My take on Les and the QB situ (long)

I wanted to put my two cents in on this whole Les Miles/QB situation.

So we got the CLM PUMPERS on the one hand saying Les works with what he has and wins a ton of damn games, you people are insufferable.

Then you have CLM HATERS on the other hand saying the dude is horrible at QB decisions and is setting us back to the 70s and we need to move on now.

I figured I would do a little list and put forth my view which is, not to spoil the surprise, somewhere in the middle.

So, the way I see it is…

Yeah, Les Miles does work with what he has.  That’s why our QB averaged passing 113y/game from the Auburn on (with an amazing high of 151 in the bowl game! Wow we aired it out).  Miles just flat out didn’t have any real faith in passing the ball, because the team just doesn’t have the horses to do it.  And we were running with authority for most of those games.  When Mett and Flynn were here, fifth year seniors, we aired it out more.  And Les has won a great number of games doing this, pulling way back on the reins if he feels it’s necessary. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THIS APPROACH. 

However, the problem that I have with this is that LSU is an ELITE program.  WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THIS APPROACH.  Not every year.  We have more active NFL players than any other school right now and have had more underclassmen jump and get drafted than any other school the last two years.  For ten years we have plugged and played Defensive Secondary players like they were extras in a movie. The abundance is unreal at practically every position.

Except QB????  What the hell? We have serious issues almost every damn year.  The only time we have a decent one is when we are blessed with a 5th year senior and apparently from their rookie years, All Pro Wide outs.  We either don’t develop guys or they develop extremely slowly.  Even Mett wasn’t Mett until his 5th year.  On top of that, Les is just a BAD QB talent evaluator and recruiter.

Here is your list of the illustrious QBs Les Miles has signed in 10 full recruiting seasons.

2014 Brandon Harris

2013 Hayden Rettig, Anthony Jennings

2012 Jeremy Liggins

2011 Zach Mettenberger, Stephen Rivers, Jarrard Randall

2010 Zach Lee

2009 Chris Garrett, Russell Shepard

2008 Jordan Jefferson

2007 Jarrett Lee

2006 n/a

2005 Ryan Perrilloux

Of that list (setting aside Brandon Harris as it’s so early in his career), there are only two that were/are even close to NFL QB talent, and when I mean close, I mean, can you even get invited to the Combine?  IN TEN FREAKING YEARS.  TEN YEARS of a program that supposedly is in the top 10 nationally as a program.  Only the BOLDED ones have made it on the field for more than a two game span.

So ultimately, Les does the best with what he has, but what he has being a big pile of stinking “misery” (Les’ own word) IS HIS OWN FAULT.

It’s like Les created a pit of quicksand, drove the car into it, and now I am supposed to give him a pass that the car is in quicksand.  Well Les is doing the best he can to get that out of there.

I am not a PUMPER or a HATER.  I like Miles for the most part, but the reality is that, while he does adjust and try to do the best with less than great QB play, the reality is that it is his own damn fault that it’s an issue. 

Any retard knows we are going to need a decent passing game to get back to beating Bama, winning SEC titles and getting into the Playoff.  I have no faith that Miles will be able to pull that off on a consistent basis. Once every now and then when the stars align….maybe.  But this is a real issue and problem that has only gotten worse in his tenure.   So please stop telling me to shut up, or say I don’t know what I am talking about PUMPERS.  I don’t want to hear that bull crap.

Okay.  I’m done now.  I guess I lean more to a HATER than  PUMPER on that scale.