Comparing the team to the real world.

Good morning all,

I've been a lurker for a while, just haven't chosen to post until now. Perhaps you'll not want me to post again.

I have a prominent role within a company out of Florida. I start a project with a particular budget, and a particular time frame for completion of said project. If, for whatever reason, I go over budget, or fail to complete a project within the window provided, there are consequences. If I have these failures more than once, I get fired because then it becomes the rule rather than the exception.

When I say, "for whatever reason", I mean...If my team fails to perform, it is not the team that is fired, it is me, because I failed to get my team prepared to complete the project on time and within budget. Furthermore, if there are particular persons who repeatedly fail to accomplish tasks to which they are assigned, it is my job to replace them with someone who can complete said tasks.

I said all that to say this...

If LSU doesn't have players, it is because Les Miles didn't get the players. If the players we have are not performing, it is because Les Miles is not preparing the players to perform. If the team is not playing well, it is because Les Miles has not coached them to play well.

Now I'm not saying whether or not to keep Les Miles, or fire him. I'm just stating a fact that some seem to over look, and that is, as my late grandfather might have said..."The Fish stinks from the Head!"