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re: Les Miles' recent bowl record - a little perspective
Posted on 1/5/15 at 11:21 pm to cas4t
Posted on 1/5/15 at 11:21 pm to cas4t
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So Bear's 'incredibly successful' is on par with Miles' 'incredibly successful'?
it's unfair to Miles to even have this discussion.
Sigh....please go back and read the third paragraph of my original post. I emphatically said that I was NOT suggesting that Les was the equal of Bear Bryant. I agree that anyone who would say that is not thinking rationally. But I do think it is fair to say that, overall, Les has been a very successful coach at LSU. As I remember saying back in 2008 (you can look it up), only time will tell whether we are witnessing a real decline or if this is just a temporary dip.
My point is (and always has been) that you can't look at any particular negative stat, like the bowl record, over a short-term period (3-4 years is still relatively short-term) and make a definitive, authoritative judgement about the future of the program.
Should we be concerned? Hell, yes. I'm as worried as anyone about how things are going, and I was absolutely sick about the ND game and the news of Chavis leaving. But should we be ready to declare that "the end is nigh"? Nope...not yet. Ask me again in a year or two and I will most likely change my tune if we don't reverse the current trend, but as for now, I'm still cautiously optimistic Les can get things back on track, just as he did after the 2008/2009 slump.
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Posted on 1/6/15 at 1:31 am to TigerCard
quote:I am going to be a homer here about Miles bowls losses over the years. At the end pf the Penn State game, the defense , which had played a pretty good game, could not stop Penn State from driving down the field late in the game to take the lead. LSU drives down the field and then gets penalized for unsportsman like conduct because a Offensive lineman pulls a State linebacker off of Jefferson who probably should have been penalized for delay of game. The Clemson game if the offense could have converted a short third down would have been able to run out the clock, Clemson gets the ball and proceeds to march down the field for a game winning field goal. This past week against Norte Dame, the defense struggled a majority of the game and again we lose on a last second field goal. Plus, the officials flat out fricked up the call on the fake field at the end of the first half. Bama just flat kicked the shite out of LSU, but in my opinion, should not have been there. They didn't win the SEC, hell they didn't even win the Western Division. LSU should have played Okie State, Oregon or who ever won the Big 10 or ACC depending on the champions records. So, if the defense could have come up a late game stop in a few games and without a few calls that went against LSU, Miles record looks alot better.This is just the way I feel about all of this crap and I am probably about the only one who sees it this way. SORRY ABOUT THE LACK OF PARAGRAPHS. I TYPED IT IN WITH PARAGRAPHS BUT WHEN I PREVIEWD IT, THIS IS HOW IT TURNED OUT. AND I KNOW TLDR BLAB,BLAB,BLAB....
I'm as worried as anyone about how things are going, and I was absolutely sick about the ND game and the news of Chavis leaving.
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