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Les Miles = Sausage
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:42 pm
I've learned something watching Les Miles and LSU for the last 9 years: With Miles, you have to approach a football game and season like a good sausage - look only at the end product, not what it looked like as it was being made.
Every year and every game, he does things that make any knowledgeable football fan cringe. But despite all his buffoonery, his teams win a lot! His record over the last 9 seasons is phenomenal. He's had unbelievable success in the only stat that matters, the W-L line. He has LSU squarely in the very upper echelon of college football.
You can't concentrate on what he does in-game -- you have to look at the end result and the games/seasons as a whole.
For example, this year they lost 11 starters to the NFL and - even though playing in the toughest division of the toughest conference and having one of the toughest schedules in the country - won 10 games (yet again) and a major bowl game.
For example, in this game, he played a tough team with a great defense and had to do it with a 19-year-old true freshman QB and missing his best defensive player. But they got the W.
So, with Miles, you just can't watch the sausage being made. You have to appreciate what it tastes like after the creation process.
Every year and every game, he does things that make any knowledgeable football fan cringe. But despite all his buffoonery, his teams win a lot! His record over the last 9 seasons is phenomenal. He's had unbelievable success in the only stat that matters, the W-L line. He has LSU squarely in the very upper echelon of college football.
You can't concentrate on what he does in-game -- you have to look at the end result and the games/seasons as a whole.
For example, this year they lost 11 starters to the NFL and - even though playing in the toughest division of the toughest conference and having one of the toughest schedules in the country - won 10 games (yet again) and a major bowl game.
For example, in this game, he played a tough team with a great defense and had to do it with a 19-year-old true freshman QB and missing his best defensive player. But they got the W.
So, with Miles, you just can't watch the sausage being made. You have to appreciate what it tastes like after the creation process.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:43 pm to Buda
He's the anti-process. All results.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:47 pm to Rabid Tiger
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He's the anti-process. All results.
Perfect line.
It's about the anti-process. Well done.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:48 pm to Buda
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:50 pm to Buda
It sucks that college football is such a beauty pageant. Winning is what really matters, but apparently that isn't good enough.
That is the one thing I like better about the NFL in that all you have to do is win. It doesn't matter if it is by 1 point or 50, as long as you get the W.
That is the one thing I like better about the NFL in that all you have to do is win. It doesn't matter if it is by 1 point or 50, as long as you get the W.
This post was edited on 1/1/14 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:54 pm to Buda
Miles is a great "sausage" I guess, but it doesn't mean that there aren't better ingredients out there (or lessons to be learned) that can be added to the recipe.
This post was edited on 1/1/14 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:54 pm to Douboy
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It sucks that college football is such a beauty pageant. Winning is what really matters, but apparently that isn't good enough.
Isn't that the downside of technology? We see so much analysis, so much video, so much breakdown from the "experts," it makes it so much harder to appreciate the game itself.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:57 pm to Rabid Tiger
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the anti-process
I love that. Probably the best description of Les Miles' coaching style, ever.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:57 pm to SBC
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Results are all that matter.
Not in football. That's why we're so goddamn inconsistent.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:03 pm to TheBob
Best thread title ever.
Results are all that matter. I'd also like to add if Mett had played we TORCH Iowa.
Results are all that matter. I'd also like to add if Mett had played we TORCH Iowa.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:05 pm to SteveLSU35
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Results are all that matter. I'd also like to add if Mett had played we TORCH Iowa.
Disagree with both.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:08 pm to TheBob
So, you're saying that Iowa had 9 guys in the box to stop the run and single coverage on the outside and Mett would have had a hard time with that?
Also, winning today's game was any less or more of a W?
Also, winning today's game was any less or more of a W?
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:14 pm to Buda
just the best 9 years of my life!
somehow, I just decided to support lm the day he was hired. it's kinda like watching my kids grow up. I always loved them, even when they were learning life lessons. I'm glad I did, and I'm glad I do.
somehow, I just decided to support lm the day he was hired. it's kinda like watching my kids grow up. I always loved them, even when they were learning life lessons. I'm glad I did, and I'm glad I do.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:19 pm to TheBob
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Disagree with both.
Then you're a fricking idiot. Mett wouldn't have missed receivers downfield, it would have been a bloodbath.
This post was edited on 1/1/14 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:20 pm to Rabid Tiger
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He's the anti-process.
Which is why every year we have a game like Ole Miss or like 1-9 or like needing the biggest comeback in LSU history to beat Troy.
Yes 10 wins a year is great and he'll never fear for his job as long as that happens.
But, with him at the helm, we will never be better than the 5th team in a 4 team playoff.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:23 pm to memphis tiger
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Which is why every year we have a game like Ole Miss or like 1-9 or like needing the biggest comeback in LSU history to beat Troy.
At least we never lose to ULM or UAB.
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But, with him at the helm, we will never be better than the 5th team in a 4 team playoff.
Or the one seed like we would have been in 2011. I seriously want to know who busses all you retards in on gameday.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:23 pm to SteveLSU35
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So, you're saying that Iowa had 9 guys in the box to stop the run and single coverage on the outside and Mett would have had a hard time with that?
Iowa had 9 guys in the box because we allowed them to have 9 guys in the box due to the 2 tight 2 back formation we love so much. Do we take advantage of the 1 on 1 coverage if Mett plays today? Who knows. I'm thinking probably not.
Sure it was a win, but certainly nothing to get excited about. Iowa doesn't have half the players we have, and in typical Les fashion, we struggle to beat an unranked team.
I believe this is directly related to the all that matters is the W philosophy that so many here believe in. We're so inconsistent it's a joke.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:25 pm to TheBob
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Iowa had 9 guys in the box because we allowed them to have 9 guys in the box due to the 2 tight 2 back formation we love so much. Do we take advantage of the 1 on 1 coverage if Mett plays today? Who knows. I'm thinking probably not.
You don't think we pass with Mett? Did you jut not watch this season?
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