re: Why is Les apprehensive to hire a real OC?

Miles and his crazy ego. Forcing Crowton to run the spread (his own stupid version), forcing Jimbo to run his own LSU offense, bubble screens and all, forcing Krags to impliment a vertical passing emphasis, ect ect.


You can certainly make the argument that Miles hasn't always done a good job of picking coordinators. But to imply that not making a change now is some kind of stylistic approach given the four (if you count Krags and Stud independently) totally different backgrounds of our OCs.... It's just plain ignorant of reality.

If Miles wanted a yes man that ran an offense that coincided with the Miles career coaching tree/experience, in 2005 he would have let Fisher find another job and hired a smashmouth OC. He would have never hired Crowton. And Krags and his emphasis on pocket passers, vertical passing, and play action passes with little option usage would never have been a first choice for Miles, much less a first choice for two straight years. (Before illness lead Miles to pick the best man at hand.)