re: Question For The "Fire Les" Crowd

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I guess this is the same logic that Miles used in deciding not to go deep on the 110th ranked passing defense who lost 2 starters. We have to consider the possibility that those balls will be intercepted.

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Right, our vertical passing game has been lighting the world on fire this year, why didn't they try more?

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The one time we attempted it with an actual quarterback, it was.

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Oh yea, that's why.

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What would be your expectations and/or predictions on LSU's record following the firing of Miles?

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To compete consistently the SECW and win, make the most of the talent he has at his disposal and make sound coaching decisions 90% or more of the time. This is something I don't think is going to happen as long as CLM is in charge.

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Since it is clear adown time of 8, 9, and possibly 10+ wins this season does not meet many people's expectations, do any here think that those expectations would be met with someone new?

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Yes I think a run of the mill average coach could do this, hell its happening right now. Should be no problem for a better than average coach.

I'd like to see a team play to the best of its abilities.

I'd like to see an offensive scheme that is molded to the strength of the players instead of trying to fit players in to a scheme.

I'd like to see players get better during their career at LSU.

If a coach is hired that can do all of these things with the talent that LSU already has then there is no reason why there should be a drop in success during a coaching change.

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So the Saints should start Chase Daniel against the Steelers?

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Hey Buddy.

When Drew Brees is the laughing stock of the nation because he doesn't know simple clock management, let me know.

Nice try, though.

well, finishing 9-3 would likely mean a 3rd or 4th place finish in the west, nowhere near good enough to make it to atlanta...again.

is that successful?

You are making a lot of assumptions in your post. Every coach at LSU since Charlie Mac won at least the same amount of games as the previous coach with 2 coaches winning more games. Bill Arsnparger left and Archer won more games the next year. Saban left and Miles won more games.

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This staff is the highest paid staff in the nation, they are paid to win championships. We could pay the next guy 1 million dollars to win 8 games and save us 2.75million.


So your expectations would be we would hire for savings, and go on to be a perpetual 8 win a year team?

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I think it's far to say that winning 2 NC in the last 7 years, paying top dollar for coaching, and upgrading our facilities has raised the bar of expectations by the fan base and administration. there is a direct correlation between these things.

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What would be your expectations and/or predictions on LSU's record following the firing of Miles? Since it is clear a down time of 8, 9, and possibly 10+ wins this season does not meet many people's expectations, do any here think that those expectations would be met with someone new?

It is more likely that LSU would have at least one 7 win season following Miles's departure, and that is assuming the replacement would pan out eventually. We've seen that it's dangerous to assume this.

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i feel like there are a lot of circular arguments on these message boards. how can you fire miles. LSU is 7-1.

i think some of the fan base wants to see the hat go after watching 2008, 2009 and 2010. sure our record is much, much better than the early 1990s. can we say that over the last 2 1/2 seasons that we've seen the best football LSU has played?

do you remember the LA Tech game last year? we held on and just barely beat LA Tech 24-16. in 2007, we thumped them 58-10 and before that in 2003 it was 49-10.

even in the '90's, i can't remember our offense being as woeful as we have been 2008-10.

last week, we gave up the most rushing yards ever by a LSU defense--even more than our early '90's teams or a Lou Tepper coached team without the vaunted drop linebacker. what's worse is that the way we are playing the games is not commensurate with the money we are paying our coaches or the money we have invested in facilities.

i could live with a 9-win LSU team that competed hard and played smart every game. what's mind-numbing is we appear to have more talent and depth than we've ever had and yet we squeak by Troy State @ home.

historically, LSU has played up and down to its opponents. we had a rare run 2001-07. it seems like we are back to old LSU playing up and down to our competition. the big difference now v the '90s is that our talent base (overall) is a whole lot better than it has, which is why we are still winning 8-9 games when we would have only won 5-7 games playing the same way, historically.

if week-in and week-out, a team loaded with talent is squeaking by teams that it should beat by 10+ or more, you have to ask yourself if we are truly getting the best value out of our coaching.

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I am the OP, so answer mine. We fire Miles. What's your expectations for next year? Or the next few years?

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depends
who does LSU get to replace the hat?
do we get the mettenberger kid or no?
having a coach that maps his schemes to his players will inform the prediction.
whether we have a SEC caliber QB is another key determinant.

I Kige this!

4-4 and beaten by better teams and some idea of how we finish or 7-1, beaten by a better team and no idea how we will finish?