re: I am still a Miles Maniac

I'm a big Les Miles fan, but if we go 7-6 next year (and I'm pretty sure that's how the '08 season will end), the only acceptable reason will be season-ending injuries to 90% of our starters. I'm thinking we go 8-4 or 9-3 in '09 and come back to contend for an SEC West title in 2010. I think the hot seat for Miles needs to be stoked a little earlier than for some other coaches for the following reasons:

• No reason for our program to fall so far so fast; we ain't Miss. St or Vandy
• Miles' salary: for $4 mil a year you expect a helluva lot more than back-to-back mediocre seasons

Miles has my support, but obviously we need to see pretty visible evidence of change in the offseason. Then (for me) a minimum 8-4 finish next year with visible improvement on both sides of the ball—coaching, execution, the whole thing. We'll see.