re: How critical is this season for Miles?

Les is a good coach, Larry just had a good team... you can't compare the two. Les had a 2nd string QB (matt flynn) when we played UM... we still kicked their azz on and off the field. ( hint - fight in locker room when we sent players to hospital)

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How many wins does he HAVE TO HAVE this year?

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As always, there's no set number. It all depends on how the games go, what happens during the season. What if Auburn and Arkansas have surprise breakout seasons and go 10-2, while Ole Miss, Alabama, Georgia and Florida all have their expected great years? We could lose four or five out of those six, but be really competitive in all of them, and that would be a pretty good showing. What if we have a terrible rash of injuries? There are so many variables that you can't predict, so it's unreasonable to set a number in advance and say you have to win that many regardless of what happens.

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how many does he have to have to keep the recruiting strong and not get the image of Larry Coker?

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Recruiting isn't going to depend a whole lot on how many games he wins. We recruit well no matter how we do in the previous season. As for his image, that too is controlled by factors mostly unrelated to how many games he wins. Hell, he won the national championship in '07 and still had the image of a half-crazed lucky SOB living off the recruiting of his predecessor. Whatever media idiots say will probably have a lot to do with his image, and they manifest their stupidity in strange and unpredictable ways no matter how the person in question performs. So, again, no set number.

For what it's worth, I think we'll win more than last year, in spite of the much tougher schedule we're playing this year. If I had to guess, I'd say 9-3 or 10-2 in the regular season with a loss to Florida and either one or two of Ole Miss, Alabama and Georgia. If it's 10-2 with losses to Florida and Georgia, then I'd say we'd have a decent shot at winning the west. If we do that, it'll be perceived as a very successful season.

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but even if Miles goes 10-2 this season, there'll still be morons ... who couldn't lead a pee wee team thru warm-ups...critiscizing the shite out of him.

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Of course they will.

When you take a job in the SEC, that's what you're gonna get and all the guys who take these gigs know that coming in.

Miles doesn't project well because of his relatively poor interviewing and speaking skills and I think he has to win maybe a little bit more than many of his contemporaries to overcome the image he projects.

At the same time his likeability also engenders fierce loyalty from some fans and the need to vigourously defend him seems to be very strong and almost personal among this group.

And this will continue to play out as long as Miles is here, whether we like it or not.

We can ignore it and probably be happier for it, but there will be no end to it.

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It all depends on how the games go, what happens during the season. What if Auburn and Arkansas have surprise breakout seasons and go 10-2

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there is no way that they should have "surprise" seasons with their talent level

that "surprise" season would be based on coaching, not talent (we have more), and that would be a black mark on miles

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What if we have a terrible rash of injuries?

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this is the only excuse worth anything

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and still had the image of a half-crazed lucky SOB living off the recruiting of his predecessor.

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i don't think anybody thought of miles as "half-crazed"

miles = conservative

i think lee gets too much shite and was the right choice for sure. JJ was raw as frick

the DEFENSE is why we sucked last year

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Miles was hired to take the program to a new level

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no he was hired to maintain

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no he was hired to maintain

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No, he was hired to take the program and be more successful.

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You weren't at practices or the film room nor did you have any contact with JJ to know how far he was along with his offense.

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What other option did Miles have????? NONE!! He should have played him vs. Tulane , instaed of waiting until he HAD TO USE HIM!!! I know you love Miles but he screwed up!!!

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well he's failed in terms of accomplishments then and should be under even more fire than the shite people like me give him

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Not really

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well he's failed in terms of accomplishments then and should be under even more fire than the shite people like me give him
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your an idiot