I'm not trying stir shite up, but my recollection was that Mathieu failed many, many drug tests and that it ultimately was the university that effectively made Miles kick him off the team.

Is my recollection wrong? Again, I'm not trying to stir the pot and dump on Les, but that's honestly what I thought occurred back then.

Will fully admit I'm wrong if I am.

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Posted by GeauxTigerTM

Member since Sep 2006

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Posted on 7/10/19 at 3:53 pm to atltiger6487

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I'm not trying stir shite up, but my recollection was that Mathieu failed many, many drug tests and that it ultimately was the university that effectively made Miles kick him off the team.

Is my recollection wrong?

I don't remember there being any evidence that it was anything other than Miles' call. Ultimately, wouldn't it have been?

Honestly, unless there is some evidence to the contrary, this has always felt like a way to not credit Miles with the right, but difficult, call.

Not saying you are...I think you're probably just repeating what's been said. I just don't know where that rumor got started. could be 100% true for all I know...but other than rumor I've never seen anything that stated it was out of Miles' hands.

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Posted by earl keese

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Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 7/10/19 at 7:54 pm to atltiger6487

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I'm not trying stir shite up

I appreciate that. Most people who get involved in these kind of discussions only do so to stir shite up. I'll even put myself in the group who wants to stir the pot.

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but my recollection was that Mathieu failed many, many drug tests and that it ultimately was the university that effectively made Miles kick him off the team.

I live in Washington State so I don't get the local scoop on most of these things. And I had quite a bit going on back then. So I don't know for sure how this played out and how many drug tests Mathieu failed. Although I do recall the talk of it being quite a few, according to the gossip on the rant.

But I do remember when it happened, I wasn't pissed at Miles (or whoever made the call to dismiss Mathieu), I was pissed at Mathieu himself for allowing something like this to happen and for letting down his team mates. Same thing with the Perriloux situation.

But Miles was the man in charge. If he's gonna take heat for things that go wrong, then he should be praised when things go right.

And in my opinion, dismissing Perriloux back in 2008 and Mathieu in 2012 were the right things to do.