I have always liked the character of Les Miles...

He has always conducted himself with class and has done right by our players.

Until now...

He is hosing one of of our players directly, and several all the others are catching the schrapnel

JL has stayed with the program despite the terrible treatment he has received from our fan base. He outplayed JJ badly in the spring game, he came into camp this year in great physical shape, and by most accounts has outplayed JJ in practice.

Although we have played three below average opponents (the best of which was missing their entire defensive backfield to suspension), our passing game has been terrible. Our QB has had good completion percentage in two of the games while failing to move the offense effectively, and he played one of the worst games imaginable in the other.

We were leading by 20+ in two of the 3 games (one at half, the other before the start of the 4th), and JL has been allowed to play 3 series and throw a single pass (the most professional looking pass play our team has executed this season).

Our entire team has been working hard to be a championship football team, and they deserve for the coaching staff to give them the best opportunity to be the best team they can be. JJ played about as well as he can play last night, and he managed less than 100 yds passing...that may be winning football against the MSUs and Vandys of the world, but the teams in the west that start with A will be a different story. Our receivers have the goal of being drafted early in the draft and being big time pro players...that is hard to do when your team throws for an average of less than 125 yds/game.



There are two issues at stake:

1) JL may be the better option at QB. No one will know for sure unless Miles lets him play meaningful snaps. Even if JJ is out-playing him in practice (which is not supported by the rumor mill), JL may be the better game day player.

2) JJ could get hurt during one of our tough games...just like the UF game last year. If JL has not had meaningful snaps, he will have a difficult time adjusting to game speed and will have little chance to be successful.

For reasons that we do not know, Miles will not allow JL to play meaningful snaps. I can come up with a few possible reasons, and only one of them salvages my opinion of his Miles' character. If JL has committed some infraction that he is being punished for, then I apologize for making these comments. If however he is not letting Lee play because he does not want the fans to know that he has been playing the wrong player for the last season and 3 games, or because he just doesn't want there to be a QB controversy (which he already has), or because he simply "enjoys" JJ more than he does JL and doesn't want to hurt his feelings, then shame on Les Miles.