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The absurd part for Miles is that he didn't even try to fix it this year

Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:16 pm
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:16 pm
I guarantee you that if we were 2-2 right now having scored 30 ppg and showing obvious offensive improvement, he's still employed today.

It's that he came back with EXACTLY the same bull shite.

I mean, you can only flip your boss off so often. Eventually, boss is gonna pull the trigger.
Posted by Black n Gold
Member since Feb 2009
15409 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:17 pm to
Plenty of factors got him fired, but I think none more than this.
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:17 pm to
Miles was burned out.
Posted by 5Alive
With Your Moms
Member since Jul 2009
7662 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:17 pm to
And that's exactly what he did flip his boss off and all of the fans!
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:18 pm to
Biggest reason he was fired.

If he had gone out and gotten a new OC and really tried to revamp the offense like Stoops did at OU, he'd still have a job.

He Lou Tepper'ed himself.
Posted by pt448
LA
Member since Nov 2013
502 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:18 pm to
If we put up 30a game with this defense, we may never lose.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
158781 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:19 pm to
He wanted to use this year as a told you so...how'd that work out Les?
Posted by PeaRidgeWatash
Down by the docks of the city
Member since Dec 2004
15210 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:19 pm to
He was too busy working on clock managment
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
58953 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:20 pm to
Yep... That's always been Les' Achilles, his failure to change and absurd loyalties to individuals over what's perhaps best for the team.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261538 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:20 pm to
I think there is WAY more to this story than what we see. A battle of wills so to speak.

Les wasn't fired for losing to Auburn and Wisconsin, he was fired for being stubborn and refusing to make changes IMO
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63214 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:21 pm to
Even in a game that most people were pretty sure would cost him his job if he lost, nothing was better. Unbelievable really.
Posted by diehardfan
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2005
5333 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:22 pm to
He NEVER tried. He told y'all what you wanted to hear and every time y'all were surprised that he didn't fix:
The clock management
Getting Russel Shephard in the game
The passing game
Like he said he would. It's amazing he lasted this long and some people still supported him.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
36199 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:23 pm to
Yes he did try to fix it.

You didn't notice throwing on every down last night after Guice broke off a big one and LF had over 100 yards?
No way he should've kept going to the air after a long history of always running when we should've been passing.
Posted by roscoe mike
Member since Nov 2009
1578 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:29 pm to
Changing the offense in the offseason means working overtime hours during the summer. I think Les was long past putting in the extra work it takes to change the system.

The fact that the most underperforming position group is the position he played says it all.
Posted by Walnut
College Station, TX
Member since Nov 2014
3590 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:31 pm to
I imagine Les Miles was thinking to himself, "Finally, what took them so long?"

I'm not trying to say he purposely tried to tank the back half of last year but I'm pretty sure he knew he couldn't realistically save his job after A&M last year

I'm thankful at least he gave us a good show in Houston for the bowl last year before checking out mentally on us
Posted by SportTiger1
Stonewall, LA
Member since Feb 2007
28504 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:31 pm to
Exactly the reason he's packing his bags. He learned absolutely nothing from last November.

Most stubborn coach I've ever seen.
Posted by BamaScoop
Panama City Beach, Florida
Member since May 2007
53869 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 5:43 pm to
I think he wanted to get fired. I wish someone would fire me and pay me 13 million over the next six years.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126963 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 6:33 pm to
quote:

if we were 2-2 right now having scored 30 ppg and showing obvious offensive improvement, he's still employed today.
I agree.
Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
24668 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 6:34 pm to
Thats why I feel no sense of remorse for firing his arse. II would've loved for him to go on his terms, but he lost his mojo a long time ago.

Thanks for the success but good riddance.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89613 posts
Posted on 9/25/16 at 6:36 pm to
Meh. He hired Aranda and pulled Harris way, way earlier than I thought he would.

The foundation is bad - other than, maybe, the recruiting piece, especially on offense. The next coach has a lot of work to do to get us to an SEC-CG.
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