This is one of the better interviews I have heard. The questions were excellent and Dixon was very insightful in his responses. This should be stuck at the top of the list and mandatory listening for all fans. I think we tend to be conflicted between reality and expectation. When these two things don't align then we search for reasoning. Often that reason is placed simply on the most visible piece of the faulty equation. In the case of a football team it has to be either the Coach or the QB. If you already don't like one of those guys then the justification for your reasoning fits nicely, you can lay blame and sleep quietly at night knowing you figured it all out. It's not all rosy either. Those on the other side of this coin can't simply say that everything is going to be alright and it will be. The truth is somewhere between these extremes and we all know this. We aren't always honest with ourselves, but we know what's right. I think that's where this interview lands. There are challenges with where we are as a team. It's correctable and some of this is only going to come through experience and leadership. Coaches can only do so much and players can only do so much. Together they have to believe in each other and continue to work as one. That is the only way they will give each other the opportunity to win. Believe me, they want victory more than we do. They are far more invested in this than we are. If we were that good at coaching and handling the kind of adversity they face today then we would be making $MM's per year while standing on the sidelines with the big hat.
PS - Don't boo this team. When you're facing a tough time you turn to the ones you love for support. Next time you find yourself in a really challenging situation imagine if those you trusted simply sat there booing you for your poor performance. Do you think these kids envisioned coming to play at LSU to be booed by their fans? And I'm sick of the argument that it's part of the territory. It's what they have to be aware of when they play this game. That simply doesn't make it right. Period. The fans have to expect better of themselves and each other. LSU and it's fans should be a family and when a family member is down, you pick them up. You don't take that moment to start telling them how bad you think they are. Not to mention that these are 18 - 22 year olds (with most being 18). Is there a result you are hoping to achieve by booing kids? Do you gain their respect? Do you gain their love? It's simply a poor choice to boo. There are thousands of options available. Why choose the option that is hurtful and is certain not to get you what you want? Unless what you want is to kick someone when they are struggling.
So when Miles is struggling and chooses to put a guy in who has failed multiple times we should support Miles in these trying times and even though we disagree, golf clap. I don't know that I would boo, but I damn sure disagreed with his decision. Miles needs to feel some heat for poor decisions, he's making a ton of money and should be able to handle it. As for the players, they aren't the delicate flowers yall portray them to be.
Because football is a spectator sport and spectators have always shown displeasure that way. It is not unique. Maybe they should play in an empty stadium to keep their feelings from being hurt when turning the ball over four times in the first qtr.
Santa Claus is unpaid too but they booed him in Philadelphia. I saw a skit one time maybe on Saturday Night Live or maybe somewhere else. A football player was still laying on the field when the play was over and the announcers were speculating over whether the injury was too his knee or his shoulder as the team medics looked him over. Then a couple of guys ran out on the field carrying not a stretcher but a couch and the announcers said "The injury isn't to his knee, its his feelings that are hurt." as they lifted the player onto the couch and a psychiatrist pulled up a chair
