re: WWL reporting "Miles wants to stay."

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The key to not having fans freak out about an 8 win season is to not follow it with a 9-4 (5-3 in SEC) season.

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The key to fans not freaking out is not to expect any freshman or sophomore QB to lead them to the promised land and realize you are just fortunate if from time to time it does happen. I thought going from 3-5 in the SEC to 5-3 in the SEC was an improvement.

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I think Miles meant that people shouldn't freak out due to an occasional 8-win season.

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This.

At some point, every D1 school has to start a new QB with minimal experience. "Rookie" QBs, no matter how gifted and promising, do some stupid things from time to time during the "game seasoning" process. Sometimes close, hard fought games don't go your way, sometimes you get snakebit with the injury bug.

Miles above all knows mediocrity on an ongoing basis is unacceptable and I don't believe that's what he's asking for. After all, who wanted Saban's head after that embarrassing debacle in the Cap One bowl and an overall mediocre year? It happens from time to time.

I think Miles wants excellence year in and year out, not mediocrity. But he wants the support of LSU's administration if he keeps delivering more often than not.

I just don't think he's as cold-blooded as some coaches are. I think he wants loyalty to mean something both ways. We'll see probably here today whether the marriage continues or a new one ensues with his original "first love". (Sometimes, you really can't "go home again". Who but Miles, his family and his agent knows at the moment, eh?)

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Sounds fair to me if he also promises to fire coordiantors

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Coordinators work at the bidding of the HC. Somewhere along these threads some LSU fans and Ranters have gotten the idea that we are entitled to decide for the HC who is an assistant coach/coordinator and who isn't. I say that from personal experience. I was wrong to have that idea. It is not a popularity contest people, like in middle school.

Somebody tell the WWL reporter to tell his source that the LSU fans would like to see him take steps to correct obvious problems rather than repeat them year in and year out.

His trust in younger players got better this year but his game/play clock mgmt has been horrendous since year 1. Most LSU fans only finally noticed because his teams' sloppy clock mgmt finally hurt us.

He's got to hire competent coordinators and let them alone.

Auburn and to some degree USC, Arizona and Cal gave the blueprint on how to stop/slow down Oregon's offense. If Miles stays, I fully expect LSU will ignore that and continue its methodology of refusing to attack running QBs (i.e. Cam, Masoli, Tebow last year [coming off of a concussion no less], etc. etc.)

Off/Def stats are overrated. The only stat that really matters is W/L. Naturally, all 3 tend to go together, but are not always inclusive of one another. Case in point is Ok.St had #1 Total Offense and WVU had #3 total defense.

The end justifies the means.

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If he would have fired Crowton in the first place, he wouldn't be under so much heat.

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Fo sho.

Firing Crouton would go a long way towards restoring the confidence of the fan base.

he shouldn't be fired after 8 wins. that is ludacris. Give the man his clause.

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HEY LES:

CAN YOU GIVE YOU A GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO:

1. F-UP THE CLOCK AND BLAME IT ON A PLAYER

2. HAVE OFFENSES FINISH 90TH OR WORSE THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND

3. GET RID OF CROWTON

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A-fricking-men

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All he does is win, he is a great recruiter and he runs a clean program, and is a good guy. That should be enough dammit.

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Tuthilltiger.....I love you man!!!!
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