Why are coaches (Miles, Jurgen) seemingly so oblivious

Some people are hard headed to a fault

Miles has absolutely no imagination. A deep thought for him is whether to run right or throw deep on first down. He once made a comment around reading books." That would make a good book, I don't read books but I would read that one". Don't remember what he was referring too, but I remember thinking no wonder we have the same game plan every team we play.

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" That would make a good book, I don't read books but I would read that one"

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I remember this and it was funny in a sad sad way

At a certain point, people can begin to lose their desire to evolve and, as a result, they stagnate. Outsiders can try to point out their obvious flaws, but no one can make someone change their ways - an internal desire for change is needed.

jesus fricking christ.

so now you know more about soccer than Jurgen Klinsmann?

Their ideas got them to where they are, which was incredibly successful coaches, sometimes it's hard to change from a formula that gave you all your success in life.

My theory on 1/9/12 - Miles said "This worked in game 1, it will work in game 2." Saban said "They beat me with this in game 1, I'm not going to let them beat me with this in game 2."

Look at how many times Saban has lost to the same coach in back to back years. It's not often. Some coaches are just stubborn and set in their ways.

Miles used to be more offensive oriented, but a couple of things happened to him over the years.

At Oklahoma St he lost to Texas, after having a 35 pt lead, I believe.
At LSU, he had the Jarrett Lee situation, where the QB was finding new and imaginative ways to throw pick-6's.

Miles was a Shembechler disciple, and I figure that he taught that if you have the better talent, the game is yours to lose... so don't lose it. It's a strategy that served him to win 75% of his games here, As long as Alabama was the only team he couldn't beat by playing it safe, he was fine. But when Ole Miss started pushing things, I think he just got taken down by changes. Cameron was running a somewhat modern offense, but we still didn't have the quarterback for that scheme to work.