re: In all honesty, how many of you were disappointed at the time when

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Nobody here has ever been president of the US either. But I bet you sure do and have criticized him before

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Give up the rope, man. It's killing what's left of your brain cells.

It's tough to win? If Chad Jones isn't on the field we lose to Miss St. Teams are getting better there are coaches at every school know that know what their doing. (exclude Houston Nutt I think he's drunk all the time)

With high school weight programs around the country getting how they are smaller schools are getting players.

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Winning a national title shouldn't be an excuse for becoming a mediocre football team.

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That statement proves you are clueless or only a shite stirring troll.

Mediocre football teams don't play 1/1 in the biggest SEC bowl outside the BCS.

Tell me you are not as stupid as you sound.

What's so wrong with my statement? Had LSU not won it all in 2007 and the 08/09 seasons went the same, would people be so quick to defend Miles now? It's now two years in a row that the team has nearly imploded after the Bama loss. I'm happy we won it all in 2007, but it's not 2007 anymore. The program has changed since then.

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What's so wrong with my statement?

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You didn't say it changed from 2007. You said the team had become mediocre.

The SEC, the Capital One Bowl, the AP, and the Coaches poll all disagree with you, but don't let that stop you from crapping on the football team.

I'm so sorry for offending your sensibilities. It was more of a Miles rant.

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or all who can remember the Cholly Mac days, how many times did we hear similar discussions about LSU "almost-wins" and "what if it had ended differently?" what might have beens? Point was, typically Alabama and the other big names would beat LSU (with some exceptions) in those big games and the Tigers would again take their spot in the also-ran category, year in and year out. After all that has been accomplished in the past decade, I hate to think we're regressing to that old pattern. But I just don't see CLM as the man with the plan to keep LSU at the top instead of 3rd or 4th and ranked in the mid to high teens at season's end.

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The point wasn't to make the team sound better than it was, the point was to say that for the first 3/4 of the season, we were in the national championship picture. That fact tends to get ignored.

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I'd much rather see LSU playing and competing at the top versus strong conference rivals. A victory over a strong rival is much more satisfying than beating a sick puppy team. I remember how good it felt to beat then-mighty and favored UGA at home in 2003.

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As would I, but that simply does not characterize the dynamics of the division next year. I do imagine that Gator and Tide fans would have taken more satisfaction from their victories had LSU managed 10 or 11 wins rather than 8 or 9, but that was not to be.

The balance of power is cyclical. We've been at the bottom for a bit and seem to be on our way back up.. if we don't manage 10 wins I'll be sorely disappointed and it will have me questioning the direction of the program, but I did see strides in the right direction last year.

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The point wasn't to make the team sound better than it was, the point was to say that for the first 3/4 of the season, we were in the national championship picture. That fact tends to get ignored.

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That was based off our preseason ranking which is based off our reputation. I have a feeling the polls will not be as generous with LSU next season. After The Chik Fil A against GA Tech, it looked like LSU had fixed its QB and defense problems. After the blunders at the end of 2009 and our QB issues, I think LSU (Miles in particular) has exhausted its good will with the rankings.

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He went 51-15 over 5 years and won a BCS championship. How is that hire not graded at least an A-, if not better?

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so if he goes 0-12 this year, not gonna happen but just saying, he would be 51-27. good record, but will people still say, look he's 51-27 with 1 sec title, 1 nc, etc

I didnt know who he was at first.

Now, I am still very supportive and appreciate what he has done. The program has grown, been clean (for the most part), and recruiting has flourished. The last couple of years have been problematic, but the problems have always been addressed with solutions that have a high probability of success. The co-defensive coordinator thing was somewhat "in vogue" and worked well for some programs, just not LSU. Injuries hurt last year (especially tailback) along with offensive line chemistry, and the lack of experienced quaterback play hurt the year before (but that was done for the betterment of the program). But, most importantly, coaching changes have been made were definate problems have presented themselves. I believe this year we will see changes for the better.