re: What will be your opinion of Les if he attempts another in-house promotion?

a.) What has Billy Gonzales done? What has he done to our WR play since he has been here, seriously? No offense to you reader's of the rant who seemingly don't watch the games (at least not soberly) ... but BG had PERCY HARVIN and DAN MULLEN, both whom seem to be the major reasons for that BCSNC run. Not BG.

b.) Favorites, yes. Ridley this, Ridley that. Ridley left because Spencer Ware is flat out better than him, and probably isn't the only blue chip recruit (that Ridley wasn't) that would likely show him up with less than 1/2 the carries he gets.

RS - great read option qb, should not be a 1st string SEC slot for any SEC team except maybe vandy. At LSU? Are you kidding me? Kadron Boone James Wright were two true freshman that would have been better fits... and now you have Jarvis Landry... hmmmmmmm....

Jordan Jefferson - Yeah, he appeared to be the better pick at the end of the season, but would Lesly have it any other way? He was beaten soundly performance wise quite a few games in a row and still got the nod. If QBs are head cases, then no amount of pick 6's could do to JL what Leslie did to him this year.

TBob - cool guy. Really bust's his butt and tries hard, but like Lyle Hitt, he's undersized and when he went against larger Defensive lineman that really showed.

Yeah, Les Miles definitely has this secret "leadership" value that he observes and factors in with "performance" ... i call it favoritism.