re: Talk to 2 LSU players that have declared...***Spolier :CSB:***

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And don't cross him. There is an ugly side.

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There certainly is. My problem is not with Miles's goofiness, but with his character as a man.

There seem to be a lot of posters of the opinion that Miles is a great guy, but they don't care, because all they care about is having a guy who wins. I couldn't be more different than that group. I have always been a guy who put other matters ahead of mere wins and losses.

My position is this: While Miles may have done some admirable things in the past out of a sense of loyalty, in recent years his ego has grown unchecked and is now out of control. And while his every move seems to be calculated to position himself as a "player's coach," yes, there is a very dark side to all this.

The its-us-against-the-world schtick works fine for motivational locker room speeches, but when you start talking that mentality too far, it starts infecting day-to-day operations outside of game day. It creates a culture of non-accountability, and of disregard for anybody who happens to find themselves placed in whatever the "out group" of the moment happens to be. I think that's where the program is today, and it's why I have turned my back on it. How this relates to individual players, I have no idea, but I do know that it has fostered an utter disdain for the fanbase, and divisions within the fanbase itself--and that's just not healthy, no matter what the perceived justifications for it are.

So while the majority of players may rally to his support, that hardly means that he's doing the right things. Miles can take his "great man" image and shove it. I'd rather have a more honest and humble man as LSU's coach.