re: Auburn-LSU: Miles wants better execution

When the defense (and many fans) seem to know where plays are going, when the quarterback is rushing to get the play off as the play clock runs out again, and when plays seem to lack any attempt to confuse the defense, perfect execution is required. Unfortunately, it seems that Coach Miles thinks that running the same plays executed better will work. This may work against teams with less talent, but against teams of equal talent, there has to be some attempt to keep the defense off balance and guessing.

In particular, Coack Miles really seems to want to play smash-mouth football and dominate the other team's defense at the line of scrimmage while running between the tackles. We don't seem to have the talent in the line to do this, but worse, the other team's players and coaches seem to know this (alnog with everyone else in the stadium).

I hope I'm wrong. I really like Coach Miles, but I don't think he sees that play calling has a major effect on execution. And I'm concerned this doesn't bode well for the future.