re: This exemplifies what is so wrong about the media treatment of LSU and Miles....

I wish Miles would take it personally and put a chip on his own shoulder... punch them in the mouth, shove the football down their throats, and keep the pedal to the floorboard until 00:00

But he's a better man than I am.

Just because you're in the media does not make you smart.

Miles is the only coach who gets criticized for winning and recruiting well.

The only way for Miles to not get criticized by the media is to win every game 65-0, with below mediocre talent.

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Sounds about right.

For example, when other coaches are talking about the upcoming season, how practice is going etc., Les tweets that it's time to go home and catch the season premiere of Duck Dynasty.

He does it to himself. Don't get mad at the media for making him out to be a dumbass.

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I really dont care what he's tweeting about. Most LSU fans dont, because he isnt going to tweet out some big revelation about LSU football. Why would the man use Twitter to talk about the upcoming season.....its his freaking twitter, and I like that the man watches Duck Dynasty- it makes me respect him even more.

first off, excellent OP. really well done.

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face it, its games like last year against Alabama at home which the players won and the coach lost that fuel this.
Pair that with the lost NCG to Alabama in which he stubbornly would not play JLEE who took us to the ship that makes it so.

The best thing Les can do is get his hands off and rep LSU. Let the best OC coach offense and the best DC coach defense.

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this brings about another disturbing narrative amongst the fans.

"meddling Miles"

the crazy and hypocritical thing behind this way of thinking is that you think miles is a buffoon and incompetent but at the same time he's made out to be some evil mastermind with his hand in every play trying to sink the ship.

and this year it will lead to this:

running play for 2 yards (miles call)

play action pass for 22 yards (cam's call)

3rd and 5 draw play that gets 4.5 yds (miles call)

3rd and 2 misdirection that gets 15 yards (cam's call)

perfectly thrown pass that the WR drops (uhhhhh better pin that on miles,obviously these guys lack discipline)

settle for FG (ugh miles)

score a TD (good job cam)



i'm surprised "thanks obama" became a meme before "thanks les" did.

Some criticism of Les is valid but I have never liked the whole win with another coach's players argument. Those kids still needed coaching. Of course a coach wins with talent on the field. Isn't it their job to put together a talented team? Bottom line with Les IMO, he is on a very short list of coaches that can beat Saban. Possibly at the top.

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Thanks soooooooooooo much for your intense, exhaustive research that sums up the last 6 months! I didn't know you were such an expert...

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Well, it's just one example of why the media portrays Les the way that they do. Thanks for your input though. I'm sorry I live in Metairie too.

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Just because you're in the media does not make you smart.

Miles is the only coach who gets criticized for winning and recruiting well.

The only way for Miles to not get criticized by the media is to win every game 65-0, with below mediocre talent.

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and that's the whole point, because the media are "not smart", don't give 'em stupid shite to print. If you play their game, you will be a victim of it, and that's what Miles does. Beat 'em at their own game.

I can't really comment on what speculation is on the perimeter.

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The idea that Les coasts on talent is just wrong.

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nd even Clemson are just as stacked with elite HS talent as LSU is if not more.

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omg

Didnt Clemson beat us in a bowl game last year?

face it, this is a correct statement:

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Les excels because he has better players than everyone else

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(the Hitler reference is only an analogy to make a point)

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you sure about that?

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You do realize that someone can be both a fool and an evil genius simultaneously, right? Hitler was an ideologue (and a fool for believing his own ideology), but he was also an evil genius as well. Some people drink their own kool aid so much they can't see where they are going wrong. The bottom line is that if you can get people to believe in you, your system can suck but because the people believe you can achieve some modicum of success (at least for a while).

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what i'm saying is that there are people out there that actually think Les doesn't even know what down it is, but at the same time thinking he's calling every single play. which he would be doing by memory (no play card/call sheet).

if you want to get specific, what ideal does Miles hold that is so crazy, that it is poisoning LSU from the top down and becoming the downfall of the program.

is it the fact that he runs a power run based offense constructed to wear down opponents coupled with stout D to win football games?

is it because when executed well, only about 4-5 teams on the schedule have a chance to keep up before they're run into submission?

because other than being a pro set vs a one back and besides being a multiple mostly 4 man front (4-3 or 4-2-5) compared to a 3-4, then it's almost the exact same philosphy as Alabama who's fans don't seem to have a problem with the philosphy.

we threw it more last yr than we had since 2007. what did last yr have in common with 07? we had a semi competent QB under center. i can't argue that miles philosphy changed when jarret lee perfected the interception in 2008. you don't see miles taking the chances he took pre 07 as much. but he plays the percentages well.

now if you want LSU to run a 4 WR, air raid offensive set then you'll never be happy. it's not gonna happen. but i suspect you're smarter than that. my guess is you know what kind of offense and defense will win in the SEC and in turn the nation and that we are just steps away from executing it. the exit of zach lee and RP had a lot to do with it. the dropsies and QB inconsistency. one play Mett overtrhows by 8 yards the next he puts it there and its dropped. last yr, the injury decimation of the OL and its effects were evident.

miles' recipe isn't bad, it just seems to be missing one to a few key ingredients depending on the year. shite we won 13-14 games in '11 vs one of the toughest schedules in the hist of cfb with two of the most mediocre QB's LSU has had in decades.


i get the offense isn't inherently sexy. but i don't care about sexy i care (like the folks in T town) about winning.