re: Interview with a Miles Basher: Harris was hurt in 2014

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What about the eyes and ears that have witnessed year after year of squandered potential, horrendous game planning, inept offenses, crunch time coaching blunders and so on and so forth?

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This has nothing to do with the OP's agenda so it will be ignored/cursed/banned/etc etc

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Is this what a melt looks like?

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yes.

You sure went to a lot of trouble to make a point that matters not at this point.

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You sure went to a lot of trouble to make a point that matters not at this point.

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It's a topic that gets discussed just about every day on this board, most days more than once.

And you can bet your arse that if Harris does well this season, and I think he will, there will be even more whining and complaining about the "moronic decision" by that "grass-eater" to not play Harris more in 2014.

Oh, and one more thing, if it "matters not at this point," why did you click on the thread, read it, and then type a post?

I cannot believe people are upvoting this guy. This is the stupidest thread I have ever seen. I am as big of a Miles fan as their is. I also believe Harris was injured during the Auburn game. You act as if Harris would have sat the bench the rest of the year even if he had come out @Auburn and dominated them, throwing for 300 yards.

The reason he didn't play was because last year he did not give us a better chance to win. He had, and still has, a better arm, but at the time Jennings was more comfortable with the playbook and had experience in big SEC games. He was never going to go out there and light teams up, but Miles had confidence that he would go in and not make mistakes.

Miles made the right call last year. Jennings gave us the opportunity to compete in every game we played. Now that Brandon has more experience, has matured physically, has matured mentally, knows the system better, etc. it is time for him to take the reigns of this offense because he is much more talented.

Don't give me this high ankle sprain bullshite as the reason why he didn't play more. There are plenty of reasons why Miles chose Jennings over Harris, but this injury was just another of many reasons.



And for the record, people tape their ankles all the time. It does not mean that someone is hurt, it just means that they are trying to prevent rolling their ankles. Now once you roll your ankle you are more likely to do it again (which is why Harris took the time to tape his), but just saying that their are people who tape their ankles every game and don't have ankle injuries.

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Hey, take your Adderall and try to stay on topic. Quit deflecting merely because you have no response to the OP.

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I've never....ever....ever said BH wasn't hurt....which I believe was the point of your holy wall of text. I'm just amazed at how much time you spend (and apparently you have a shitton of time) defending all that is LSU coaching/players/philosophy/play-calling/disputed injuries/etc etc.

I know its pains you, but I'm not deflecting....I'm just baffled at your need to justify/defend. If you're not a lawyer...you should be.

Here here!

You missed the point of the thread, and that is no easy task.

The point of the thread is to refute the posters who say that Miles is a moron because he refused to play Harris. The point of the thread is to point out that playing Harris was not an option. Apparently you ignored these Miles Basher statements:

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I don't care if Harris admitted: "I’m the only thing that is holding myself back. I held myself back this past season, and now I realize that.... I was my biggest thing that was holding me back this past season.... I wasn’t good enough last year — plain and simple."

I don't care if Harris admitted: "Last year, I would be the first one to tell you I didn’t know the ins and outs of things I needed to know.... I’m not having anybody like the right tackle (Jerald Hawkins in the Auburn game) tell me I’ve called the wrong play or this and that."

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Those statements clearly indicate that it was NOT merely the injury that was keeping Harris off the field. I agree that Harris was not ready to start at QB last year even if he was healthy, but that's a different issue for a different day.

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You act as if Harris would have sat the bench the rest of the year even if he had come out @Auburn and dominated them, throwing for 300 yards.

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I don't know how you come to that conclusion from the OP. Harris was not ready. Harris said he was not ready. The OP quotes Harris's statements that he was not ready. However, if Harris had come out @Auburn and dominated them, throwing for 300 yards, Miles might have been more tempted to press his luck and play Harris even though he was injured. As it was though, there was no reason to tempt fate and risk aggravating an injury.

But don't forget the wonders of Photoshop. Just kidding.

Salviati

Can you put together a similar defense post for the other 37 major clusterfricks under the Les Miles tenure? I would like to know the reasons why. lol