re: CLM's Coaching Grade.

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You don't think Saban is capable of perfection?

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Your idea of perfection and mine must be different.

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He did't acheive it this year, but 1 close regular season loss to a top 10 opponent is pretty close.

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How many times in his long and illustrious career has Saban achieved "perfection"?

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Give Saban 10 years, and I bet he goes 14-0 once.

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Give Saban 10 years, and I bet he has a heart attack.

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Give Miles 10 years, and does he get closer than he did last year?

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I don't know. I'm going to watch and see. But I never expect "perfection."

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how do we know that Miles isn't just a Houston Nutt with a ton of talent and an awesome D coordinator?

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Deep down...i know you don't believe Houston Nutt could win over 80% of his games, 2 SEC championships, and a NC in 8 years at LSU. Eventually it falls apart.

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If Les Miles coached at a place like Arky, how do you think he would fare in the SEC?

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he did coach at a place like Arky....its called Oklahoma State. And he fared pretty well considering what he followed.

Okay I'll play...


Scheme (X's and O's) - 6 out of 10; predictable, opposing teams and just about everyone watching know what we are going to do before the ball is snapped

Recruiting - 9 out of 10; Les is a great recruiter

Chances of off the field Scandel (Petrino like would be a 1, a 10 means no chance. This is strictly for the coach and the type of person he is) - 7 out of 10; we got put on probation under Les, not completely his fault but he is the HC so he bears ultimate responsibility

Motivator - 7 out of 10; we usually play down to our competition and often look flat

Coaching in Practice - 8 out of 10; I don't attend practices but I'll go with the assumption that Les is a good practice manager; doesn't seem like a coach that spends much time with technique though

In game manager (taking good with bad) - 3 out of 10; definition of insanity is doing something that doesn't work over and over expecting different result, 9/11, Ole Miss fiasco, UT fiasco, still can't manage a clock, etc

Loyalty to the program (grass is never greener) - 10 out of 10; Les is true blue I gotta admit

Supporting staff (coordinators and pos. coaches) - 6 out of 10; good judgment in Chavis and Wilson, blew it big time with Crowton, Malleveto, Stud

Graduating players (we are 2nd in the SEC behind Vandy) - 9 out of 10; Les puts a priority on graduating

Sending players to the NFL (Developing talent) - 9 out of 10; speaks for itself

74 out of 100...Solid C.

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Arky fans would riot if they had a coach come in right now and go 4-7, 8-5, 9-4, and 7-5

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now they would...yes. So would OSU fans now. but look at what Miles followed.

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But why is everyone so content with doing pretty good?

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who is content with doing pretty good? the only "pretty good" years Les has had at LSU were '08 and '09....the rest have been pretty damn great.

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Scheme (X's and O's) - 6 out of 10; predictable, opposing teams and just about everyone watching know what we are going to do before the ball is snapped

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If this is true then why isn't every play stopped for no gain or a loss?

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Chances of off the field Scandel

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What coach has 0% chance of scandal?

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Motivator - 7 out of 10; we usually play down to our competition and often look flat

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What team always plays super emotional every game and never "looks flat"?

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don't attend practices but I'll go with the assumption that Les is a good practice manager;

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So you have no clue?

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doesn't seem like a coach that spends much time with technique though

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Isn't that the job of the position coaches?

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definition of insanity is doing something that doesn't work over and over expecting different result,

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First of all that quote is wrong, but if that's all you have to hang your hat on, I'll consider the source. But to delve into your position, are ou saying that if a play fails to gain yardage, it should never be run again? How does the fact that LSU (or any other team for that matter) may run a play several times with little success and then it breaks big?

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Ole Miss fiasco, UT fiasco, still can't manage a clock, etc

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Interesting bhow you conveniently forget his clock management against Auburn and Florida where LSU won in the final seconds.

Enough of this. You are a fool

Who is playing QB at Bama next year? What happens to them if Yeldon goes down early?

I could list a bunch more - but you get my point. Things happen in cycles. Sometimes things happen that are beyond anyone's control.

How much different would things have been this year with a healthy O-line? What would have been different if TM7 had not fricked his life up?

CLM did what he could do with the soldiers he had left. There was not clear cut vocal leader on this team. No one stepped up. Expect the unexpected.

Some of you - are just fricking clueless about the game and of the world in general. Maybe you'll grow out of it.

Rabbit that was funny. I will have to give him a B

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he is an A- coach with some A-hole fans

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Good one, Rabbit!

We lost starting CB and Heisman finalist, half the O-LINE, Starting RB, and Having a new Q/B and still won 10 games.

Lost to the two best teams in the country.
B+.