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Well right off the bat your post is off base, because at no point did I insinuate that LSU is "far and away" better than other SEC teams. In fact, I asked "which team would you rather be a fan of." By my count, one person said they'd rather Florida's situation over LSU's. inadaze simply posted arbitrary bullshite to bolster other team's cases while diminishing LSU's which is disingenuous at best. He wouldn't actually choose Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee or Missouri over LSU; he's just being a stupid devil's advocate.

Of course he wouldn't. That's blasphemy for any SEC fan. Maybe it was unfair to say you claimed we are "far and away" better, but let's not act like your OP isn't some ridiculous exercise. It's as if any upvotes or geaux tigers signs you receive are a referendum on being a true fan. Why should we be comparing ourselves to anyone on that list? I would argue that our almost unrivaled
recruiting advantages and high amount of money should warrant an expectation that we are a Top team. That's the baseline. Top teams don't get owned. Let's say hypothetically that UF plays Bama every year instead of us and they still have Meyer as a coach. Does Meyer let that shite happen?

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You can be disappointed in LSU's performance while still realizing that we have a lot, as fans, to be thankful for. That's why I compared us to the other SEC schools. It's not like LSU's talent and resources are so far beyond Georgia and Florida that we are entitled to some higher level of success.

I agree that we have a lot to be thankful for. I don't think that it's because of Miles, although he should be commended for some level of consistency. And you keep throwing around the word "entitled", which has a connotation that is unfair IMO. I view sports as a hobby, and nothing more than that. It's frustrating to see what I view to be underperformance given resources. Losing to Bama every year kind of sucks and I know we can do better.

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Miles is not perfect, and he has absolutely cost us wins before. He's also created a very dynamic, sustained program that has achieved more success than anyone not named Alabama in the toughest conference. My question is, who would you replace him with? There's only a handful of truly elite coaches in the country, and they are all currently employed. Who are we stealing away that's going to take us to the promised-er land?

Miles didn't create anything. The brand and talent was already here when he got here. What he needed to do was recruit at a decent level and hire good assistants, which he's generally done well in.

No one's saying that he's a flat-out awful coach, and no one's saying he should be fired (that's the rub). Just probably not elite, and it's frustrating to see what happened Saturday night.

This post was edited on 11/10/15 at 4:27 pm