re: The only reason the mainstream sports media are butthurt over Miles

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Take off the purple and gold glasses for a minute and think about the national, public perception. We fired a coach who averaged 10 wins a year in the SEC West. Plus we tortured him at the end of last season. Plus he was extremely well liked. And most importantly, we did it in the middle of the season. How do you think it looks to national sports media? It's very easy to trash us but it should have been pretty expected. There shouldn't be any real surprises. Scott Van Pelt... Ryen Russilo - so many people just flat out love the guy. It shouldn't really be shock city here.

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Pretty much. You fire a guy that people like onlookers are going to get a little bent out of shape about it. No reason to argue back at anyone, it'll pass. Arguing to others about it just makes the school and fanbase look more like jerks.