re: I’m sorry. But why was Les Miles allowed to torment us those last several years??

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Not to defend it because i also hated the Miles offense, but he did, in fact "compete" for multiple titles.

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I knew somebody was going to call me out for that wording. The last year we were competitive was 2011. And while that was a magical season, at the end of it we knew something had to change. We barely beat Alabama in the GoC and we were not competitive in the rematch. However, I do agree that was politically too soon to fire him. When he brought in Cameron and nothing improved (probably got worse in fact), then it should have been obvious that it wasn't going to get better under Miles.

Many were worried about a return to the 90's. And that's a legitimate risk. You bring in somebody new, you're rolling the dice. But it's all about what kind of program you aspire to be. If you're satisfied with 9-10 wins and the Outback Bowl then sure...keep Miles. But I think a large segment of our fanbase saw the talent we were bringing in and felt like we could achieve a lot more. That we weren't maximizing the potential of guys like Landry and OBJ. So these people were willing to accept the risk to try to climb back to the top. These people, who wanted the program to be the best it could be, were labeled nega-Tigers and the ones who were OK with middling-to-good results were somehow known as posi-Tigers. Kind of ironic.