re: Staying positive about Les Miles?

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But you proved my point. Every year it's a rotating excuse. "Not Les, gotta be the D staff." "Not Les gotta be the young QB." "Not Les, gotta be... ad infinitum.

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Haven't you ever heard the "three letter joke"?


Gist of the joke, sorry for the length (TWHS):


When Coach Miles was hired, he found that a predecessor left three letters in his new desk (probably was Dinardo). Each letter was clearly labeled; System Failure #1, System Failure #2, System Failure #3. A post-it note was attached to the bundle of letters, which read:

“In case of a substantial system failure open the letters in order, once per failure, and they will help you through the problem.”

A few years later Coach Miles experienced a system failure that left our team's defense full of holes. While thinking of how to solve the problem Coach Miles remembered the letters. Curious, Miles opened the first letter.

“Fire a coordinator”

After firing the coordinator the defense appeared to be back on the right track. Coach miles was asked to explain what happened and why were down for so long. Taking a queue from the letter he blamed the coordinator. The fans were satisfied with the answer and let him go.

The next year, he had another big failure. This time the offense was struggling. Looking for an answer to explain the underachieving offense, once again, he reached into that desk drawer and opened letter #2.

“Fire the other coordinator”


This time Coach Miles explained to the fans how it wasn’t his fault. It was the offensive coordinator’s fault! If only we had a good offensive coordinator this team would be unbeatable. The fans were again satisfied with his answer, and he kept his job.

Things ran smoothly for the next 18 months. Then he had another underachieving season.

He opened the third letter.

“Write three letters”