re: A Memo to Coach Les Miles - an appeal to show CHARACTER

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I want him to retain his character with the fan base, and based on the most talked about decision maybe in recent LSU football, it appears that a large number of people feel there is something other than a football decision involved. The appeal is to clear that up in order for him to avert questions about his central theme of character.

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See, one of the biggest mistakes Miles ever made was not telling he fanbase as a whole to go piss up a rope the way Saban routinely did. Remember back when some local TV station simply ran a poll about who sould be the starting QB in 2004...Russell or Randal? Saban went ape shite on them, and the fanbase rallied to him and agreed the station should not have done it.

Can you imagine suggesting Saban owed us an explanation about a QB controversy largely manufactured by the fans?

If you want me to point to a mistake on Miles part in this entire handling of the QB's I'd give you this...that he should have simply said JJ was his guy and that JL was the back up and would play when he plays. By trying to appease fans who had picked sides he set up their expectations probably for no reason...