re: all the critics on miles

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They would have had 20 seconds

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Doubtful. Closer to 10 seconds.

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plenty of time for 3-4 more plays.

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Have you ever seen LSU's offense in the final seconds of a game? We practically NEVER get off 3 plays in 20 seconds. In the Ole Miss game, we had nearly 30 seconds plus a timeout and only got off one play.

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LSU was 3rd in the SEC last year.

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Three games out of the division race.

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They improved their record

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If you set the bar low enough, some improvement is almost inevitable. If the offense finishes 110th in the country this year, that'll be improvement, too.

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Miles won a title in his 3rd season which rationally can not be attributed to Saban.

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It can rationally be attributed in part to Saban. The early years of a coach's tenure are pretty much determined for him unless he is really amazingly good or really amazingly bad.

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It makes me sad how stupid many are in the fanbase.

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Me, too. It keeps our administration from taking the necessary steps to protect our programs from shitty coaches.

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Most of are fanbase really deserve a shitty coach and team that will have us finishing in the bottom half of the SEC

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I don't think you deserve it, but you sure seem determined to have it.

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So go ahead and get rid of him

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Welcome to the side of good sense.

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the 90s were better anyway.

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No, they really weren't, so I wish you and others like you weren't so determined to take us back there.

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No, they really weren't, so I wish you and others like you weren't so determined to take us back there.

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You ever heard of sarcasm.

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It's KEEPING Miles that will take us to the '90s

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I think we should keep Miles and lose you.

You blow whichever direction the wind blows. Talk about fairweather fan. Not long ago you thought Saban sucked and Miles was great. Now you are doing a 180.

Be honest with yourself, you don't have a fricking clue!

To think we will go 7-5 is a absolute JOKE.

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Clearly LSU has some of the dumbest fans in America

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Tru Dat

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009, (9-3 season, 5-3 SEC record)), 5 wins by 8 or less points against mighty powers Washington, Miss State, Georgia, La Tech, and Arkansas.

We could have very easily gone 7-6 in 2008 and 4-8 in 2009. Why don't you read that again? We were close to being 4-8 last year.

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Agreed. By the same token, in 2008 we took the #1 team in the nation to overtime after having a pick a six and other interceptions and with a horrible defense and had another loss by one point. So, we were three points in regulation from being 10-3 and 5-3 SEC.

In 2009, we lost two two games by 2 points. A field goal in those and we are 11-2 and 6-2 SEC (and I will grant you, we could have had that field goal in one of those games).

The points argument cuts both ways. Miles has to get it done this year to keep me on board but to say that we are a few points from being losers, we are also a few points from being even better winners.

Is it a coincidence that Pellini was around for Miles "success" in the 1st 3 years. How come Bo has a higher ranked team than Miles in only his 2nd year at NE. BTW - Bo P never got to take over all the talent that Miles was given. NE will also be higher ranked in this upcoming preseason.
You also forget the program that Miles inherited. He was not responsible for recruiting all the players during that initial run. What we see today is a 100% Miles program of mediocrity in coaching and player development.
It is called superior coaching and superior player development. The entire country sees it.
Ask yourself this question - why wouldn't Ok St take Miles today over their current head coach?

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as much as I love the Tigers, I wish we would have lost to Miss State this past year and it would have snow balled into a horrible season

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This tells me all I need to know about you.

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But, it is not acceptable in the SEC when half of the teams you play barely have a winning record.

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Do I really need to explain the nearly-universal notion that the SEC is the farmhouse for the NFL? The reason that all of these teams "barely had a winning record" which also means that nearly all of them made a bowl game, just shows the parity in the division once one looks beyond Florida, Alabama, and yes, LSU.

Everyone has their opinion.
We are going to be some greatly feared team this year?
Not with the offense that I saw last fall and this spring. Not with the weak trench play.
I saw some really weak middle DL play and terrible OT play on the outside at the Spring game. It starts in the trenches. Our QB play has been abysmal.
How about going to the OK State board and asking the question? Talk to some OK St fans.
If TX does not lose their QB at the start of that game, AL may not have run away with it.
What is our 2 year SEC record? 500% - we are a break even SEC team. Record against FL, AL, OM the last 2 years is 0-6. Throw in Ark and we are lucky to be 1 - 7.
It is easy to ignore what type of program Saban took over. Too bad we never got to see what Saban would have done the last 5 years if he stayed.
None of us would be having this discussion. We may have ended up dominating the SEC instead of taking a step back the last two years. We might not be talking about a team that is unable to put pressure on the QB or a team unable to run the ball.
LSU would probably still be knocking the snot out of our opponents in the trenches and on defense. We would still sacking the opposing QB.
Let's see what happens in the fall. Funny thing is that this same discussion was going on last year at this time. The answer was still the same - let's see what happens in the fall.
But for the contract that Skip gave Miles - he might not be at LSU right now.