If they were familiar with the program, they would know what tiger fans know. There has been TWO fatal flaws with Miles' teams. The head coach, while a helluva guy, cannot recruit, coach up, or place QBs in the right scheme to win. The head coach has meddled with the offense and has run the same scheme since 2008, and every team we play knows EXACTLY what is coming. That doesn't work against good teams. With all of the incredible talent on offense that we have had, LSU teams should not be stuck in the bottom half in terms of total offense year in and year out. He got lucky as hell in 2007 (you KNOW he did) and he absolutely shite the bed in 2011, which was the most embarrassing game on the biggest stage in LSU history. Miles, while possibly the nicest, most down to earth guy to ever coach college football, does NOT have it between the ears to win the West. If the only team he lost to each year was bama, that would be one thing. But to lose to much less talented teams they way he has been in the last 5 years, and in the WAYS he has been losing to those teams, has become intolerable. He's won a bunch during his tenure, but actual LSU fans have come to realize that it's the incredible recruiting and talent level, not so much the game-planning and x's and o's that have gotten most of those wins.
I believe Les has gotten too comfortable. Too complacent. I don't know if he failed to realize his teams' consistent flaws or what. But i believe a coach like Fisher, with the level of talent he can pull in state and with LSU's current clout, can do better.
If that makes me spoiled, or ungrateful, so be it. I was a fan during the 90s, and LOVED seeing the team win in the 2000s. But I have no faith in Miles ability to win the big one again. And that's what a team with the varied and ample resources like LSU has, should be contending for each year.