Jarrett Lee was the man!!

Now that we are years down the road, and see what a stagnant offensively minded coach we have, we can appropriately reflect on JLs tenure at LSU

'07) The kid came to us as an Elite 11 QB

'08) He was thrown in with woefully inadequate prep. Miles was completely unwilling to make changes from the Russell/Flynn offensive to help JL succeed. Also, Miles' decision to hire his buddies as co-DCs was huge in forcing Lee to always having to play catch-up

'09) As Miles is known to do, Lee was subjected to the doghouse for his performance. Miles would rather lose 4 games, than call on Lee

'10) And even tho he spent a year in the doghouse, JL was up to the task when Miles had no choice but to call on him against Tenn, Fla, and Bama. An admission by Miles of the skills JL possessed, because Miles knew he was firmly on the hot seat if he ends the year with 5 losses

'11) With only a weeks notice, Lee stepped in. He got the ball rolling on the only undefeated season under Miles. Yet when it was obvious that Bama had successfully schemed for LSU in the BCS game, Miles yet again showed that he was incapable of recognizing required change. The only team in BCS history not to score a point, and Miles made ZERO adjustments

And as we saw once again last Saturday, QBs are not afforded the opportunity to improve because Miles system has changed to limit the involvement of the QB. Yet Lee still improved under that system. He went from the year of multiple pick 6s to the 2nd longest streak between interceptions in LSU history, and ESPNs All-SEC senior team QB