re: Letter to the Advocate - Unhappy fans

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This is called the rant for a reason.......people come here to vent. Would you like it if all we had were kumbaya threads, and we were celebrating that Curley Hallman, Smoke Laval, and John Brady were still coaching at LSU?

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+1

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Given that Louisiana is supposed to have a stellar pool of recruits next year it would probably be a good idea to leave Les alone until after National Signing Day 2011. Firing him next season will not help recruiting.

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I like your thinking but, do you think those big time recruits will stay for 7-5?

TigerbandAumunus...

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So, what's the "Regular Season" breaking point and just cause for termination next year?
6-6,7-5,8-4. What about another duplicate 9-3 and second behind Bama in the West with either a Bowl win or loss?

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I'd say 9 wins probably stay, 7 wins gone. 8 wins probably gone depending on the bowl outcome, season ticket renewals (for this coming season), licensing revenue, recruiting, etc.

TigerFan55555: I think I'm noticing a trend. People with lots of numbers in their name tend to be those in the "vent" catagory.

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Choctaw

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How many times was Miles mentioned this year as a candidate for a vacant head coaching position?

About as many times as Mack Brown, Tressel, Saban. You cant judge a coach on that criteria

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ever hear of twisting facts to make them support your argument there Choctaw?

sure no one mentioned those guys for different reasons
Mack Brown-best job in nation, highest paid
Saban- great program, big money, expanding stadim
Tressel- big stadium, big money, mediocre conference that he can dominate
Miles- cause nobody wants the fricker!!!!

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TigerFan55555: I think I'm noticing a trend. People with lots of numbers in their name tend to be those in the "vent" catagory.

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well, sometimes I vent when I see positigers just going nuts for a guy that is not worth the money we pay him...but I can be level headed and say that he should be given next year to try and turn it around...I however have no faith that he will...Not saying I want to see him fail...cause I want our team to do well and compete for NC's every year, but the so called "negatigers" are realist and we do live in a real world....I believe LM to be a good man, but should not be leading our beloved tigers...

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If Miles does go after next year it is imperitive that it's done quickly after the season and that a really top notch replacement is found to keep the recruits and maybe even improve the class (judging by USC and Tenn this year there seem to be a lot of coaches turning down jobs).

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I agree, talking with other coaches should be done before his firing...My first choice would be to go after Gary Patterson and not take no for an answer... I want a defensive minded strong diciplinarian...WHO BLITZES!!! BRING PRESSURE!!!

I give him next year. This guy is just beating a dead horse. What he's said is not original.

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Letter to the Advocate - Unhappy fans

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The stupidity is oozing out of the interweb and onto the printed page now.

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The stupidity is oozing out of the interweb and onto the printed page now.

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The letter wasn't stupid at all, it was factual and to the point. It also addressed all of the real stupidity, which is what we saw on the field this year from Les Miles. The writer has every right to express himself as he sees fit.

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The letter wasn't stupid at all, it was factual and to the point.

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There were maybe 3 items that could be considered facts. The rest was hyperbole.

Facts:
-With 29 seconds remaining, the ball was whistled ready for play. The ball was snapped with nine seconds left. Les Miles did not know that the clock runs following an offensive penalty.
-Penn State ran 75 plays. LSU ran 49.
-A. Wayne Stewart lawyer Denham Springs(not really a fact, but I had to stretch it to get 3 factual things out of that letter)

Hyperbole:
-The tragedy of the “Meltdown in Mississippi” is that there was no meltdown. The world visualized lack of preparation and inability to adapt, tempered with incompetence.
The country learned (what everyone in the SEC already knew) that LSU coach Les Miles is way over his head. In all human endeavor, you get what you tolerate. We have tolerated the insanity that is Les Miles for too many years. Our program is in free fall.
-We have a duty to demand the termination of Les Miles. He has coached our very talented players into underachievers.
He has embarrassed LSU and our state. MIM was not poor clock management. It was ignorance at the rate of $4 million per year. And we are paying the bill. We demand better.
Offensively, there has never been a game plan, a scheme. Random would be a compliment to the play-calling. Defensively, “bend, don’t break” keeps the score low, but it does not get you off the field.
- The failures are systemic, and they start at the top.
The secret of MIM is twofold. First, it is not a secret. The national media aptly dubbed the Penn State game as “The Dummy vs. the Mummy.” Second, it did not start at Ole Miss. It started the day Les Miles was hired. We get what we tolerate. Les Miles must be terminated.
It is time for the humiliation to end. The athletic director asked for his job. He should do his job.

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The writer has every right to express himself as he sees fit.

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No shite huh? Who said he shouldn't? I just classified it the way it should be classified: as complete BS.