re: It's Chavis

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I think Saban has a pretty full schedule.

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Yeah, he's got to start packing for Dallas.

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The poor defensive numbers during the 3 years you cling to no more guarantee "mediocrity" than do the 2 recent years of lofty success. And this includes what I believe is a Top 10 finish this year.

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so 50/50 shot that we could have shitty defenses 60% of the time

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But over 10 years of generally superb defensive play

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generally superb is used very loosely there

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Chavis having similar success at LSU far more probable than not. Without cherry-picking the stats, I don't see how another conclusion could be reached.

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I dont see any other conclusion besides above average. He's not a terrible hire, but like i said this is Miles' lifetime contract guarantee hire. Who cares if we never win the SEC or NC again, as long as we go to the Cotton Bowl every year!!! yah!!

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eta: over/under 30 pages?

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over

Given the overall talent on both sides of the ball, and the demonstrated ability to replace the talent year-in and year-out. LSU needed to identify the best available DC's and sign the least risky one. If this information is true, I believe that is what has been done.

Excellent Hire IMHO..........

Now Coach Orgeron woould be a good addition, but is not NEEDED in any way. LSU has demonstrated the ability to recruit without Orgeron. Chavis has demonstrated the ability to coach without him. Orgeron is Lagniappe.

That being said, everyone does like a little Lagniappe.

lets not forget coaching at lsu>>tennessee.

We are a powerhouse now, with a state all to ourselves, I mean if we can take coaches like saban, and miles, muschamp, pelini and make them household names i have no doubt that he will do very well here.

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I'd love to keep the Hat, the Wizard, and the Chief for the next 15 years.

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there is no credible criticism of Miles

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clearly infallable (sic)

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I know (sic) see the error of my ways

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You couldn't possibly miss my larger point by a larger distance than you already have.

Of course there is credible criticism of Miles, MalVeto tops among them. He blew up nearly his entire reserve of goodwill with that disastrous decision, despite being a year removed from the MNC. And if LSU doesn't go 10-2 regardless of SECCG, or 9-3 with an SECCG appearance, I'll be right there next to you with a torch and pitchfork calling for his ouster. I don't pay what I pay for season tickets to watch LSU get punched in the mouth by the likes of Ole Miss, I assure you.

Miles is neither infalliable nor retarded. He's Mack Brown with a better OC, and a worse haircut. So don't look at Miles as infalliable or retarded. Give him credit when he makes a very nice DC hire. Hammer his arse when he makes an abysmal one, like last time. Either way, care enough about LSU football to think about what you post for 2 seconds before you submit it.

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Miles is neither infalliable nor retarded. He's Mack Brown with a better OC, and a worse haircut. So don't look at Miles as infalliable or retarded. Give him credit when he makes a very nice DC hire. Hammer his arse when he makes an abysmal one, like last time. Either way, care enough about LSU football to think about what you post for 2 seconds before you submit it.

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Well Stated. This is not meant (by me) to slight Max but more people should heed the direction of the final sentence.

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like i said this is Miles' lifetime contract guarantee hire.

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I agree that this DC hire either saves Miles' $3 million+ job, or scuttles it. Isn't that all the more reason to go with proven Chavis over boom/bust Walker? Keep in mind I thought this mitigated in favor of Koenning first. And I'd have preferred Walker over Chavis. But asserting that this hire guarantees a lifetime contract doesn't really support hiring Walker, or a guy everyone passed on like Tenuta, over Chavis.

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Who cares if we never win the SEC or NC again, as long as we go to the Cotton Bowl every year

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You've made about 4 logical jumps from "LSU hires Chavis, who has both SEC and MNC rings within the past decade" to "LSU hires Chavis, who guarantees that LSU will never win the SEC or MNC ever again." I'm not sure I follow.

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Miles is neither infalliable nor retarded....care enough about LSU football to think about what you post for 2 seconds before you submit it.

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Miles is actually quite bright. And his successes here so far outweigh his failures as to render the kind of post you're responding to utterly pathetic. When I read that kind of post, I am reminded of the one or two complete morons who sit within hearing distince of my seats at Tiger Stadium. If every offensive play isn't a TD, and if every defensive play isn't a sack or a turnover, they are vocally livid, cursing the coaching staff and the players with every ounce of emotion they can summon up. The big difference between this board and sitting in front of them at TS, insofar as their "contributions" are concerned, is that at least here they can be ignored easily.