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Les Miles Coaching abilities.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 9/3/08 at 5:52 pm
I don't think that Les has been given enough credit for the coaching job he did in '05. Doing all they did to help, all the families who were dis-placed, fore-going their bye weeks, and still going 11-2 was just a fantastic coaching job. In fact, had we not been so tired in the latter stages of the Tenn. game we might have been playing Georgia for a shot at the NC.
With that said, it will take another great coaching job for the Tigers to come out of this without showing ill-affects from this game cancellation. We are missing a week of "real-game" experience, and nothing can take the place of actual game play. Plus, Troy would have been a formidable opponent. IMO tougher than App. State.
But I have no reason to doubt Les' coaching ability.
With that said, it will take another great coaching job for the Tigers to come out of this without showing ill-affects from this game cancellation. We are missing a week of "real-game" experience, and nothing can take the place of actual game play. Plus, Troy would have been a formidable opponent. IMO tougher than App. State.
But I have no reason to doubt Les' coaching ability.
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Posted on 9/3/08 at 6:05 pm to inebr8ted tiger
everyone was too worried about his choice of hat and lack of pubic speaking skills.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 6:10 pm to inebr8ted tiger
AND the type of head-set he was wearing....do you remember that funky one-ear piece thang he was wearing?
Posted on 9/3/08 at 6:34 pm to shobbs60
Guy can't even wear a hat right.
Coach?
wtf?
He lucked into a MNC with Nick's players!
Coach?
wtf?
He lucked into a MNC with Nick's players!
Posted on 9/3/08 at 6:39 pm to inebr8ted tiger
quote:
don't think that Les has been given enough credit for the coaching job he did in '05. Doing all they did to help, all the families who were dis-placed, fore-going their bye weeks, and still going 11-2 was just a fantastic coaching job. In fact, had we not been so tired in the latter stages of the Tenn. game we might have been playing Georgia for a shot at the NC.
I've stated on here over that he won me over in 2005 with that feat. To keep a team together with all those distractions and get them to finish 11-2 was miraculous. I don't think Saban could have done that because he couldn't control what took place.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 6:50 pm to los angeles tiger
Posted on 9/3/08 at 7:10 pm to inebr8ted tiger
I thought that he/the team did a great job in 2005. 11-2 any year is great and with all the outside stuff it was awesome.
Having said that I'm not giving him a pass for the Tennesse game. It was probably his worst coached game at LSU. And Georgia just whooped us. That happens some times.
Having said that I'm not giving him a pass for the Tennesse game. It was probably his worst coached game at LSU. And Georgia just whooped us. That happens some times.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 7:27 pm to alajones
The Tennessee game was pretty bad any way you slice it. Let's not forget that Tennessee had to fly in the day of the game, so it's not like they were well rested and settled in.
05' was easily the most talented and experienced team that LSU fielded this decade, but by any standard it was a very good season. The Miami game was just awesome.
Saban must have really thought the grass was greener over there, to leave prior to having that team return.
05' was easily the most talented and experienced team that LSU fielded this decade, but by any standard it was a very good season. The Miami game was just awesome.
Saban must have really thought the grass was greener over there, to leave prior to having that team return.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 7:32 pm to alajones
quote:
Having said that I'm not giving him a pass for the Tennesse game.
If you recall, we had to cancel our 1st game that season, and then had to travel to Arizona State. I don't think the team had gotten their legs under them yet. Not an excuse, but they couldn't stop the running game in the 4th quarter.
Posted on 9/3/08 at 8:44 pm to inebr8ted tiger
quote:Yes, he has. After about 15,000 posts like yours proclaiming the same thing, and countless media reports about it, he has. Time to move on.
I don't think that Les has been given enough credit for the coaching job he did in '05
Posted on 9/4/08 at 10:07 am to BoogerLee
quote:
He lucked into a MNC with Nick's players!
its true Saban was a better recruiter but I think Les has done a pretty good job so far...the players dont become National Champions by themselves...they need a little coaching 2 go along w/ it
Posted on 9/4/08 at 10:10 am to inebr8ted tiger
The UT game ruined me on LES until the Peach bowl that year. When we got rested up and Annihilated Miami like that, I realized he was pretty damn good.
Posted on 9/4/08 at 10:13 am to Carlos
quote:
He lucked into a MNC with Nick's players!
why don't you Bama trolls just leave then.
Miles coached those players for 3 year, but they are "Saban's player's" because he recruited them. If recruiting was falling off with Miles that'd be a valid complaint, but its not and it is not, I'm sure it took all the recruiting magic of the great football god Nick Saban to lure Glen Dorsey to come to LSU from Gonzalez.
This post was edited on 9/4/08 at 10:16 am
Posted on 9/4/08 at 10:40 am to H-Town Tiger
Miles has an economics degree from Michigan, he is probably the smartest coach in the SEC if not the country...he only plays dumb.
This post was edited on 9/4/08 at 10:42 am
Posted on 9/4/08 at 2:15 pm to Tiger_n_ATL
quote:
Yes, he has. After about 15,000 posts like yours proclaiming the same thing, and countless media reports about it, he has. Time to move on.
Translation: I am still in love with little Nicky and wish that Miles and LSU had fallen on their arse so that LSU would wave 8 million a year at little Nicky and he would come back and everything would be allll right again.
Posted on 9/4/08 at 2:44 pm to rtgr
one of the things i think about when reading this post, and looking back to 2005 is a post yesterday about abram booty.
there were several folks who talked about what a 'great' player he was, compared him to wes welker and ricky proehl, etc, etc.
time can certainly distort a lot of perceptions.
i didn't like the hire of les miles originally. unfortuntately, after the tennessee debacle i was one of the many folks that had rash judgements about miles.
by the end of the season, i fell in with the "it was his first year and look at all he led the team through" crowd.
its funny, but there are different chronological points where he was up and down...
-- when saban was hired at alabama, coach miles popularity went sky high.
-- when we lost to arkansas, and all the miles to michigan started, there were a LOT of people who were EXCITED we were getting a new coach
-- after we win the SEC C and get into the NC game, everyone is scared he is going to leave for michigan again.
i think when it gets down to it, and you take all the ebb and flow out that les miles is a 'damn strong football coach'. i think the record of his team demonstrates that.
he has many areas where he is exceptionally strong, and a few where he is weak. you could say that about any college coach in the country.
i agree with the statement that sometimes, in large part due to all the saban mess, that he doesn't get enough credit. of course, i also think now he is riding a high. i hope that it continues!!!! i do think we will be very happy with coach miles for a long time, but there will be a few bumps in the road.
there were several folks who talked about what a 'great' player he was, compared him to wes welker and ricky proehl, etc, etc.
time can certainly distort a lot of perceptions.
i didn't like the hire of les miles originally. unfortuntately, after the tennessee debacle i was one of the many folks that had rash judgements about miles.
by the end of the season, i fell in with the "it was his first year and look at all he led the team through" crowd.
its funny, but there are different chronological points where he was up and down...
-- when saban was hired at alabama, coach miles popularity went sky high.
-- when we lost to arkansas, and all the miles to michigan started, there were a LOT of people who were EXCITED we were getting a new coach
-- after we win the SEC C and get into the NC game, everyone is scared he is going to leave for michigan again.
i think when it gets down to it, and you take all the ebb and flow out that les miles is a 'damn strong football coach'. i think the record of his team demonstrates that.
he has many areas where he is exceptionally strong, and a few where he is weak. you could say that about any college coach in the country.
i agree with the statement that sometimes, in large part due to all the saban mess, that he doesn't get enough credit. of course, i also think now he is riding a high. i hope that it continues!!!! i do think we will be very happy with coach miles for a long time, but there will be a few bumps in the road.
Posted on 9/4/08 at 2:56 pm to lsusa
I think that, for various reasons, 2005 and 2008 are entirely different situations.
I don't think that Gustav should be utilized as an "excuse" for any losses or poor play this season.
I don't think that Gustav should be utilized as an "excuse" for any losses or poor play this season.
Posted on 9/4/08 at 2:59 pm to rtgr
quote:Wrong. Read my sig quote asshat. I'm a Miles fan just sick of the hurricane excuses.
Translation: I am still in love with little Nicky and wish that Miles and LSU had fallen on their arse so that LSU would wave 8 million a year at little Nicky and he would come back and everything would be allll right again.
Posted on 9/4/08 at 4:17 pm to Tiger_n_ATL
I was damn impressed by Miles when he was at Oklahoma State.
He beat Oklahoma two years in a row, convincingly, and brought that program back from the abyss
He beat Oklahoma two years in a row, convincingly, and brought that program back from the abyss
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