Miles

chill dude. most fans are idiots. this is true all over.

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Yet people still don't like him and want him to fail

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we are some of the worst fans in the country. it's pretty sad, but true.

i remember holding up signs that read "dinardo for president", "sean peyton for governor", etc... only to have a sign like this the following year "dinardo must go". we really suck.

A great coach is yet to be determined. He obviously made a tremendous mistake hiting Peveto and Mallory. It definitely cost us three games. Who knows what happened behind the scenes. But, I heard he had tremendous presure put on him to make changes on the defensive staff. If we hire Chavis and Ogeron we will compete for another national championship. That goes without saying.

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chill dude. most people are idiots. this is true all over.

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fixed it for you

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Is probably under one of the most high presure programs in America.

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Big time programs are all very high pressure.

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chill dude. most fans are idiots. this is true all over.

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+1.

The guy will do WHATEVER it takes to win at lsu. That is LOYALTY which we should embrace because it is so hard to find nowadays. He is getting rid of life long friends and colegues in the process. That was not easy but he did it for us.

He blew it this year, and screwed the pooch for dumb reasons. A good CEO would never do that to his company. He doesn't get a pass for that.

All is true about what you said, however. He has been very good for LSU (one critique of the former years could be that he blew it again vs. Auburn in 06, we would have had another NC that year as well but that's the past).

One valid criticism is that Miles doesn't perform until his back is against the wall and he's facing heavy criticism or the possibility of defeat. His major flaw is that he perfoms best when he has to pull victory out of the jaws of defeat instead of just getting victory in the first place. He doesn't have a killer instinct.

Another valid criticism is that he doesn't inspire confidence from the fan base and the media (yes, I said the media, they shape public perception), and that is very important. His bumbling press conferences and twisting of words is agonizing for anyone in the media or fans who are just trying to get a nugget of information about the program. Miles obviously thinks it's cute to tweak the media and the fanbase but it's going to come back and bite him in the arse (see Ar-KANSAS and other dumb comments)if he doesn't stop it.

He deserves some credit, especially for very very good recruiting. My only reservation here is that the recrutiting was awesome before this year too. What happened to those players? They performed like dogshit this year. Who is coaching them up? Who is developing these young QB's? This defense which has struggled mightily?

Bottom line, the man is a good man and represents LSU admirably, but I'm not sold on his coaching (not recruiting) abilities. Just because he's a good man does not mean he is a "great" coach. Too many people say he is great, he is not a "great" coach, he's just above average.

Could it have been self inflicted pressure? Could he have seen his own short comming and made a correction?

I'll use your CEO reference and say that many of them would continue to beat the company over the head with a bad decision because they made it and everyone else would have to pick up the slack of suffer.

Miles is admitting he was wrong and made changes with a vengence.

yeah but what about when he went for it on 4th and 23?????????????????????????? Or the third and 1 against arky?

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yeah but what about when he went for it on 4th and 23?????????????????????????? Or the third and 1 against arky?

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I do remeber in the seccg, saban went for a fake fieldgoal in the second quater only down by 3 on like the 40 yard line. But hey he can do that cause he's the best coach in the history of the world!!!