re: What gives you confidence that Miles can lead us to another championship?

I'm sure I'll get a bunch of replies scoffing, but I think Miles knew the deficiencies we're seeing now were coming, and he did his best to address them by getting new coaches in. This current team is the product of Studrawa being lazy and Brick not being able to close. Orgeron and Grimes are considered two of the best recruiters in the country at their positions, and good coaches too. They have to get their players in, and not just wet behind the ears freshmen. Cameron also is an easy target, because he had to rebuild the QB position from scratch. It's EXTREMELY rare to see a QB that's not at least a junior playing well in the SEC, and most successful teams have a senior or fifth year. Well, next year he'll have an experienced QB that is making documented progress, and a 5-star recruit waiting in the wings. That's what stability gives you. Cam showed in 2013 he is capable of calling a balanced and effective offense if the personnel is there, and that takes a few cycles.

Miles may be slow to react and stubborn but I truly believe that's part of what makes him successful at this level too. He doesn't overreact often, or make knee jerk decisions that end up making things worse (Gus anyone?). He hasn't had a losing season in his entire tenure, and that shows a huge amount of commitment to maintain. Miles isn't as clueless as many of the emotional responses here lead you to believe. Hell, this board's favorite talking point is that the offense never changes, but in the span of a week we saw the offense completely abandon the I-form (and many knowledgeable people believe this cost them the game). It may be frustrating to LSU fans, but making a run at a natty every 4-5 years is what other programs have wet dreams about. It sucks watching Bama do it yearly, but what they're doing is unprecedented and definitely can't be duplicated just by plugging in the next hot name on the coaching carousel. Building something that can challenge their run takes time and patience, and some failure along the way. Blow it up now and the odds overwhelmingly favor us having this same convo in three years. I don't know if LSU as a fanbase is that patient.