re: Fundamentals are crucial

Anybody with two eyes, a brain, and a basic knowledge of football can see that Miles does not emphasize execution in his approach to coaching his teams. His emphasis lies elsewhere. This is not anti-Miles bias. This is factual commentary.

This along with his inablility to manage the clock are the principal reasons why I would prefer someone else coach the LSU football team.

Certainly is is hard to complain about the results he has achieved, and I am not here to do that. It has been my objective on the Rant to sound the alarm that I believe these results will not continue, without more attention to detail, execution and fundamentals from this and future LSU coaching staffs.

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So you would like him to throw players and coaches under the bus? You should know by now Miles just won't do that.

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Jordan Jefferson

The Ole Miss fiasco did dent my perception of Miles. He may have inadvertently thrown JJ under the bus......but, he did throw him. I will chalk this up to Les being human and caught up in the whirlwind. I give him this one yard pass with regard to public/player reference......I will not (in my mind) give him another.

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"Throwing someone under the bus" means blaming someone for something they did not do. Do you even know the meaning of the phrase?

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You need to learn not to lead with your chin--and to consider the possibility that just because you believe something fervently doesn't mean it must be true. From the Urban Dictionary:

"To cast a person in an unfavorable light with others; to take action or make statements intended to put another person at a disadvantage."

It connotes blaming someone publicly, or to others, even if they are solely or partly to blame. It does not imply that the person "thrown under the bus" is without blame.

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It is illogical to expect every coach to have the same mode of execution.

I don't.

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On the one hand you claim that you don't expect every coach to do the same thing.

On the other you say that you like Saban's way of handling things and say that it should be done that way over here.



This is not about teaching fundamentals - Miles has a certain way of handling crap and Saban shovels shite a different way.

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Im sure Miles handles his shite in-house, which is the right thing to do. There is no reason to go public when people like you are going to tear apart everything he says anyway.

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Jordan Jefferson

The worst part is that Jefferson was simply doing what his coach was telling him to do....& Miles still threw him under the bus. Love or hate Miles, you need to stop with the "he won't throw coaches/players under the bus" b/c that's exactly what he did (& in that case it wasn't deserved).

Plenty of other people/instances have been much more deserving of sub-bus tossing.
FYI-Bertman never shied from throwing players under the bus & he's considered a pretty good motivator.

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Miles = all about emotions- love your school, the game, and your teammates, play for them and don't worry about the little things, ignore criticism just go out there and play, don't worry about your mistakes.

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I would say this is Miles general approach to coaching...but when making a comparison regarding fundamentals, Miles style is to focus more on repetition and fixing errors in the actual execution of plays. He isn't worried as much about fundamental mistakes, as a Saban, for example. In some cases this works to his advantage, i.e. the BCS game when the team looked real sloppy in going down 10-0. He remained calm and the team came back to blow the doors off OSU. Saban, on the other hand, would've been blowing gaskets on the sideline, and who knows how is team would've reacted. With that said, there are some times when Miles has let crucial mistakes go that he shouldn't have...i.e. Alem's 'punt'

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CharlesLSU

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I like what you say here. I think part of the sloppiness stems from a chaotic offensive system. Just my opinion, but I think execution has been sacrificied for scheme. Too much thinking and not enough doing.

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Miles "called him out" for taking the sack...not attempting to clock it

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That's just not factual.
"I don't know who told him to clock it." -CLM

Either way, the point is that he threw him under the bus.

This ties right into "results" vs "performance" oriented.

So many are "results" oriented and simply see 9-3 & refuse to delve into the the very poor "performance" during the past 2 seasons (especially relative to the talent).

Fundamentals vs emotions...it's all very similar in the big picture.

I hope Miles can change it, but my optimism is limited.