Friday, November 20, 2015

New Orleans Sports Writers Ron Higgins and Jeff Duncan: Out Of The Loop On LSU and Coach Les Miles

Ron Higgins comment in a Times Picayune article dated 11/20/15 concerning LSU's Loss to Notre Dame in last seasons Music City Bowl was a self serving statement.  Higgins is just now finding out that Miles' offensive play calling and selection is not good enough to compete with the top teams in the SEC and that Miles is from the old school.  Well lets see, Miles has been at LSU for 11 seasons and Higgins is just now understanding Miles problem.  This is the same Higgins who said LSU would beat Alabama this year and early on predicted LSU would throw to its tight ends more and have them more involved in the offense.  Yeah right, it did not happen.

Jeff Duncan in a Times Picayune article dated 7/31/15 took issue with a USA today Amway coaches pre season poll that ranked LSU 13.  Duncan took issue with the poll and said LSU was a prime candidate to be in the playoff position and that the poll did not give LSU enough respect.  This writer wrote a commentary here in "PolitiDose" dated 8/1/15 titled, LSU, Jeff Duncan and the preseason football poll and explained why ( 3 reasons) the coaches poll may have ranked LSU 13.

As of this date the coaches poll has been accurate.  The third reason this writer gave in the commentary should have been realized by sports writers long ago and all three reasons played a role in why LSU fell out of the top 10.  One has to remember, it is not how you start the season, its how you end it.


This commentary written by Joe Lorio

Bobby Jindal Did Not Suspend His Campaign For The Republican Presidential Nomination: The People Did.

It took the people of Louisiana 7 years to wise up to governor Bobby Jindal but the people out side of Louisiana where Jindal campaigned for the republican Presidential nomination, realized Jindal's lack of political understanding in just a few months and tuned his campaign out.  His poll numbers nationally are much worse then his poll numbers in Louisiana.

Jindal now has to stay in Louisiana and tell the people how he is going to deal with the $500 million deficit for this fiscal years budget which began on July 1 that Jindal and the republican controlled state legislature said was balanced.  Of course, everyone who reads "PolitiDose" should have known the budget was not balanced.  On the state level, Jindal's budgets mimic the federal budgets under republican administrations as no republican President has balanced the federal budget since President Eisenhower in 1960.  Yes, that is right 1960.

The Times Picayune who is backing David Vitter for governor has supported Jindal in the past and his budget cuts that have hurt higher education, health care and other services for the people.  Another republican governor is not the answer.  Jindal, Vitter and the Times Picayune deserve each other but the state and the people will do better with a democrat in the governor's office by the name of John Bel Edwards.


This commentary written by Joe Lorio