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My thoughts on LM the day after:
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:24 am
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:24 am
His history is to have us teetering on the edge of an all out mutiny just to pull us all back in with some miracle. He did it this year with the run we made after the Auburn blow out.
I'm pretty much done now, though. I can't come back from what I saw last night. It is the worst loss IMO in the ten plus years since we've been a national power again. There are literally no excuses. In a game where your offense is non-existant and you are a couple of scores down, you have to put Harris in looking for a spark. Anyone that knows anything about football knows this needed to happen. The fact that it didn't makes one think that LM has something very, very wrong with him. It may be something we don't know about behind the scenes. There has to be some piece of information that we don't have because on it's face what we saw last night makes no sense.
If there is nothing to this other than LM being a horrible coach, I have nothing for him at this point and have no desire for him to coach this team in the next two years considering their potential.
I'm pretty much done now, though. I can't come back from what I saw last night. It is the worst loss IMO in the ten plus years since we've been a national power again. There are literally no excuses. In a game where your offense is non-existant and you are a couple of scores down, you have to put Harris in looking for a spark. Anyone that knows anything about football knows this needed to happen. The fact that it didn't makes one think that LM has something very, very wrong with him. It may be something we don't know about behind the scenes. There has to be some piece of information that we don't have because on it's face what we saw last night makes no sense.
If there is nothing to this other than LM being a horrible coach, I have nothing for him at this point and have no desire for him to coach this team in the next two years considering their potential.
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 10:27 am
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Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:27 am to Scoop
I really do think that all parties involved (Miles, Michigan) need a change of scenery. It would benefit everyone I think. The SEC West has passed Les by. We need a modernized coach to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Malzahn, Mullen, etc.
Thanks for the memories, Les, but it's time to move on.
Thanks for the memories, Les, but it's time to move on.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:28 am to Scoop
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you have to put Harris in looking for a spark
Les claimed after the game there was never a good time for the switch. Tells you a lot, if not most, of what we need to know about his game day decision making.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:29 am to Scoop
i enjoy his want to play a physical style of football but that does not mean we must relegate ourselves to lining up with two tight ends and a fullback on first and second down and run straight into the middle of a 9-man box to leave our limited quarterback to face a third-and-long scenario. it just sets the qb and the rest of the guys up for failure.
we can me more diverse with our running attack, we can play to jennings' strengths like getting him on the move and throwing on ear ly downs (i think even JJ had some success with this strategy)
our passing game is terrible, our o-line can not pass block, jennings has no pocket presence and most of our receivers struggle to get open. our tight ends just block or run safety valve 4-yard routes on third-and-nine.
you just can not defend this stuff. its not fair to the players. im just glad there is not another home game because i would genuinely fear a strong backlash towards the coaching staff in the form of many empty seats and loud booing noises.
we can me more diverse with our running attack, we can play to jennings' strengths like getting him on the move and throwing on ear ly downs (i think even JJ had some success with this strategy)
our passing game is terrible, our o-line can not pass block, jennings has no pocket presence and most of our receivers struggle to get open. our tight ends just block or run safety valve 4-yard routes on third-and-nine.
you just can not defend this stuff. its not fair to the players. im just glad there is not another home game because i would genuinely fear a strong backlash towards the coaching staff in the form of many empty seats and loud booing noises.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:29 am to Erin Go Bragh
Hmm down 10-0 with Jennings obviously not getting it done seemed like the perfect time to me.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:30 am to Scoop
During the JJ/JL fiasco I said that there must be some information about those players or Miles or something that we do not have. Well, JJ and JL are no longer in the program, but Miles is. Draw your own conclusions.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:30 am to Chimlim
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Hmm down 10-0 with Jennings obviously not getting it done seemed like the perfect time to me.
Agreed. Not sure what conditions Les was waiting for.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:31 am to Chimlim
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Hmm down 10-0 with Jennings obviously not getting it done seemed like the perfect time to me.
After the Jennings fumble, he truly should have been benched right then. Even that was too late, but an actual legit time to make the switch.. and Miles stubbornly went down to the end with his AJ.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:33 am to Erin Go Bragh
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Les claimed after the game there was never a good time for the switch. Tells you a lot, if not most, of what we need to know about his game day decision making.
Yeah, I don't think he fully understands how bad that excuse sounds.
A head coach who is actually engaged will FIND a spot to get the kid in.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:34 am to Scoop
Geaux Miles!!
To Michigan, that is.
To Michigan, that is.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:40 am to Scoop
I think Les saw that it was not just Jennings who failed to show up; it was the entire offense. And while this is clearly a responsibility of the head coach to get his team ready (and Les failed in this regard), I think that he did not want to throw his freshman QB out to the wolves just to have his confidence potentially shaken.
Not saying it's a good reason; but the only one I can think of. Les is still haunted by the ghost of Lee's early career pick 6's
Not saying it's a good reason; but the only one I can think of. Les is still haunted by the ghost of Lee's early career pick 6's
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:42 am to Godfather1
I'm still waiting on some reason why Harris was never put in. LM saying there wasn't a good spot to do so makes him either dishonest or totally incompetent.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:43 am to funnystuff
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I think Les saw that it was not just Jennings who failed to show up; it was the entire offense. And while this is clearly a responsibility of the head coach to get his team ready (and Les failed in this regard), I think that he did not want to throw his freshman QB out to the wolves just to have his confidence potentially shaken.
horseshite
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:43 am to Erin Go Bragh
look les is just the head football coach, he can't control who goes in and out of the game. He just has a want to insert guys but can't insert them. Its weird but our head coach actually has no control of what is going on with his team.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:45 am to Scoop
per randy rossetta, supposedly harris did some media (that mighty shreverport radio, son) without getting permission
so if that's right, he's probably "benched" or "suspended" or however you want to describe it. miles can't put him in if that's the case
or miles is just in love with AJ like he was in love with JJ
so if that's right, he's probably "benched" or "suspended" or however you want to describe it. miles can't put him in if that's the case
or miles is just in love with AJ like he was in love with JJ
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:47 am to funnystuff
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I think that he did not want to throw his freshman QB out to the wolves just to have his confidence potentially shaken.
Even before kickoff last night, whether we finish 7-5 or 9-3 was immaterial. All it amounts to is which shitty, 2nd tier bowl the SEC throws us into, when they're basically all the same.
Last night's game was meaningless for us. There was ZERO reason not to get Harris meaningful snaps.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:48 am to funnystuff
You are in a room on fire. The heat is searing, the smoke toxic.
There are two doors. Door A you've tried. There's a brick wall behind it. You pushed, you've clawed, you've slammed into it. It ain't giving.
You haven't tried door B but you suspect that there's a black hole or maybe another brick wall behind it. But you don't know. You haven't really tried it.
Do you burn and die a painful death, run into the brick wall again (and die a painful death), or does the pain of the fire cause you to dismiss the fear of the unknown and try door B.
CLM will run into the brick wall again and die painfully.
There are two doors. Door A you've tried. There's a brick wall behind it. You pushed, you've clawed, you've slammed into it. It ain't giving.
You haven't tried door B but you suspect that there's a black hole or maybe another brick wall behind it. But you don't know. You haven't really tried it.
Do you burn and die a painful death, run into the brick wall again (and die a painful death), or does the pain of the fire cause you to dismiss the fear of the unknown and try door B.
CLM will run into the brick wall again and die painfully.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:50 am to Scoop
I want to know why AJ gets passes for his many bad games, while Quinn is benched for one bad game.
The offense looks like they quit on the coach.
I wanted to see Harris, but our staff doesn't devise a scheme that best utilizes our talent at QB, and until that happens, both Jennings and Harris will be in a rut under center.
The offense looks like they quit on the coach.
I wanted to see Harris, but our staff doesn't devise a scheme that best utilizes our talent at QB, and until that happens, both Jennings and Harris will be in a rut under center.
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 10:52 am
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:50 am to I20goon
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There are two doors. Door A you've tried. There's a brick wall behind it. You pushed, you've clawed, you've slammed into it. It ain't giving. You haven't tried door B but you suspect that there's a black hole or maybe another brick wall behind it. But you don't know. You haven't really tried it. Do you burn and die a painful death, run into the brick wall again (and die a painful death), or does the pain of the fire cause you to dismiss the fear of the unknown and try door B.
Logic would dictate door B, since you clearly didn't get INTO the room via door A.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:52 am to S
It's called "coaching" and is something we don't have
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