re: I was wrong about Coach Miles

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I can't help but wonder if Crowton was what was wrong with this team in recent years.

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Ya think?

To tell you the truth, I think he has learned along the way.. Think about what he has done and went during to get to this point.

Bad Clock Management= corrected
Co Defense Coordinators = corrected
Gary Crowton = corrected
The belief of Playing seniors, not no more = corrected
Being predictable = corrected
Etc , etc, ect, etc, etc,

You know, I love Coach Miles. I wrote to him last year while I was in Afghanistan. He wrote back, telling me thanks for my service, and thanks for being a loyal fan. Shortly after that he sent me a autographed picture, and sent one to my wife and dad. I couldn't believe it, this was in the middle of the football season, and he took time out of his busy day for a fan. I don't care what anyone might say about Coach Miles, but one thing that you cannot take away from him is his Integrity. His integrity is what has made us love and hate him. He sticks by his guns and is unapologetic about. That my friends is integrity at its finest.

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Mercy, mercy Wisconsin, Oklahoma, our LSU tiger football team is obviously better then all the experts expected. And yes Les Miles and LSU's coaching staff has done just about the best job that a man can do.
Wow...

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I can't help but wonder if Crowton was what was wrong with this team in recent years.

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Unfortunately logic doesn't work that way. The rantards screaming that Miles is an idiot who can't coach are equally wrong as those who put the blame on coordinators/other coaches/circumstances.

All the credit for the wins go to him and so do the blame for the losses.

Miles is the head coach - he is the guy who got the BCS title in 2007 and the same guy who lost to arkansas and responsible for the UT bungle.

You cannot pick and choose only the good or the bad - but luckily for the LSU fans he is also the same guy who is going to be hoisting his 2nd crystal ball on Jan 9th 2012

I seriously can't believe we still have threads like this on the rant.

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I need to see another SEC Championship before I will admit it.

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Ok, be a holdout if you want - the party still goes on. And may I say that some champions win trophies and rings, but a precious few just ARE. For me, CLM and LSU together fall into the latter category - Champions, always - come what may!

I was wrong. The game management and verbal gaffs were getting in my way of appreciating his W-L accomplishments. With Crowton and Peveto and Mallory out, Les has the machine humming on the field and am sure he has learned a few things this year that will help the team off the field.

He is a man that looks to do things his way sometimes to a fault, but at the same time seems to have learned and adjusted when his decisions were not the right ones.

This LSU team has been the most fun to watch in my lifetime because of the different ways we have found to dominate opponents - running, passing, turnovers, punting, kick returns. You name an aspect of the game and it seems there is a different one every week that stands out.

First of all, you are young (I think - not a put down), but were not wrong.

Miles came to LSU and brought his incompetent buddies for the most part and then his loyalty to them, caused LSU 1 or 2 seasons.
He is not a good manager of people, but getting better.
i.e. Co defensive coordinators, Crowton forever, etc.

That was then and now is now. Miles, like most of us has learned from his mistakes and gotten rid of the incompetency around him while surrounding himself with much better coaching talent. He, also, in the process has learned much along the way.

The Miles of yesterday and the Miles of today are 2 different coaches. Give him credit for having done so, some never learn.

There is always also more to learn.