re: hot seat?...bertman

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spelling his name Less is weak and immature

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He doesn't even know how to spell Tiger.....

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I guess all Germans should have supported Hitler just b/c he was the leader.. NOT comparing Less to Hitler, just the comparison of we should support the leader...

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I made these comments last night, and was called a drama queen. I said them tongue-in-cheek, but I stand by my comments.

Nothing wrong with supporting an LSU coach, but you have to be able to separate the two. You also have to be able to draw the line. With 2 wins in 1999, I couldn't support Dinardo any longer.

Les Miles is just like all the other coaches, a hired gun for LSU. He's a well-paid leader. That's it. He is not LSU. LSU will be here long after he's gone.

Does he deserve to be called names? No.

I will not feel sorry for these guys. The days of the Chollie Macs and Joe Pas are over. Not many coaches stick around at their respective schools for 20 years in this day and time.

I think the schools are the ones that usually get screwed the most. Most of the time when a coach gets fired, it's usually from doing a sub-standard job. The school has to go through the trouble of finding another coach, not to mention paying the one they just fired a buyout in the $$$$Millions.

On the flip side, a coach can do a great job, leave said school to make even more $$$$$Millions and the school doesn't get squat.

That's business, but I think our fans somehow feel sorry for the coaches moreso than the school.

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a. emmeret was why we got saban. he scouted him, wanted him, and got the money to pay him

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Thank god for Emmert, I don't think LSU could have afforded/survived another joe dean hire.

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I guarantee that Skip "Informally" spoke with all of them......

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What do I get for your "guarantee" since you're wrong?

I pretty much Kige everything Baloo said in this thread. Bertman also deserves credit for the contract extension he gave Saban after the UF loss in 2003, it made it a tough decision for Saban to leave, even though he did, great foresight by Skip. Yeah, he fricked up hiring Smoke, but he corrected that mistake with his best hire.

Skip did also fire Brady at the right time. When else could he have?

I can take two marginal but winning seasons and one out of two bowl victories for two years. What I can't take is a similar performance for 3 years. If that happens, then we are talking about a whole nother ball game. I'll give the program a break considering the QB defection and DC defection, and we still had a winning season and a decent bowl, and finished #3 overall in the SEC this year, but in year three, if we are not over this, game over. Anything other than a BCS Bowl victory, as a minimum this year, is completely unacceptable in my opinion.

Bertman should be credited for building our basball program into a dynasty. Love him for it. It's unfortunate, because of his baseball success, he's considered a success as A.D.

Let see, bertman get's credit for firing Brady. (does joe dean get credit for hiring saban?) Second, he doesn't get credit for the miles contract.

He hires a baseball coach, laval, under the condition he keeps camp money and the assistant coaches. he hires a football coach, miles, under the condition he has to offer the o.c. and d.c. job to jimbo and w.m.

Fires pokey chapman for inappropriate relationship. However, ok with brady having inappropriate relationships with students.

We hire alleva to be A.D., ole skipper stay's on the pay roll to the tune of $500,000 as a consultant for fund raising.

As soon as emmert was out the door, he delegates his duties as a.d. to two associate a.d.'s.

as stated above, only one hire of a coach that has exceeded the performance of the coach they succeeded. Not exactly stellar.

Bertman is quick to accept the recognition and quick to place the blame.

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Not to take anything away from Saban, but when Nick did it, it was easier to do than when Les did it.

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Everything in the article said by Skip was acceptable and accurate, except this. Though his statement is somewhat true, his deceptive intention to sugarcoat for another isn't.

Nick won in year four at LSU after having to somewhat build a national title winning roster(though won games and bowls the first few years with Dinardo recruits), then again did it in year three at Bama(in this tougher era).

Skip conveniently bypasses that Miles first three years main contributors and starters were Saban recruits, and that as Miles excellently rated recruiting classes became his own starters, there has been a clear line of demarcation these last two seasons in level of play and style..

Notably weaker trench warfare on the OL and DL..and a marked transition from a physically dominant set of lines to a finesse modus-operandi.

Apologistic spin for his hire and guy..and a slight stab at his former sparring mate.

I can't until Miles Mania comes roaring back like a rampaging beast and takes the college football world by storm as we stake our flag on top of the SEC mountain of dominance