re: Is it just me or has the anti-Miles talk totally subsided?

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The truth, however, is that Miles remains the same exact coach who botched Ole Miss 2009, Tennessee 2010, and Arkansas 2010. His teams are still inconsistent and play down to their competition far too often. We haven't won the West in three years. The fact that MIles was wooed by UM doesn't actually change his flaws or strengths.

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The same sort of thing is said about Stoops, Brown and Tressel by their programs, "fans". You're dealing with teenagers and young men who are dealing with all the distractions and issues of everyday school life. All coaches have flaws, not just whoever happens to be in BR. All coaches have game management issues from time to time, not just Miles. Is it disappointing and frustrating when it happens to your team, especially in a loss? Hell yeah. But don't fool yourselves into believing that every other major program doesn't have similar issues. Nick Saban let far superior teams lose to UAB and La Monroe. He displayed unbelievably poor game management in losses to Ark., Iowa and MSU. He blew a 24 point lead at home to Auburn. Yet he is still revered(and rightly so) as one of the premiere head coaches in America. Stoops, Brown and Meyer have all had similar struggles. Les has his moments but the bottom line is: he's as much a winner as any of the so-called elite coaches.