That's the equivalent of asking why a remedial student didn't change his approach to studying, or test-taking. Miles had no acumen for tactics. He didn't know how to effectively change. He wasn't intelligent enough to objectively assess his strategy and adapt. He was a recruiter and a motivator.

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Posted by mdomingue

Lafayette, LA

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 7/16/17 at 11:59 am to DmitriKaramazov

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Why didn't Les change?

That's the equivalent of asking why a remedial student didn't change his approach to studying, or test-taking. Miles had no acumen for tactics. He didn't know how to effectively change. He wasn't intelligent enough to objectively assess his strategy and adapt. He was a recruiter and a motivator.

That's a bad analogy. If you're going to use an education analogy, at least use one that makes sense. The man was such a football idiot that he managed to be the LSU coach with the highest win percentage in history, gave us our first undefeated regular season since 1958.

A better analogy would be to say he was like a 3.8 GPA student trying to get a 4.0. His success convinced him the methods were good, just the execution needed improvement.

Unfortunately for Les and LSU his style of play did little to attract the one thing they needed most, better QB talent. At least that is my take.

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Posted by BillyBobBlitzkrieg

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Posted on 7/16/17 at 1:21 pm to DmitriKaramazov

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That's the equivalent of asking why a remedial student didn't change his approach to studying, or test-taking. Miles had no acumen for tactics...
He was a recruiter and a motivator.

PROOF THAT YOU'RE WRONG

I bleed purple and gold, but I cannot let that affect the optics of the story arc with Les Miles. The vast majority in here let their passion affect their vantage point and fringe on becoming myopic.

Les Miles was an elite recruiter, motivator, and a helluva coach. WHEN HE WAS LOOSE. He had a gamblers mentality for the beginning stretch of his tenure. The Florida game in '07, he rolled the dice 5 times on 4th down, and went on to the winners table.

Fake special teams plays, fourth down gambles, trick plays.

That said, he certainly had his flaws, but in the above link, he outcoached the great Nick Saban. I'm sorry but the narrative doesnt match up. Miles isnt some bumbling idiot who lucked into a national championship, 3 wins over the GOAT college coach Nick Saban, and record setting win numbers as LSU's football coach.

Miles lost his edge, changed, and the game passed him up. I know that narrative isnt simple; psychologically the general masses are much more prone to believe a simplistic repetitive lie rather than a complex truth.

I call bullshite. You'll believe what you want, and whatever helps you to make sense of the last 12 years or so.

We had an elite coach. Nick Saban and other factors led to his ultimate demise, but when Les was here for some period, the show was magic.