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Sometimes to have to lose in order to win - Les needs to get this
Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:37 am
Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:37 am
I've come to the realization that Les doesn't just "play it safe" in games.
He "plays it safe" for entire seasons. He knows when his teams don't have it....but he's gotta get to 10 wins so he can keep everyone just happy enough with him.
This is how it plays out practically: going into a meaningless game against ARK, Miles could have sacrificed known performance by playing Harris the entire game thereby giving him real in game experience for next season. If we lost, well we won more tomorrow.
We saw this in 2011. In blowouts Les never played Mett. He played seniors almost every snap. Had Mett played more in 2011 he would have hit his learning curve sooner in 2012 and 2013 could have been much more interesting.
We saw this with Welter - until is was painfully obvious Miles was wrong.
Basically, Miles plays to win 10 games a season. I think he's cool with that...
Never mind the fact 6 SEC teams tend to do that almost every year these days (or close to it).
On a yearly basis, the man is playing checkers instead of chess.
He "plays it safe" for entire seasons. He knows when his teams don't have it....but he's gotta get to 10 wins so he can keep everyone just happy enough with him.
This is how it plays out practically: going into a meaningless game against ARK, Miles could have sacrificed known performance by playing Harris the entire game thereby giving him real in game experience for next season. If we lost, well we won more tomorrow.
We saw this in 2011. In blowouts Les never played Mett. He played seniors almost every snap. Had Mett played more in 2011 he would have hit his learning curve sooner in 2012 and 2013 could have been much more interesting.
We saw this with Welter - until is was painfully obvious Miles was wrong.
Basically, Miles plays to win 10 games a season. I think he's cool with that...
Never mind the fact 6 SEC teams tend to do that almost every year these days (or close to it).
On a yearly basis, the man is playing checkers instead of chess.
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Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:38 am to theunknownknight
Yup.
Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:42 am to theunknownknight
As if winning 10 games is easy and "playing it safe" . . . 
Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:43 am to theunknownknight
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Basically, Miles plays to win 10 games a season. I think he's cool with that...
Question for you: Can you make a list of 10 coaches that have been able to sustain his record against top 25 teams over the past decade that have done better than this? It's harder to do than you imagine.
Also, if you're earning $4.3M a year, would you rather go 6-6 with the potential to go 6-6 the following season and get fired, or have a decade of 10-2/10-3 and still have a chance to compete?
You're literally asking him to go against the odds and take a $8.6M pay check rather than a $43M paycheck.....unless you're assuming that Harris will get us to undefeated next year.....
Posted on 11/17/14 at 9:54 am to theunknownknight
Les will tell you it's the execution that's lacking. After reviewing the film, he'll say we were a missed assignment from having big plays.
Posted on 11/17/14 at 11:22 am to theunknownknight
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On a yearly basis, the man is playing checkers instead of chess.
a lot of truth in that.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 2:56 pm to theunknownknight
Ten wins means 4th place in the SEC West
Posted on 11/18/14 at 3:03 pm to theunknownknight
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We saw this in 2011. In blowouts Les never played Mett. He played seniors almost every snap. Had Mett played more in 2011 he would have hit his learning curve sooner in 2012 and 2013 could have been much more interesting.
So no one thinks mett had some maturity issues? Because this baord ripped him in 2012. or how about when Les played him and he didnt do what the coaches asked and ran a bootleg? come on dude.
Posted on 11/18/14 at 3:04 pm to theunknownknight
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Sometimes to have to lose in order to win - Les needs to get this
Wanna try that again?
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