re: IF LES MILES WERE TO LEAVE LSU ...

Posted by TheFranchise

The Stick

Member since Feb 2005

6203 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 1:46 pm to TIGERSby10

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he would have a couple successful seasons, he would bolt for the NFL and leave us searching for a new HC.

I agree with this! I think LSU should always refuse to go after the best coach available and look for someone no one else will want. It worked great when the best coach in NCAA football left to head to the Dolphins.

Clearly, if Les Miles ever decides* to leave, we should replace him with Elwood P. Suggins. No one else would ever want him.

*Why would LSU ever fire Les? He will never leave for a better job because no other better job would want him. That's why I want him to be here forever. Apparently the poster I quoted from agrees. We must both love: never seeing freshman get meaningful PT, continuous "stupid" penalties (offsides, DoG, ill participation/substitution, etc.), poor clock mgmt, poor gameplanning, playing not to win, playing non-aggressive/uninspired, etc. And anyone who thinks all those things are just from the last two seasons and/or soley the fault of Perrilloux wasn't paying much attention the first few years of the Miles regime

I want the damn best coach we can get. If that means the NFL comes calling every year, so be it. And I'm tired of all these random "requirements" (i.e. must have BCS HC experience). The best potential HCs out there right now without a current HC job - none of them have BCS HC experience.

Posted by ItTakesAThief

Scottsdale, Arizona

Member since Dec 2009

9200 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 1:51 pm to TheFranchise

Does anyone here really believe that Jon Gruden has interest in coaching LSU?

I don't think there is any chance he would coach at LSU.

This guy is a professional coach. His ego will keep him in the NFL.

Posted by c on z

Zamunda

Member since Mar 2009

127409 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 2:10 pm to ItTakesAThief

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Does anyone here really believe that Jon Gruden has interest in coaching LSU?

I don't think there is any chance he would coach at LSU.

This guy is a professional coach. His ego will keep him in the NFL.

Hence my previous post:

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He has no interest in coachining NCAAF.

Posted by TigerSpy

Baton Rouge

Member since Sep 2006

9897 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 2:15 pm to c on z

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He has no interest in coachining NCAAF.

He damn near took the Tennessee job

Posted by the LSUSaint

Member since Nov 2009

15444 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 2:24 pm to tiger chaser

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What we need is to get rid of some of our fan base....

Gonna miss ya tiger! Simply the stupidest thing to say EVER. At least the are fans and part of that is criticism, like it or not, it means they care.

Posted by EST

Investigating

Member since Oct 2003

17832 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 2:25 pm to DatDude12

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IF LES MILES WERE TO LEAVE LSU ...

Is there anyone at LSU we can really trust to make a better hire?

Posted by BoomWHODAT

NEW ORLEANS

Member since Feb 2010

527 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 2:45 pm to EST

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What we need is to get rid of some of our fan base....

We have a winner

Posted by arobbi3

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2007

1483 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 2:47 pm to Nike1

Les was a good hire at the time. However, the extra $4million was not very smart on lsus part.

Posted by the LSUSaint

Member since Nov 2009

15444 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 2:51 pm to arobbi3

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Les was a good hire at the time

At that late time in the game, he really was the last man available.

Posted by Behind The Ivy

Los Angeles

Member since Jan 2008

988 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 3:00 pm to DatDude12

i dont know if it would work. hes a complex offensive minded coach like charlie weis (and gary crowton for that matter).

they get so complicated that their offenses only work with veteran college teams (LSU 2007 and ND 2006) or NFL teams.

whe weis was breaking in young players, offense was abysmal - lost his job. same with crowton and his two young QBs in JL and JJ.

This post was edited on 4/16/10 at 3:01 pm

Posted by arobbi3

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2007

1483 posts

Posted on 4/16/10 at 4:30 pm to Behind The Ivy

That's why I said at the time...