re: The Human Punching Bag - Mr. Joe Alleva

Well then, you're not one of the people that I was talking about in my post.

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Again, it's possible to criticize both if you don't think in absolutes and pick a label to wave the flag for.

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Quit stealing my thunder, I said that first.

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DWaginHTown

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Under pressure when people's lives are being ruined? Your moral compass is broken. An upright man would ha e resigned instead of going along.

You did not answer my question about the extension. Are you an attorney? I guess that means you have no answer.

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All I'm saying, is that we're already going to lose Les, so let's not compound the issue by attempting to cut off the entire athletic department face to spite ourselves.

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The guy has never proven to be a good AD. Not at Duke, not here.

Thats why people have a problem with him.

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I can criticize both, but I don't have anything concrete to point to in regards to blaming Alleva for the leak.

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Why does that matter? People can come up for a hundred excuses for why Miles gets beat yearly by Bama, and they may be good ones. He's still the head man, it happened on his watch, and he should be running a tighter ship.

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If he has to come out and answer direct questions, then he's setting himself, and the University, up for a major shitstorm.

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Completely disagree, his silence has only further fueled speculation and caused it to run rampant, weeks before LSU could even get a replacement. It should have been snuffed out quickly, for the actual discussions to happen out of the spotlight.

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As for Les, I have been a Miles lover on here for years, still am. I think in the business that he's in, there is a shelf life for head coaches, and he's right at that expiration date.

What sucks for Les, is that I also don't see Saban at Bama for all that much longer either. I think Nick decides to pack it in relatively soon, and Bama will likely experience a drop-off, so whomever comes in and takes Les' place migh have an "easier" go of it with Bama in 2/3 years.

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Agree with all of this but it's a different discussion. This isn't about the decision to fire Miles, its about the handling of it, and LSU's brand. There was a better way to do it, one that didn't give the overwhelming indication that LSU is just knee-jerking to three losses in what might have been a 10 win season with the McNeese game. That was to put up a strong front, not let things seep out and fan the flames by being silent, and to have these negotiations in private. There's a good chance that once Mile's knows he's not coaching anymore one way or the other, he simply accepts a discrete buyout and goes out with dignity. At worst, you're exactly where you are now but the entire thing is done in a week, and there is no long slow bleeding for a month waiting for the season to end.

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He disbanded an entire lacrosse team at Duke over unsubstantiated charges that proved to be false and ruined many athletes lives. This is a pretty substantial reason to dislike him.

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Just ignore the fact that they had a prosecutor who was disbarred for trumping up the charges and misrepresenting the facts to the public.

These are the same lizard people fans that blamed Alleva for the weather the day of the McNeese game.

Ahh, the perception of Alleva on this board, the shift is on, I have no opinion of the man, just watch the games, but it's fun to watch this board do the about face thing so often, Lol

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the campus parking and traffic situations is where I bash Alleva



That may be the dumbest thing I've read on here.

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why do you say that?

I have some background in logistics and movement of large numbers of people and equipment...the athletic department doesn't want to give up any control...