re: If not Les....then who?

some up and coming coaches

1) Skip Holtz - Got maximum value out of the talent that he got at ECU, even though he just signed with UCF, im sure that to buyout his contract that LSU wouldn't have to make it rain to the caliber of Pacman Jones

2) Paul Rhodes (Iowa St.)- Finished 7-6 last year with about the same talent level as Ricky Bustle. He's a great defensive mind and really is passionate about the game (see LINK) Guy has coached in the SEC and surrounded with good coordinators, could be special

3) Mike Reilly (Oreg. St.)- Another guy who squeezes ever last drop out of the talent that he gets in the state of Oregon, which isnt nearly Louisiana. Turned Sean Canfield into a pretty good player and at least made OSU relevant.

4) Greg Schiano (Rutgers)- Would be kinda hard to get him being how loyal he is to the guidos, but the guy is a winner and money talks, bull s**t walks. But, even though it was in he big east, the guy, when he had ray rice was a big time winner, minus that one trip to the tire bowl. Plus he would add that Mafioso persona to the sidelines

5) Jim Leavitt- Guy brought South FL. from a big east urinal to actually being relavent. Fired because he choked some kid, but built the USF program from the ground up, could develop some of lsu's talent into the next matt grothe or bj daniels and the asking price wouldnt be outrageous.


I hope that Miles does win enough to stay the coach at LSU, no one denies that he has some serious issues to manage. Lets all hope for the best, but this may be more along the lines of what alleva looks at as far as people willing to move up the coaching scale. Good luck to coach miles though, hope that this thread is a moot point in a few years

I'm in love with the idea of pat fitzgerald here

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I just wish Gary Patterson hadn't signed long term with TCU. I would LOVE his defense in Baton Rouge.

This has to be without a doubt, the stupidest, most dumbest thread EVER. The head coach for LSU is Les Miles. Here we are at the start of a new season, in the midst of recruiting and you start a thread about a coaching wish list?

This sends the wrong message to the players, recruits, and your team's opponents. You all are projecting an anticipation of a losing season so Miles can get fired and your fantasies come to fruition. What a band of fricking losers you are.

Amazing, 16 days till kick off, you guys still talking chit about replacing the coaching staff. Lets see if Curley is available, I remember those days, went to many games then, student tickets were just two bucks with your LSU I.D. Coach Miles and staff will have this team ready for the season, lets hope the fans don't bring them down with all this bull chit talk about coaching changes.

Coach Les Miles
Postgame Remarks
September 4, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia

Coach Miles: Well, that was a tough game. We prepared very thoroughly for this opponent. We studied them extensively. We game planned exhaustively. Our players competed hard in this game. But ultimately, we just couldn't overcome what some random people said on a fricking message board, and that's why we lost. Thanks a lot, anonymous bastards!

I read all five pages, and I remember the clamor to get rid of Charlie McClendon. It's like deja vu. "We'll never get past 7 and 3 each year. Why can't we beat Alabama? Three yards and a cloud of dust! Why doesn't he turn Bert Jones loose?"

Soooooo, we get rid of him and hire Bo Rein. A tragedy unfolds with his death, and the road to mediocrity is paved on into the next millenium. Do I think Miles needs to change? Damn straight I do! What will happen? I wish I knew, but I wonder if we will indeed be better off.

I do think LSU is a premier program for a couple of reasons. There is only one real big time college in the state. The recruiting base on a per capita basis is very good. The high school coaches are probably big LSU fans. There is money here for sports. The facilities are very good. AND, although you couldn't prove by the people on the Tiger Rant, there is great fan support.

As for who comes here whenever the present coach goes for whatever reason, I think its a pipe dream to think that Gruden, Muschamp, Pelini, and Jimbo Fisher will quit what they are doing and come here. I see Saban here before them. And who was Saban before he got here? From some accounts, nothing truly extraordinary. He had the makings of good caoch, but who knew how good? I knew more about Miles and Okla State than I knew about Saban.

The interesting thing about all these posts is that if you want Miles to do well or if you support him, you are somehow in league with mediocrity. Nothing could be further from the truth. I think this about him. He needs to win obviously, but he also needs to have his assistants looking like they changed, too. Short side field play drives me and 98% of the fans nuts.

This idea of playing for and winning a national title every year is delusional at best. Somebody needs a Prozac. What I do want is what I haven't necessarily seen in the last two years. We were tentative, confused, and outcoached in several games. I would bet that even if we have the same record now, but we had lost to Ole Miss with a wide right field goal, the criticisms wouldn't be as bad. The same thing goes for Bama. The interseption is valid. Lee comes in, and we die trying, but we still die. I want to be IN the game, not like the Hallman et al eras where you could go home in the middle of the second quarter.

Getting a new coach is like car shopping. Wouldn't it be nice if we could get .... Substitute your favorite name.

Mike Leach has a coaching style very much like Saban. He doesn't take crap from anybody, knows the game and is a risk-taker. It would be fun to watch.