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SEC teleconference: Q&A with Les Miles
Posted on 10/7/09 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 10/7/09 at 1:59 pm
Here are comments from LSU football coach Les Miles from this morning's SEC teleconference with reporters ( audio link here):
Miles: "I like the position my football team's in. They're working hard. They realize that they have to improve to play well. They're coming to the practice field every day with enthusiasm and a want to work. We look forward to playing Florida. It's going to be a big game. Look forward to that this Saturday."
The Gainesville Sun's Pat Dooley asked Miles what makes Death Valley different from other big stadiums with lots of crowd noise.
Miles: "I think our fans are so tied to our players and this team. They know them. They definitely know the number, who they are, what they play, what they look like. Every play is followed with a snap-by-snap excitement in a stadium that I've never experienced before. It's like your brother's playing, and we watch every snap that he takes. That's kind of what Tiger Stadium's like on a Saturday night."
Dooley asked Miles about the concept of a homefield advantage being only as good as the players and team that call the stadium their home.
Miles: "Well, certainly, you have to have a good football team. I don't disagree in any way. The match of a quality football team, a team that can attack in several different ways, brings an excitement with it that means there's going to be some great plays."
Franz Beard of GatorCountry.com asked Miles about the progression of the Tigers and the steady improvement of the defense toward being able to play at a high level on every play.
Miles: "Well, the last game we played, against Georgia, I felt like our defense probably played as strong a half of defensive football as I've been around. That's flying to the ball, making tackles, tackling crisply, guys going down fast, covering the pass, sticking on the run ... I think ... there's a culture of great defense here, and our players understand it and understand what it takes, and they want it. They want to be a great defense, and so they're playing better."
Beard asked about Miles and his relationship with John Chavis, how they've adjusted and how they get on the same page about the defense.
Miles: "John has a great confidence about his strategy and knowledge, and his want to be a dominant front ... you know, it's an old cliche, but the greatest difficulty is to go from good to great, and I think he understands that very well, and I think he brings that, and he doesn't want a (merely) good defense; he wants to be a very, very excellent defense, and I think our guys understand that."
Miles said the newness of Chavis wore off quickly in terms of requiring adjustments from Miles and the Tigers.
Steve Eubanks of FoxSports.com asked about preparing a defense for two different styles of quarterback, as with Tim Tebow and John Brantley.
Miles: "We're preparing against Florida's offens, and we feel like whichever quarterback will take snaps there will operate with that offense. There's enough variability in that offense that gives you enough to prepare. It's an imperfect time, certainly. You don't know exactly the characteristic of the quarterback that's taking the snap, so you put yourself in the best position, you see where the offense dictates the quarterback's play, and you try to predict it."
The Palm Beach Post's Ben Volin asked whether the differences between Tebow and Brantley are so great they require two defensive game plans.
Miles: "Well, it's ... uh, yeah. Again, our focus is what Florida does, and I would guess that their players would expect that there would be some similarities in the calls. So -- again, imperfectly -- we're preparing for what appears to be the personality of the team that we're playing."
Volin asked what Miles has learned about Brantley despite the lack of videotape of him in Florida's offense.
Miles: "Well, we're impressed. He can throw it pretty well. He's a pretty nimble, fleet-footed guy that can move his feet, so we would expect there to be some similarities to some of the things that Tim Tebow, that he can do, and maybe some things that he does pretty well differently, so we're .... like I say, it's imperfect. We're working this as best we can."
The Advocate's Randy Rosetta played word association with Miles about big-picture, exterior things Miles thinks about when he thinks about the game against Florida.
Miles: "I think there'll be great energy in that stadium. I think that both teams are very, very talented and capable teams. I think it'll be great football. It appears to be one of the ... the makings of a great football game."
Rosetta asked what has stood out most for Miles from the four games he's coached against Florida since coming to LSU in 2005.
Miles: "Well-prepared. Very talented. Capable. Just ... competitive. That's what comes to my mind."
Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com asked Miles if it will be any more intense and bigger than the 2007 game between Florida and LSU, when thousands of people were outside Tiger Stadium during the game while a sellout crowd enjoyed it inside the stadium.
Miles: "I suspect that there'll be some similarities. I think the crowd will fill this town and think there's a reason to believe that there won't be enough tickets to go around and that many of our fans and supporters will be in the perimeter of that stadium having as much fun as they can. Like I said, I think two very quality football teams will meet, and I think it'll be celebrated and enjoyed by the people that get in that stadium."
Dodd asked if there's something special about Tiger Stadium at night that sets it apart from other places where there are night games.
Miles: "Our guys enjoy it. I can tell you that. The announcement of Saturday night in Death Valley is quite an announcement."
Ron Higgins of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis said South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said the NCAA should get rid of the excessive-celebration penalty because it's too open to interpretation. Higgins asked Miles about it, and whether Miles thought Charles Scott's penalty was justified.
Miles: "We're going to comply, and whatever the rule is is what we're going to try to comply with. I called and got further instruction yet again. I want our guys to celebrate. I want us to lead the country in celebration -- properly, correctly, back with our team. I instructed our team that way. We've been in some end zones. We understand big games. We understand making big plays. We don't want to give our opponent a 15-yard advantage by being excessive, and until that changes, until there's ... I think, in my opinion, if you don't keep the rule, the excessive will become not described. Right now, excessive is described. If you change the rule and eliminate it, then excessive then will only be described by the coach of the team that just made the play. I enjoy the fact that there's parameters, in my opinion."
Higgins asked if Miles thought the officials should use more common sense and consider the situation at the end of a game instead of being too literal with the rule.
Miles: "I've got a difficult time with common sense. It's a real ... if somebody's operating with common sense and somebody's not, if there's one interpretation for a written rule different than another guy's interpretation for a written rule, now I have a problem. I think you should put it in the rule book the way it's written, and if the guy in the stripes does his job, then everybody knows how to operate. I remember the penalty at Washington (linked on the Urban Meyer Q&A), which everybody in college football would love to have had back. A year a
Miles: "I like the position my football team's in. They're working hard. They realize that they have to improve to play well. They're coming to the practice field every day with enthusiasm and a want to work. We look forward to playing Florida. It's going to be a big game. Look forward to that this Saturday."
The Gainesville Sun's Pat Dooley asked Miles what makes Death Valley different from other big stadiums with lots of crowd noise.
Miles: "I think our fans are so tied to our players and this team. They know them. They definitely know the number, who they are, what they play, what they look like. Every play is followed with a snap-by-snap excitement in a stadium that I've never experienced before. It's like your brother's playing, and we watch every snap that he takes. That's kind of what Tiger Stadium's like on a Saturday night."
Dooley asked Miles about the concept of a homefield advantage being only as good as the players and team that call the stadium their home.
Miles: "Well, certainly, you have to have a good football team. I don't disagree in any way. The match of a quality football team, a team that can attack in several different ways, brings an excitement with it that means there's going to be some great plays."
Franz Beard of GatorCountry.com asked Miles about the progression of the Tigers and the steady improvement of the defense toward being able to play at a high level on every play.
Miles: "Well, the last game we played, against Georgia, I felt like our defense probably played as strong a half of defensive football as I've been around. That's flying to the ball, making tackles, tackling crisply, guys going down fast, covering the pass, sticking on the run ... I think ... there's a culture of great defense here, and our players understand it and understand what it takes, and they want it. They want to be a great defense, and so they're playing better."
Beard asked about Miles and his relationship with John Chavis, how they've adjusted and how they get on the same page about the defense.
Miles: "John has a great confidence about his strategy and knowledge, and his want to be a dominant front ... you know, it's an old cliche, but the greatest difficulty is to go from good to great, and I think he understands that very well, and I think he brings that, and he doesn't want a (merely) good defense; he wants to be a very, very excellent defense, and I think our guys understand that."
Miles said the newness of Chavis wore off quickly in terms of requiring adjustments from Miles and the Tigers.
Steve Eubanks of FoxSports.com asked about preparing a defense for two different styles of quarterback, as with Tim Tebow and John Brantley.
Miles: "We're preparing against Florida's offens, and we feel like whichever quarterback will take snaps there will operate with that offense. There's enough variability in that offense that gives you enough to prepare. It's an imperfect time, certainly. You don't know exactly the characteristic of the quarterback that's taking the snap, so you put yourself in the best position, you see where the offense dictates the quarterback's play, and you try to predict it."
The Palm Beach Post's Ben Volin asked whether the differences between Tebow and Brantley are so great they require two defensive game plans.
Miles: "Well, it's ... uh, yeah. Again, our focus is what Florida does, and I would guess that their players would expect that there would be some similarities in the calls. So -- again, imperfectly -- we're preparing for what appears to be the personality of the team that we're playing."
Volin asked what Miles has learned about Brantley despite the lack of videotape of him in Florida's offense.
Miles: "Well, we're impressed. He can throw it pretty well. He's a pretty nimble, fleet-footed guy that can move his feet, so we would expect there to be some similarities to some of the things that Tim Tebow, that he can do, and maybe some things that he does pretty well differently, so we're .... like I say, it's imperfect. We're working this as best we can."
The Advocate's Randy Rosetta played word association with Miles about big-picture, exterior things Miles thinks about when he thinks about the game against Florida.
Miles: "I think there'll be great energy in that stadium. I think that both teams are very, very talented and capable teams. I think it'll be great football. It appears to be one of the ... the makings of a great football game."
Rosetta asked what has stood out most for Miles from the four games he's coached against Florida since coming to LSU in 2005.
Miles: "Well-prepared. Very talented. Capable. Just ... competitive. That's what comes to my mind."
Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com asked Miles if it will be any more intense and bigger than the 2007 game between Florida and LSU, when thousands of people were outside Tiger Stadium during the game while a sellout crowd enjoyed it inside the stadium.
Miles: "I suspect that there'll be some similarities. I think the crowd will fill this town and think there's a reason to believe that there won't be enough tickets to go around and that many of our fans and supporters will be in the perimeter of that stadium having as much fun as they can. Like I said, I think two very quality football teams will meet, and I think it'll be celebrated and enjoyed by the people that get in that stadium."
Dodd asked if there's something special about Tiger Stadium at night that sets it apart from other places where there are night games.
Miles: "Our guys enjoy it. I can tell you that. The announcement of Saturday night in Death Valley is quite an announcement."
Ron Higgins of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis said South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said the NCAA should get rid of the excessive-celebration penalty because it's too open to interpretation. Higgins asked Miles about it, and whether Miles thought Charles Scott's penalty was justified.
Miles: "We're going to comply, and whatever the rule is is what we're going to try to comply with. I called and got further instruction yet again. I want our guys to celebrate. I want us to lead the country in celebration -- properly, correctly, back with our team. I instructed our team that way. We've been in some end zones. We understand big games. We understand making big plays. We don't want to give our opponent a 15-yard advantage by being excessive, and until that changes, until there's ... I think, in my opinion, if you don't keep the rule, the excessive will become not described. Right now, excessive is described. If you change the rule and eliminate it, then excessive then will only be described by the coach of the team that just made the play. I enjoy the fact that there's parameters, in my opinion."
Higgins asked if Miles thought the officials should use more common sense and consider the situation at the end of a game instead of being too literal with the rule.
Miles: "I've got a difficult time with common sense. It's a real ... if somebody's operating with common sense and somebody's not, if there's one interpretation for a written rule different than another guy's interpretation for a written rule, now I have a problem. I think you should put it in the rule book the way it's written, and if the guy in the stripes does his job, then everybody knows how to operate. I remember the penalty at Washington (linked on the Urban Meyer Q&A), which everybody in college football would love to have had back. A year a
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:09 pm to Carl Dubois
quote:
Miles: "I've got a difficult time with common sense."
This post was edited on 10/7/09 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:21 pm to DirtyDellTiger
i can't believe that he didn't use the word "resolve" in his entire interview.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:22 pm to tigerdup07
He had a sincere want to.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:24 pm to Carl Dubois
"Variability"?? My vocab has expanded 10 fold since Miles became HC.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:32 pm to TheFunkyMonkey
quote:
"Variability"?? My vocab has expanded 10 fold since Miles became HC.
quote:
Financial Dictionary
"Variability"
The possible range of outcomes for any given event.
Investopedia Commentary
Greater variability is associated with higher risk because it increases the amount of unknown possible outcomes. For example, an investment whose return experiences great changes has high variability. A security with a fixed rate of return, such as a Treasury bill, has little to no variability.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:33 pm to DirtyDellTiger
quote:
DirtyDellTiger
quote:
quote:
Miles: "I've got a difficult time with common sense."
C'mon now...the comment made perfect sense in context (but I knew someone would hammer him for it).
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:37 pm to TheFunkyMonkey
Good interview. The common sense comment was a gem
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:40 pm to Carl Dubois
I don't get you guys. I thought his response on the celebration rule was excellent, even brilliant. I can understand his position that relying on common sense only leads to confusion. Dude's got it right.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:41 pm to Carl Dubois
The comments about difficulties in preparing for Florida's offense with Brantley concern me.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:48 pm to Nawlens Gator
Gator,
just watch when the gumps and the nega-tigers see it.
just watch when the gumps and the nega-tigers see it.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:48 pm to The312
Yeah, I'm not sure why he kept using the word "imperfect" to describe practice strategy. Maybe he's jsut trying to get Meyer to relax since they aren't going to be prepared defensively. Dude's a straight talker.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 2:57 pm to Nawlens Gator
Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A head coach with kaleidoscope eyes.
Lester in the Sky with Diamonds,
Lester in the Sky with Diamonds ...
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A head coach with kaleidoscope eyes.
Lester in the Sky with Diamonds,
Lester in the Sky with Diamonds ...
Posted on 10/7/09 at 3:00 pm to BrookhavenBengal
quote:
C'mon now...the comment made perfect sense in context (but I knew someone would hammer him for it).
no you're right. what he said made perfect sense, it was just too easy of a target not to take a shot at him for it.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 3:15 pm to Carl Dubois
A better shorter comment that the game situation should never determine if a penalty is called. If it is a violation call it regardless of the score. A refs job is not to determine if a violation is worth calling but instead it is his job to call violations.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 3:19 pm to Carl Dubois
I read the rules carefully and can't find anything wrong with what Charles Scott did.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 4:02 pm to Carl Dubois
doing a word search for the words:
enjoy
capable
opportunity
victory
in a Les Miles press release can take a lot of time
enjoy
capable
opportunity
victory
in a Les Miles press release can take a lot of time
Posted on 10/7/09 at 4:06 pm to Carl Dubois
I'm really starting to dislike college football.
quote:
SECTION 2. Unsportsmanlike Conduct Fouls
Unsportsmanlike Acts
ARTICLE 1. There shall be no unsportsmanlike conduct or any act that interferes with orderly game administration on the part of players, substitutes, coaches, authorized attendants or any other persons subject to the rules, before the game, during the game or between periods.
a. Specifically prohibited acts and conduct include:
1. No player, substitute, coach or other person subject to the rules shall use abusive, threatening or obscene language or gestures, or engage in such acts that provoke ill will or are demeaning to an opponent, to game officials or to the image of the game, including but not limited to:
(a) Pointing the finger(s), hand(s), arm(s) or ball at an opponent, or imitating the slashing of the throat.
RULE 9-2 / CONDUCT OF PLAYERS AND OTHERS SUBJECT TO RULES FR-123
(b) Taunting, baiting or ridiculing an opponent verbally.
(c) Inciting an opponent or spectators in any other way, such as simulating the firing of a weapon or placing a hand by the ear to request recognition.
(d) Any delayed, excessive, prolonged or choreographed act by which a player (or players) attempts to focus attention upon himself (or themselves).
(e) An unopposed ball carrier obviously altering stride as he approaches the opponent’s goal line or diving into the end zone.
(f) Removal of a player’s helmet before he is in the team area
(Exceptions: Team, media or injury timeouts; equipment adjustment; through play; between periods; and during a measurement for a first down).
(g) Punching one’s own chest or crossing one’s arms in front of the chest while standing over a prone player.
(h) Going into the stands to interact with spectators, or bowing at the waist after a good play.
If committed while the ball is alive, these fouls are treated as dead-ball fouls.
2. After a score or any other play, the player in possession immediately must return the ball to an official or leave it near the dead-ball spot.
This prohibits:
(a) Kicking, throwing, spinning or carrying (including off of the field) the ball any distance that requires an official to retrieve it.
(b) Spiking the ball to the ground [Exception: A forward pass to conserve time (Rule 7-3-2-d)].
(c) Throwing the ball high into the air.
(d) Any other unsportsmanlike act or actions that delay the game.
PENALTY—Dead-ball foul or live-ball foul treated as dead-ball foul. 15 yards [S7 and S27] from the succeeding spot. Flagrant offenders, if players or substitutes, shall be disqualified
[S47]. If a player or an identified squad member in uniform commits two unsportsmanlike fouls in the same game, he shall be disqualified.
Posted on 10/7/09 at 4:11 pm to Carl Dubois
quote:
Here is the section of the rule book that applies:
Is this an SEC league rule?, or all of NCAA rule?, ive heard people say the SEC seems to be more strict on it, im guessing differrent leagues dont have different rules though, just curious
Posted on 10/7/09 at 4:13 pm to ENYOMOUT
pointing up (if believed to be at the crowd) could be seen as a infringment of this " Inciting an opponent or spectators in any other way,"
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