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Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:40 am to Choctaw
I refuse to listen. The last 2 years have been painful enough! 
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:41 am to Tiger_n_ATL
Why doesn't Alleva make the guy take a damn Dale Carnegie calss? It would do wonders for his ability to speak in public.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:42 am to Tiger_n_ATL
Poor guy, he'd been better off saying, sorry, but I'm not sure what this has to do with football. By the way, do they make footballs from oil?? 
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:43 am to Drew Orleans
quote:
That uh sequence was worse than Obama's
I'l bet that Les knows there are fifty states in the Union.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:44 am to guttata
What's a Dale Carnegie calss??
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:46 am to Choctaw
Although it was certainly not eloquent, and he needs to learn how to think without sayin Uhhhh, he did manage to answer a potentially politically charged question with vauge terms.
He effectively stayed off a follow up question of "how do you think the situation is being managed" and expressed both concern for Louisiana and a concern for those affected by the spill outside of Louisiana.
He was not hired for his public speaking skills. he was hired a a fotball coach. Despite the delivery being glaringly poor the content as it pertains to LSU football was carefully choosen and certainly will not create any significant backlash. Sometimes an off topic question deserves little more than a vauge answer.
Unforunately, recent elections have proven that the American public puts more value on a graceful, dramatic, and eloquent delivery than on the content of the actual message.
He effectively stayed off a follow up question of "how do you think the situation is being managed" and expressed both concern for Louisiana and a concern for those affected by the spill outside of Louisiana.
He was not hired for his public speaking skills. he was hired a a fotball coach. Despite the delivery being glaringly poor the content as it pertains to LSU football was carefully choosen and certainly will not create any significant backlash. Sometimes an off topic question deserves little more than a vauge answer.
Unforunately, recent elections have proven that the American public puts more value on a graceful, dramatic, and eloquent delivery than on the content of the actual message.
This post was edited on 7/21/10 at 11:50 am
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:50 am to Bleeding purple
quote:It's not just "recent" elections, we had both no content and no delivery from 2000-2008.
Unfortunately, recent elections have proven that the American public puts more value on a graceful, dramatic, and eloquent delivery than on the content of the actual message.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:51 am to Bleeding purple
Just win Les! Just win baby!!!
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:54 am to MarlinMan
quote:
Hey Choctaw !!! Was waiting on you !!! can you shed some light on the subject ? or just more sheer denial ?
shed some light on what subject? The oil spill? Don't know too much about it except that its fricked up.
....and what am i denying? I have admitted several times that the oil spill did happen.
This post was edited on 7/21/10 at 11:57 am
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:54 am to gorillaballin
I will give you this: It was a bad answer.
But...
What kind of fricking question is that to ask a head football coach.
How is the oil spill effecting him and his football team? Give me a break.
If that reported wanted an honest answer Les should have said... It is having no effect at all, except it is becoming more and more difficult to get an oyster poboy.
Give me a break..yes Les babbled on but what kind of question is that.
First off, it is having no effect on his team but he certainly can not say that b/c it would be deemed insensitive.
But...
What kind of fricking question is that to ask a head football coach.
How is the oil spill effecting him and his football team? Give me a break.
If that reported wanted an honest answer Les should have said... It is having no effect at all, except it is becoming more and more difficult to get an oyster poboy.
Give me a break..yes Les babbled on but what kind of question is that.
First off, it is having no effect on his team but he certainly can not say that b/c it would be deemed insensitive.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:55 am to roygu
quote:
I'l bet that Les knows there are fifty states in the Union.
Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves here, but he certainly knows that there is an ocean. That alone qualifies the guy to be governor of Louisiana.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:56 am to Bleeding purple
Congrats bleeding...you managed not only a defense of the indefensible but were able to actually strongly support one of the worst, most rambling nonsensical answers/statements i have ever heard in my life. In all honesty that is pretty alarming and scary to this this man is making 4 million dollars a year and leading our football team.
Bleeding are you in politics or public relations by any chance?
Bleeding are you in politics or public relations by any chance?
Posted on 7/21/10 at 12:00 pm to ScottieP
quote:
What kind of fricking question is that to ask a head football coach.
The reporter is Clay Travis, the same guy who asked Tebow if he's saving himself for marriage. I think he asked the question hoping Les would say something...uh...not so eloquent
Posted on 7/21/10 at 12:00 pm to ScottieP
easy summary: crappy question, crappy answer
bingo; if he says its not effecting him, someone on here would rant about how it is affecting LSU fan's incomes therefore affects the team's economics...
quote:
it is having no effect on his team but he certainly can not say that b/c it would be deemed insensitive.
bingo; if he says its not effecting him, someone on here would rant about how it is affecting LSU fan's incomes therefore affects the team's economics...
Posted on 7/21/10 at 12:02 pm to TigerFanNKaty
quote:
what's that old saying about saying nothing and being thought a fool?
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt
Posted on 7/21/10 at 12:03 pm to Hiyoka
Im in medicine.
Les is in athletics not PR. Many great people were absolutely horrible speakers.
a previus poster got the point.
Les knows it is not affecting the team or LSU football but he cant say that so he was fishing for a "correct" answer.
Les is in athletics not PR. Many great people were absolutely horrible speakers.
a previus poster got the point.
Les knows it is not affecting the team or LSU football but he cant say that so he was fishing for a "correct" answer.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 12:07 pm to Hiyoka
Brilliant answer to a stupid question. When Les speaks, people listen, then scratch their heads, then debate the meaning adnauseum.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 12:07 pm to roygu
quote:
I'l bet that Les knows there are fifty states in the Union
Are you sure? The bastard asked a cop if he had another time out.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 12:08 pm to Hiyoka
What's wrong with the semi positive Miles guys? That was NOT a hard question to answer at all.
like:
many players have families who towns are effected by the oil industry,
or LSU's future as far as contributions from backers could be effected if the industry continues to be crippled by companies/rigs leaving the Gulf,
or anything that effects Louisiana's economics has the potential to effect LSU and it's athletic programs
Just anything besides that blubbering drool of conflicting semi-sentences that idiot tried to utter!!!
like:
many players have families who towns are effected by the oil industry,
or LSU's future as far as contributions from backers could be effected if the industry continues to be crippled by companies/rigs leaving the Gulf,
or anything that effects Louisiana's economics has the potential to effect LSU and it's athletic programs
Just anything besides that blubbering drool of conflicting semi-sentences that idiot tried to utter!!!
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