I would think that Meyer was the one who made the call to reinstate him. I really don't get how you guys think the head coach just 100% left the decision up to the team instead of having his opinion formed beforehand, and then letting the team reinforce his opinion.

Keep in mind I haven't said one word about Meyer and they way he runs his program.

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Posted by tress4pres

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 11:33 am to Silky Johnston

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I would think that Meyer was the one who made the call to reinstate him. I really don't get how you guys think the head coach just 100% left the decision up to the team instead of having his opinion formed beforehand, and then letting the team reinforce his opinion.

I would think it's the AD's call on the minimum punishment and the HC can stiffen it at his discretion. If Meyer did the same as Miles in this situation, the rant would explode. In Meyer's short stint at tOSU he has been pretty forceful IMO.

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Posted by Buttermilk Pancakes

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Posted on 12/26/13 at 11:50 am to Silky Johnston

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I really don't get how you guys think the head coach just 100% left the decision up to the team instead of having his opinion formed beforehand, and then letting the team reinforce his opinion.

It's not that some think the coach left the decision up to the team, it's that the LSU fans are trying to perpetrate a lie when in reality to anyone with a keen eye would see what is going on. Les is a grown arse man, why the frick does he need to have his team reaffirm anything? Stand by your convection and decision as a coach to make your own choice absolved from a team vote. I don't know what Les reason was behind what he did but if you believe what he did is true, then I question his leadership abilities to lead troubled players and punish them justly. If any coach did that, I would have the same regards to that situation.

If you have kids think about it like this. If your middle child of three gets caught stealing in a department store and you punish the child by taking the difference from their allowance, would you ask your other kids before you punish their sibiling? If so, what does that say about you as a parent.

Les is smart enough to know how this would appear to the public save those LSU fans that will spin it another way.