, extremely lucky, and it's on this coaching staff. We made some serious coaching blunders at the end of this game, and the fans have a right to be angry about it." "The entire team, starting with the coaches, needs to take a long hard look at this situation we've put ourselves in, and we need to do whatever it takes to fix it."
You do realize that Miles and Crowton would have/should have told JJ to clock the ball right? Do you think they did? Before the first play? I doubt it seriously.
Col Klink THINKS he has complete control too. None of this is Miles fault in his opinion. He is completely clueless. He isnt arrogant, he is a good guy, he just doesnt get it. He is swimming WAY over his head. things we need to do even mid season are: Get someone in to replace GC as OC let GC work the rest of the year. He wont try to screw us up too bad because its also his resume on the line. Tell him its OK to go on interviews. We seriously dont mind Hire Cutcliff or some QB coach like him for the purpose of recruiting AND coaching some talent at QB. Les should wait untill the end of the year but then resign himself based on he hasnt performed up to the programs expectations. If the man has ANY pride at all he would do this. A new OC isnt going to make LES into even a medicore SEC coach. He has had plenty of time to learn clock management. Les is a good guy and he could save allot of face by just resigning and saying he just wasnt a "fit" for LSU. We should start the secret search for a new coach pretty soon the end of the season comes pretty fast. If the search cannot be kept under wraps then wait until the last game of the REG season BUT I'd be shaking the bushes to see who is avaialble. AND Please dont reply with that LAME crap about "who could we get better thanh Les" :dis: Better than Les at what? being a nice guy? or coaching? EVERY other coach in the SEC can manage a game better than LES. I saw alot of people griping about Jimbo when he was here but Id bet my business that he is 50000 times better at coaching than LEs Miles.
No, don't think they should've...but I bet one of 'em did. They shouldn't have to tell him to, though. It's a no brainer. Any idiot knows that's play #2 if play #1 doesn't work. No matter what happens with play #1, play #2 is clock it.
