Letter to the Advocate - Unhappy fans

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The tragedy of the “Meltdown in Mississippi” is that there was no meltdown. The world visualized lack of preparation and inability to adapt, tempered with incompetence.

The country learned (what everyone in the SEC already knew) that LSU coach Les Miles is way over his head. In all human endeavor, you get what you tolerate. We have tolerated the insanity that is Les Miles for too many years. Our program is in free fall.

MIM raised its familiar head against Penn State. With 29 seconds remaining, the ball was whistled ready for play. The ball was snapped with nine seconds left. Les Miles did not know that the clock runs following an offensive penalty. We have a duty to demand the termination of Les Miles. He has coached our very talented players into underachievers.

He has embarrassed LSU and our state. MIM was not poor clock management. It was ignorance at the rate of $4 million per year. And we are paying the bill. We demand better.

Offensively, there has never been a game plan, a scheme. Random would be a compliment to the play-calling. Defensively, “bend, don’t break” keeps the score low, but it does not get you off the field. Penn State ran 75 plays. LSU ran 49. The failures are systemic, and they start at the top.

The secret of MIM is twofold. First, it is not a secret. The national media aptly dubbed the Penn State game as “The Dummy vs. the Mummy.” Second, it did not start at Ole Miss. It started the day Les Miles was hired. We get what we tolerate. Les Miles must be terminated.

It is time for the humiliation to end. The athletic director asked for his job. He should do his job.


A. Wayne Stewart lawyer Denham Springs

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