re: Miles’ near-fired experience may not change him

Yes there is "another way to put it." It's called looking at the big picture (toward the future).

If I truly believed Les needs to go (which I don't unless he botches the 2016 season), that's how I would look at it. I still wouldn't ever want a losing season, but to me the worst case scenario would be Les winning about 9-10 regular season games this year, losing the west again, and staying.