re: Your first impression of Miles when you knew he was our HC

I was on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico watching ESPN. The guy watching TV with me was from Oklahoma, a cowboy fan. His reaction stumped me, "What the hell is LSU thinking"? I replied, "Hold on friend just what the hell are you trying to say"? That’s when he turned to me with a big smile and said, "I give it 4 seasons". "That’s how long it will take for him to screw up what Saban has built". In his opinion Les was a good recruiter and a even better bull shitter. He felt Miles was a pretty good coach but his program severely lacked discipline. He complained that their players consistently under achieved and played unmotivated at times. He pointed to the Oklahoma game as a prime example of how much talent Miles had brought to OSU but could do very little with what he had.
For the first couple of seasons I felt my old Okie Buddy just was just sore that we whisked Coach Miles away to Baton Rouge. I believed that OSU just could not supply “The Hat” with the talent pool he needed to succeed. Now that a few years have passed I hear that damn conversation rings in my ears every time I watch LSU or read this damn board. I would say I feel deceived by Les’s first couple seasons in Baton Rouge but I can’t say I wasn’t warned. I hate that guy from Oklahoma, I can only hope and pray something bad happened to him.