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The consensus topic seems to be that Miles doesn't do enough with the players he has. Its as if Miles is just given the recruits and gets ZERO credit for them. I agree our offense has problems and needs to change.But lets not act like he's Zook or Orgeron that does absolutely nothing with the talent they brought in.

I've always been on the train of thought that LSU has great talent, but it isn't like we are an NFL team and everyone else is playing with HS kids.

Most people that don't like Miles and think he vastly underachieves do so because they vastly OVERestimate our talent advantage over everyone else.

Hell, just look at the recruiting rankings. Have we EVER had a #1 class???

I know rankings aren't perfect, and of course we recruit as well as anyone, but it's pretty clear teams like Bama, Florida, Texas, OU, FSU, USC, Oregon, Ohio State, and Georgia recruit AT LEAST as well as we do, and we win more than all of them do except Bam-ulligan.

And programs like Auburn, A&M, Tenn, USCe, Clemson, Michigan, Ole Miss aren't that far behind us.

Football is a fricking competitive sport, and the best team doesn't always win. This is true at every single level in every single sport.

Teams don't have to have the same level of talent or coaching to win on any given day, and just because the favorite doesn't win over cover the spread it doesn't mean the coaches suck or the players weren't prepared.

Sometimes things don't according to plan.

THAT'S WHY THEY PLAY THE DAMN GAMES.

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Posted by JawjaTigah

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 9:54 am to Tiger Voodoo

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Most people that don't like Miles and think he vastly underachieves do so because they vastly OVERestimate our talent advantage over everyone else.

I call BS on this statement. First of all, you can't speak for "most" people here. You can speak for yourself. If it's your impression that most people who think Miles underachieves are also people who don't like him you are sadly mistaken. A lot of people who like Les Miles also think he underachieves, with whatever level of talent LSU is currently serving as a team. And while a lot of mouths mouth off about LSU's talent being better than anybody's, even you admit LSU recruits "as well as anyone." IMO, what you have missed is that if you are correct, then our offensive talent must surely be good enough to not look like it has looked the last several years. And in particular this year, when it seems like scoring touchdowns, and hell, even getting key first downs, is a massive, titanic struggle.

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Sometimes things don't according to plan.

True. And I say, "Sometimes the plan stinks. Sometimes the plan looks more like no plan. Sometimes, a lot of times, the plan needs some serious work." It seems to me, and I like Les Miles as a person and want desperately for him to overcome these last few years of offensive malaise, that he needs to do some serious coach work on fixing what's broken. Because it is broken. The offense, I mean. And it's not just because there isn't enough LSU talent out there to make it work.

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