He's a coward. I have no idea why he has the reputation of being an aggressive coach anymore. Whenever he's presented with an opportunity to be aggressive or embrace the math and end games, he punts or kicks instead.
All it takes is one and you're stuck with a nickname for life. Ask basically any military member about their dumb nickname. Half will be "yeah I shit myself from food poisoning once in boot camp and they called me Browntown the rest of my career."
My best bud mispronounced Titus as Tittus in Sunday school when he was a kid. Over 2 decades later my kid and everyone in my life still call him Tittus. I don't think my kid actually knows his real name.
The one season he was on the hotseat he went for it on 4th and short (with Prime-ish Cam Newton mind you) an at the time unthinkable like 5 times in unusual situations and the nickname stuck for the rest of his career, despite him never really doing it again after that season (I want to say 2013)
It’s because he runs up the score when he’s already got the game in hand. People are misinterpreting that “aggression” in situations where he doesn’t show it.
I don’t really think so honestly. I think people would’ve understood going for it when you need one yard to win the game, even if it didn’t work out. But punting and then losing anyways just makes him look like a complete buffoon lmao.
I was there and we were all joking yelling “you should totally punt it” and we were all so confused. We left that stadium last night feeling like maybe we had missed something behind it that was obvious to tv watchers and we were just dumb but nope, just a weird call.
My buddy drunk Mike in the dorms in Eugene freshman year would always give us a free shot of Potter's whiskey any time as long as he had some so long as we either took it straight or if we absolutely needed to chase it, he'd only allow it with water. Dude pulled a Bluto Blutarsky one term and got a 0.0 GPA. Shocking development he got pulled from UO by his parents after freshman year.
I guarantee you the math says punt. But there has to be some feel with what you team has done and can do in that moment. I know a few/fair amount of the college coaches. I don’t know lane. And my friends say he is a robot awkward turtle. So it makes sense
My stomach literally dropped after reading that first sentence. I had trained my brain to forget that game, and you ripped the memory out of the depths of my brain like King Arthur.
God I dont know who I love to watch fail more Lane or Shane. I honestly think I have to give it to Lane bc he’s been such a massive PoS at literally every stop lol. I’d love if SCar somehow hired Lane
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u/w0lverine11 Michigan Wolverines 6d ago
Two years ago Ole Miss had 4th and 1 with the chance to end the game, Lane decided to punt, they lost to Kentucky.
Tonight 4th and 1 with the chance to end the game, Lane decided to punt, LSU loses to Kentucky.
Lane is a coward and a dick.