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Ben Miles leaving Nebraska
Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:53 am
Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:53 am
SIAP
Nola.com
Scott Frost has no need for a fullback I guess?
Also pictured in the photo: Public Enemy #1: Kristian Fulton
Nola.com
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The son of former LSU coach Les Miles is looking for a new football team. Ben Miles, a former standout fullback at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, announced his release from the Nebraska football program Wednesday (May 2).
"The program is in great hands," Miles wrote via Twitter, "however it was no longer the right fit for me schematically."
Scott Frost has no need for a fullback I guess?
Also pictured in the photo: Public Enemy #1: Kristian Fulton
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Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:54 am to sweetwaterbilly
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Scott Frost has no need for a fullback I guess?
That's what you call a modern day offense.
This post was edited on 5/3/18 at 7:55 am
Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:55 am to Joe Mantegna
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That's what you call a modern offense.
Yeah if Ben is looking for a team that uses a true fullback these days he's going to have limited options. Wish him the best, but the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Archaic football position.. just like his dad's offense.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:58 am to sweetwaterbilly
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Not surprising Miles had his son prepared for an obsolete position
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:01 am to sweetwaterbilly
We know
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:08 am to im4LSU
Had Alleva done his homework maybe LSU could have lured a coach like Frost since he had all his eggs in the Herman basket. I bet Frost gets in playoffs before LSU ever gets back.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:15 am to nicholastiger
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Had Alleva done his homework maybe LSU could have lured a coach like Frost since he had all his eggs in the Herman basket. I bet Frost gets in playoffs before LSU ever gets back.
Ehhhh. Nebraska is Frost's dream job, supposedly. Not sure he was ever really an option.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:16 am to sweetwaterbilly
I'll always say his best position was linebacker. He started there but didn't want to continue on both sides of the ball. He can catch on at a small school and move into coaching.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:20 am to tiger94gop
Who cares!!
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:21 am to TFS4E
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Nebraska is Frost's dream job, supposedly. Not sure he was ever really an option.
I bet he would've considered lsu in 2015 or 2016
This post was edited on 5/3/18 at 8:22 am
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:22 am to nicholastiger
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Had Alleva done his homework maybe LSU could have lured a coach like Frost since he had all his eggs in the Herman basket.
He was a first year HC coming off of a losing season
I don't like Alleva but no one in the country could have predicted UCF's 2017 season.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:23 am to TFS4E
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Nebraska is Frost's dream job, supposedly.
Dream job
Dream school
All smoke and mirrors
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:40 am to tigerfan84
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I bet he would've considered lsu in 2015 or 2016
Frost had zero HC experience in 2015 and 2 years total as an OC.
Frost had 1 year of HC experience with a 6-7 record in 2016.
Hard to see why he wasn't the first name on Joe's list. This board would have been 100% on board with hiring a coach with such a resume I'm sure.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:43 am to sweetwaterbilly
Honestly, how many coaches left out there would spend a scholarship on a fullback? On top of that, spend a scholarship on a fullback who has to sit out a year.
He might find it really tough to find a good home to transfer to.
He might find it really tough to find a good home to transfer to.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 9:03 am to Joe Mantegna
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That's what you call a modern day offense.
Football is still a game of matchups and deception. If he has a strong and versatile skill set he has value.
Half of NFL teams still carry a fullback on a 53 man roster.
To say the position is obsolete would ignore the entire premise that the latest “modern day” offense is a continually evolving phenomenon.
So the question really is how versatile is his skill set? Because the real dying breeds in football are guys that can only handle one job.
Edit: I have no idea how good of a player Miles really is, just making a general point.
This post was edited on 5/3/18 at 9:04 am
Posted on 5/3/18 at 9:13 am to OceanMan
This.
Football and "modern day offense" is cyclical. Some coach comes out with something that hasn't been seen in a very long time, and that offense wrecks shite for a year or two.
A goodly number of offensive coordinators jump on board and have success with it. Fans eat it up, he's "modern" he's "progressive," he's "innovative." It takes defensive coaches about a year or so to figure it out while staying with their schemes.
Then the offensive guys have to do something different, again. It's all cyclical. Look at the Saints, who would have ever DREAMED a Sean Payton offense, run by Drew Brees would be as balanced and run-heavy as it was last season. We all thought we knew Sean Payton, and he just didn't want to run the ball any more than he had to. Right?
Well, in this year's draft, five or six running backs were picked ahead of "our own" Derrius Guice who, many agree, was in the top three RBs coming out. Why is that? NFL coaches are "evolving" again and what's "archaic" is finding its place in the "modern" NFL.
There are only so many routes and things that will ever be brand new.
Football and "modern day offense" is cyclical. Some coach comes out with something that hasn't been seen in a very long time, and that offense wrecks shite for a year or two.
A goodly number of offensive coordinators jump on board and have success with it. Fans eat it up, he's "modern" he's "progressive," he's "innovative." It takes defensive coaches about a year or so to figure it out while staying with their schemes.
Then the offensive guys have to do something different, again. It's all cyclical. Look at the Saints, who would have ever DREAMED a Sean Payton offense, run by Drew Brees would be as balanced and run-heavy as it was last season. We all thought we knew Sean Payton, and he just didn't want to run the ball any more than he had to. Right?
Well, in this year's draft, five or six running backs were picked ahead of "our own" Derrius Guice who, many agree, was in the top three RBs coming out. Why is that? NFL coaches are "evolving" again and what's "archaic" is finding its place in the "modern" NFL.
There are only so many routes and things that will ever be brand new.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 9:35 am to sweetwaterbilly
More sports board. This isn't the Husker Rant
Posted on 5/3/18 at 9:37 am to sweetwaterbilly
Who cares
Posted on 5/3/18 at 9:44 am to tiogatiger19
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More sports board. This isn't the Husker Rant
So people can post threads about Les Miles as an aspiring actor but a story about his son isn't relevant? Got it. You forget that half this board still deep throats Les.
Posted on 5/3/18 at 10:08 am to sweetwaterbilly
At Catholic High He played fullback, running back and H-back. Being a former team mate I would say he is versatile. In high school he mainly lined up at H-back. He has great hands. He doesn't have the best height only being 6'1. But at h-bcak doesn't matter as long as he can bloc and catch I think he could fit anywhere.
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