re: Les is Phil Fulmer, not Coker

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the players are just making the same dumb mistakes every game that all players are coached not to do from the time they can put on shoulder pads.

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That goes for every player in college or the pros, at every level. They all know better. So how does one team win and the other lose?

The championship teams have coaches who minimize those mistakes. They get their players focused.

In 2009, the Saints had less mistakes (turnovers & penalties) than Arizona, Minnesota, Colts, Vikings again, San Fran. They were on a 5-0 win streak. But what happened when they had more penalties & turnovers vs Atlanta? They lost. The short week, the coaches did not have them ready for Atlanta.

Go back to their 8-8 year in 2008. That year, the Saints looked just like they did last Sunday. Super-sloppy football with practically the same players that won it all the next year. That was coaching that was the difference between a pretending team and a contending championship team.

Preparedness, focus, minimal mistakes, discipline, hunger: the marks of a championship team instilled by their leader. Now can you honestly say that LSU's leader has instilled these traits into any of LSU's teams over the last three seasons?