re: Let's be realistic about Les's coaching abilities

I think the man is a pretty damn good coach.

I do not think he is a LEADER. And that's what this, or any team, needs.

The players, once they get down or things aren't going to plan, fall apart and seem directionless.

Maybe that's more about the assistants, which is what I'm mainly thinking about when I talk about leadership here.

The assistants seem unwilling to deviate from the path Miles established, right or wrong. It's easy to say "that's what the man wants" instead of fighting the good fight. Going with the flow, even when you know it's a bad path is NOT leadership.

They are either not being allowed to lead themselves (a failure in top-down leadership) or don't know how to (a failure in vetting/hiring practices of leadership). The coaches seem more lost and less motivated than the players at times.

It's a big time program, lots of moving pieces. Miles himself can't lead all the players all the time. So he must delegate and lead those delegates. Just like he won't trust his QB, he probably doesn't trust his coaches either. Yeah, ego is probably part of it. But the worse it gets, the more he tries to do himself and the downward spiral of a 1 man show will continue. It's a self fulfilling prophecy driven by Miles personally not leading his leaders and trying to be all things to all people.