re: We are going to find out a lot about Les Miles next Saturday vs A&M

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My only point was he has been in this same situation before albeit with different players and they laid a giant turd on the football field. It may tell us something about him, but it may be something we already (should have) known.

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You are correct each side has enough information on Miles over the last 9 years to help them argue their points.

My worry, especially from all the early departures last year, is that possibly Miles is truly losing the locker room. You heard that after the BCS-NC game and also after the Chicken bowl last year and to me the way they have played in some of the games this year. No matter what anyone says we should not have lost to Ole Piss. Even Miles critique his own coaching and realized there was a failure to communicate how important games like this were when he stated he didn't get the team motivated enough.

Anyone who has played and coached the game knows one thing, once you have lost faith in the coaching staff you end up not playing full out because of the risk of injury and the fact that playing the game freaking hurts. How many tackles have you walked away keeping your chin up but saying "frick that hurt" and wondering if something isn't broken. And if you play 110% the pain level actually ratchets up exponentially. You end up playing like that for the coaches you have faith in and you ratchet it down just a bit when you lose faith.

Like I will continue to feel, LSU is a better over-all team than A&M and playing at home on National TV should be all the motivation the Tigers need to go out and kick some arse. But the mental aspect of the game is all in the hands of the coaches and what they do to fire up the team to get 110% out of them. We will see how well they did on Saturday. And to me that will give us incite into what the locker room truly thinks about our coach. Actions speak a hell of a lot louder than words, that is for sure.