re: Miles Is More Reactive Than Proactive

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Can anyone give examples of changes made before it cost us big?

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As far as personnel changes, not really.

As far as in game "changes"...
Not really a good example but the way he played Florida in 2007 (I think) with Hester and all the 4th down attempts was one of the most memorable times he actively tried to maintain or create momentum. The rest of the time he's either trying to recover it (reactive) or hasn't lost it.
He obviously tried a 4th down against Wisconsin (that probably should've worked) and the fake field goal against Florida last year. That were pretty proactive.

Snatching up O, whatever happened with Steele and then getting Aranda, and then halfway getting rid of Malveto for Chavis were proactive coaching changes that were definitely good calls and probably prevented some gnashing of teeth.

I also thought it was laughable how "reactive" he seemed to be with the 2 (maybe more - wasn't completely lucid) trick plays against State. Although one nearly worked, the whole thing reeked of "The rant says they want variety, I assume this is what they mean."