re: A Memo to Coach Les Miles - an appeal to show CHARACTER

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NO ONE WITH ANY REASONABLE SENSE OF INTELLIGENCE BELIEVES THAT MILES PLAYED JJ OVER LEE IN THE 4TH QTR BECAUSE HE FELT JJ WOULD DO BETTER THAN LEE.

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It is impossible??
I(even though I don't agree)can certainly come up with reason to think Lee would be worse.
What if the coach has watched Lee perform horribly for years in a situation where there was intense pressure in the pocket with minimal blitzing, thus leaving men in coverage? What if that was a given over 4 years of practices? In that case I could see him sticking with a bad performance over the possibility of a worse one.

Now I have no idea if that was the case, but I do know that this was indeed what Bama's defense was doing.

Bottom line, the idea that it is IMPOSSIBLE that this was a player evaluation decision is indefensible.

It is much more impossible to believe that Miles risked all the money, prestige, job security, and the chance to reach the pinnacle of his profession in order to thumb his nose at a 22 year old kid. THAT is a freakin stupid idea!!