How critical is this season for Miles?

I'll say that if he doesn't win a game, he will get canned.

I'll say if he doesn't win 7 games he'll get canned, particulary if he gets embarrassed in some key games again

Waaaaay too much talent on the roster to give him a free pass two consecutive years for having average seasons and getting embarrassed by less-talented rivals IMO

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FWIW, every team that plays for the NC is extremely lucky. Obviously, you have to be good, but you need a whole lot of luck along the way also.

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when's the last time a 2-loss team won the NC?

...and one that lost to a team as shitty as UK

it was a miracle we got to playt for it...not that I'm complaining

well this is probably true. but alums are usually ignorant when it comes to the enternal components of a team. last years team got dealt a bad blow when our qb couldn't screw his head on right. plus the co coordinator shite was a diseaster due to human pride. miles can coach plus he is a helluva a recruiter. miles has to strong coordinators in place now with strong track records. this will help him alot if pride can stay out of the way.

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'll say that if he doesn't win a game, he will get canned.

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when's the last time a 2-loss team won the NC?

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Luck manifests itself in different ways- look at last year's NC game. Texas was "lucky" it wasn't their azz Florida was spankin.

but in the grand scheme of things the fans remember losses more than wins. that the nature of the beast, its not right but its very true.

gotta agree with you again but lsu has been the hunted for the last 7 years. they get the best out of teams. but his win percentage is still around .800 during his tenure. not many can match this success. myers, carroll, saban,stoops, tressell, and brown are about the only ones who can match miles success at there schools. i;m not including the old birds like paterno and bowden because there legends.

i dont think he's a hater fore lsu i think he's just a little perturded by him getting the rant treatment by him expressing his thoughts.

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How critical is this season for Miles?

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He will be here in 2010. No way a team with the talent we have goes .500 or worse and that's what he'd have to do to lose his job.

But I do think it's a critical year for him and the program coming off what happened last year.

At this point, with the bowl win at the end of last year and the much needed changes to his hand picked staff, I do still think he has the majority of the fan base still on his side.

However, if he has a season similar to last year, even 8-4 with a bowl loss...then the environment around the program starts to get negative and that snowballs. We've all seen it too many times before.

So while it won't be critical to his immediate future, I think this year is critical to Miles being here for a long time and establishing a consistent winner.

I think we'll go 9-3 and that likely keeps him on the plus side of public opinion and gives us a better chance of keeping going what we thought we thought we knew we had going just a year ago.