The Miles File...My take on our head coach

1) If he falls in love with the character of a player, and thinks that the player is reasonably talented, he will ride that player regardless of the on-field results (or lack of results). It is his man, and he sticks with his man. Many believe this is because Bo did this for him in his days at Michigan, and that may be, but regardless of why, it is his way.

2) He has living room charm with the players and player families that count - big time talent. As such, in most years, he will have more talent and depth than 95% of the teams he faces (Thus the best record in come-from-behind wins in the nation, due to depth in the last 3/8ths of the game, and subpar performance for the first 5/8ths of the games).

3) He has very slow executive processing speed in real-time. He is a slow, but thorough thinker, who is much better at planning and big picture thinking than anything that requires quick on-the-field decision making. Ergo all of the in-game miscues.

4) He has a very different way of talking. It actually makes a lot more sense on paper in print than when listened to audibly. It is quirky, but again, we have to realize that it works for the players and coaches, so those with strong linguistic and standard grammar skills need to just deal with it. It works for those that matter - players, their Moms/Dads and the coaches.

5) He is slow to adapt. When a 5th grade girl realizes that a change is obvious, that is about when Miles will make the change everyone else knew should have been made much earlier. Call it hard-headedness, or whatever you want, but this is the reality in most scenarios. Exceptions do not discount the overwhelming pattern.

6) When also surrounded with strong coaches, his method works really well due to the level of talent and depth his teams have in comparison to their opponents. Recruiting is 95+% of his success formula, and his form of communication is a large part of the formula for his recruiting successes.

7) He is a poker player. He believes that he should never show tendencies and tip his "hat" until he has to. Because he has such talent and depth, it works more often than not, but frustrates the hell out of the fan base who are worn out on the boring formula.

8)He truly knows how to motivate his players. His approachable style makes his players want to light it up for him. He believes in them, and they leverage off of that belief nicely.

9)He is a program coach. He is our coach. Deal with it. After nearly 10 years, there have been few things he has been willing to change in his philosophy.

10) He is a winner. He has the best record in the SEC in his time in the league. He is our winner.

Deal with it. Love it. Love the Tigers. Or shut the eff up and move on.

Tigers.