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1/9 will for ever define Les Miles' legacy and his program

Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:50 pm
Posted by hikingfan
Member since Jun 2013
1659 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:50 pm
If only he'd won that day, he'd be on a much long leash with fans and seasons like the current one might have been more palatable and easily forgiven. 2 SEC championships, 2 National Chmiponship....you can't argue with that. But 1/9 was so horrible, every time he messes up clock management, every time he runs the toss-dive, every time he plays too conservative, every time we lose a game we were expected to win, every time we have a multiple loss season...people are that much more unforgiving and have even less patience for his quirks.

If you ask Miles 10 years from now, I bet he'd tell you he wish he had gotten up on the right side of the bed that fateful day.
Posted by tfl41
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2006
1552 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:53 pm to
Do the pumpers love Les if Pittsburgh doesn't upset WVU in '07? All I want to know.

Legit question
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24431 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:54 pm to
2 years ago people laughed on the SECr when I said that loss would forever haunt Les. The program lost every bit of edge it had that night in the Dome.
Posted by CalTiger53
California
Member since Oct 2011
9038 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:55 pm to
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I bet he'd tell you he wish he had gotten up on the right side of the bed that fateful day

I doubt it, even that day has not changed his stubbornness. This is his major problem not his ability to coach.
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
41931 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:55 pm to
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Do the pumpers love Les if Pittsburgh doesn't upset WVU in '07? All I want to know. 

Legit question


No, not really

Every team, every year, gets luck

Stupid to think they don't
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90541 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:55 pm to
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I bet he'd tell you he wish he had gotten up on the right side of the bed that fateful day.



i would hope he wished that he didnt quit on his team like a bitch
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24431 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:56 pm to
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Do the pumpers love Les if Pittsburgh doesn't upset WVU in '07? All I want to know.

Legit question


No. He wouldn't have had his contract restructured last year and would be on the hot seat. Going 6-6 would get him fired.
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
Member since Jul 2010
41292 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:57 pm to
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i would hope he wished that he didnt quit on his team like a bitch


You should prob stick to the food board instead of parroting slow flo talking points on here
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90541 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:57 pm to
so he didnt quit on 1/9?
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67590 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:58 pm to
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If you ask Miles 10 years from now, I bet he'd tell you he wish he had gotten up on the right side of the bed that fateful day.


Doubt it
Posted by RadTiger
Member since Oct 2013
1121 posts
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:59 pm to
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Do the pumpers love Les if Pittsburgh doesn't upset WVU in '07? All I want to know.

Legit question


Do the the negatigers hate Les if the Oklahoma St. kicker makes the field goal?

Does Saban get worshipped if Colt doesn't get hurt. Or if fatso doesn't block 2 field goals.
Posted by Brendoni
Oklahoma City, Ok
Member since Apr 2009
21283 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:00 am to
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every time he messes up clock management


that started before 1/9
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
Member since Jul 2010
41292 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:00 am to
No. We got beat. shite happens. Bad game plan.
But people love this "quit" narrative. It's retarded.
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:02 am to
That was the game where he transformed from da mad hatter into da mad quitter.

1/9 was and still is a program killer that started the end of the CLM era.
Posted by JamesonandTiger
Arlington tx
Member since Sep 2014
330 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:02 am to
Did you mean "forever" define? Moron
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
Member since Jul 2010
41292 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:03 am to
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quitter


Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90541 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:04 am to
sure man. punting in the the fourth quarter
Posted by bosco107
Prairieville
Member since Sep 2005
204 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:06 am to
That NC game will always haunt him. Team never showed up, and never scored a point. Sounds like the team didn't want to play for Miles that night. I've always asked the question to many of my friends. If the team that brought you to the NC asks one favor of the coach and it's to play the QB (Lee) that helped you get there, why didn't the coach say OK, but you have to let me pull him if he's not working out. The team would have agreed to those terms. We have all heard different stories about this game and no one is talking. But you have to ask yourself, why were there good players on the sidelines not playing. Les, you have the best recruits in the country, and why aren't they producing. It's your coaching. I think he's run out of ideas. I'm tired of nail bitters against favorable opponents. We use to be a force in the SEC, the upset team of the SEC. Now we're going to be last. It's going to get worse. After I heard his press conference, he sounded confused and well, he it seems he doesn't know how to fix the problems. We need a new coach.
Posted by Katy Tiger
Houston area
Member since Sep 2004
8032 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:10 am to
There are many of us who will never forgive Les for 1/9. What makes it worse is that we have been bleeding kids and slipping into decline since that game and Les clearly has no clue of how to turn it around. By bleeding kids - I don't just mean the early departures - I also mean all the players that quit/transfer too.

I would love to know what players from the '11 team really think about Les and that game. Not the watered down crap that gets reported, but the stuff that they tell their families and friends.

Posted by JaxTiger10
Murfreesboro,TN
Member since Aug 2014
3893 posts
Posted on 10/6/14 at 12:22 am to
And losing at least 3 games a years except once at lsu wil be saban legacy at lsu. And Losing to UAB
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