re: How good of a coach is Les Miles?

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He beat Bama five weeks ago, in your house I might add

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In a game that LSU was completely outplayed. I'm always a critic, win or lose. Always looking for how the team can get better. That Bama game was the only close game they played all year in which Miles had to coach. And what happened? Miles held on to his timeouts at the end of regulation when Bama was just trying to run out the clock. Why not use timeouts, make them punt, and see what happens? Maybe you get a good return, or block the punt, or get a bad punt? Just very conservative by the head coach, and didn't go for the kill.

Then in overtime, all they need is to kick a field goal to win. And what do they do? They call an option play and have the qb take a chance of fumbling. The play worked, but it was an awful call. Even Gary Danielson brought this up when it happened. You don't call a play with that high of a chance for something to go wrong when you are already well in range of the game winning field goal. But they won the game All the fans, coaches, and players got cocky, and it led to people being surprised by this result and led to the team preparing like they had the game won before it started.