Could You Listen To Les Miles For Hours?

I could not listen to that frick stick for 5 minutes. Not a big fan of Orgeron, but at least he tells it as it is

There are still those who think it was/is an act, a contrived persona purposefully done to give others a false sense of security.

Even Les at one point said he often spoke in nonsensical terms to "protect his players".

I never agreed with that take. I think Les was always pretty much what you saw and heard, and take that as you will.

No. This is why people need to not take guys like Rece, Kirk and Mark May for granted

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There are still those who think it was/is an act,

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Les-speak was definitely an act. He knew what he was doing, and it was part of his quirky sense of humor. He's a very sharp guy. I understand that many people may not have appreciated it, but he put an effort into creating his Les-isms.

I'm not so sure how well it would work from the broadcast booth though. As a coach, you get a lot of latitude and the broadcast guys accept the fact that head coaches often will try to be deceptive and not answer the questions, especially if the non-answers are entertaining. But it would probably get old pretty quick in a color guy or analyst.

Hos daughter, Smacker, speaks very coherently. I don't quite get what's wrong with Les.

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quote: There are still those who think it was/is an act, Les-speak was definitely an act. He knew what he was doing, and it was part of his quirky sense of humor. He's a very sharp guy. I understand that many people may not have appreciated it, but he put an effort into creating his Les-isms. I'm not so sure how well it would work from the broadcast booth though. As a coach, you get a lot of latitude and the broadcast guys accept the fact that head coaches often will try to be deceptive and not answer the questions, especially if the non-answers are entertaining. But it would probably get old pretty quick in a color guy or analyst.

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This was a matter of fact. All you have to do is get him 1:1. Super nice guy and not once you heard the BS. I despised him as a coach and wanted him gone.

Why do you think he was so good at recruiting?

He has to constantly search for incoherent phrases. The guy can't be an idiot be he tries very very hard to sound like one. No tv network wants that.

It's not surprising that this fan base has people too dumb to understand it was an act.

Les spoke eloquently when not speaking about his football team. Catch him speaking to a group about anything other subject or one on one, and you would understand how intelligent hie is.

Of course, people have a bias or will look for anything they can to hold against him.

Les has his flaws, but he always did his best to put LSU in a position to play for victory.

He always played the players the coaches thought would give LSU the best chance to win.

A lot of the media use to act and pretend as if his stupidity was all an act to be humorous because they couldn't believe that someone like that actually was a head coach, but no, it was all Less Miles' true persona.