Miles should be given absolute credit for developing

We are frustrated because we have no Quarterback. How at LSU you can competely drop the ball on recruiting and developing a QB is beyond me? I do give him credit on getting the rest of this team together, but it will fall apart soon without a viable option at QB.

Posted by TigerFanNKaty
We are frustrated because we have no Quarterback. How at LSU you can competely drop the ball on recruiting and developing a QB is beyond me? I do give him credit on getting the rest of this team together, but it will fall apart soon without a viable option at QB.

Agreed. It's one position but a major one. It will limit our ability to succeed. Still....tons of positives. And I didn't even mention recruiting.

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Posted by skullhawk
Miles destroyed the defense. It's not like he took over a bad situation. I guess you can say he deserves credit for fixing his mistake.

You guess?

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I have to admit the direction of the team is positive and if he gets blame for the problems he must get credit for the positives.

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You are right, when you focus on the direction of our Defense and Special Teams. You are right that one running back seems to be stepping up and becoming really special. But if you consider this is the second year in a row where our offense, and in particular the starting QB, are clearly drowning (and this was very apparent well before the end of last season), and that has not been fixed, it is legit to look at this problem critically.

Yes, I give CLM credit for good things.
Hiring Chavis to fix the Defense -> A+
Developing Special Teams -> A+
Recruiting in general -> A+

But...
Improving the offense -> D-
Making appropriate changes in staff (OC) -> D-
Developing skill positions -> D-
Utilizing talent appropriately -> D-

The question becomes: Why can only one area at a time be "fixed" and then only after the end of the season (if at all)? The offense is obviously BROKEN and CLM continues to down-play the problem. Does he really think it will go away if he ignores it? If he would really level with the fan base, and make some obviously needed changes, then maybe he would gain some credibility and get more credit than criticism.

Overall, I think he's doing a damn good job this year. He and his staff are playing to our strengths. I am hopeful, damn near confident, these Rantard turds, will have a platefull of crow to eat soon enough.

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Don't try to bring logic, reason, and rational thought in to here.

According to the nega tigers, anything bad is Miles fault and anything good is in spite of him.

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This isn't about being a positiger or a negatiger

He doesn't get involved with the defensive side of the ball at all

He should be given credit for recruiting and running a class program. I don't know that he should be given credit for developing our defensive players.

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what games are you watching

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The four we've won.

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there are individual coaches who are doing a good job with their duties....certainly NOT the offense.

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Threads about the head coach. His name is Les Miles. I'm not a fan of his OC, but I think otherwise, he's assembled a good staff that is doing a good job with the material we have. I think he has done a great job recruiting and we have a fine season ahead of us. You ready to break out of the herd of sheep and think for yourself or content to just stand in the crowd and bitch?

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there are individual coaches who are doing a good job with their duties....certainly NOT the offense.

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As a whole the offense has improved...unfortunately the QB position is about the same.

geauxjo - You make valid points and with the recruiting to add to his list of positives, the QB situation is one GREAT BIG problem that almost trumps any of the other great things that is being done. The one position that can destroy a teams morale is developing right in front of our faces. Miles sees the light at the end of the tunnel but he doesn't know whether it's a train or something else. He's rolling the dice like the riverboat gambler that he was in 2007. He's a gambler. He's playing it close to the vest. In 2007 you had Skyler catching a pass to beat Auburn with one second left on the clock, the over the shoulder toss from Flynn to Colt David and you had the fourth down game against Florida. His biggest gamble in that season was holding down Perrilloux in the first half of the SEC champ. game against Tenn. He let him throw downfield the rest of the game and MILES "legacy" lasted one more game against Ohio State. His other accomplishments since the NC game has been to win 2 bowl games and have Top 10 recruiting classes. He has to gamble in order to be successful but he is definitely conservative right now.