re: Objective response here... please

I was skeptical of miles after the fricken Tennessee game in 2005. But since then, I have been and still am a big supporter of the guy. This is a down year. Before this year, he got blown out by one team, Georgia. And that was after 10+ straight games with no break. After the Peach Bowl win, I never doubted him again. That was a hell of a job.

2006 - we lost a close one on the road to Auburn and then to the eventual national champion, Florida gators. Then we were the at large team in the BCS

2007 - 2 losses in triple overtime, both times when we were the #1 team in the nation (we got those teams best shot)

2008 - Miles messed up there's no way to sugarcoat. The hiring of the co-dc's was one of the most boneheaded moves ever. Are we as bad as our 7-5 record? Hell no we're not. But look at what other good teams do once they start losing. It becomes contagious, AKA Bama last year. They go on a slide once they lose to us. Same thing with Auburn this year. Once you start losing, it's almost as though they start wondering how they're gonna lose it this time. It's become completely mental with this team now. You can see it in there faces (I was on the wall as they left the field yesterday). Defensive coaching sucked, but I think it has to do with players seeing it didn't work in other games, and in a way, giving up on Mallveto. I can't blaim them, but it's also unexcusable, because Miles should have stopped it before it got to this point. There was no senior leadership on this team, and that's on Miles too. There were a couple of games where I feel Miles got flat out out-coached. But looking back at his other years and other losses, that hasn't happened very often. And that's coaching in the best conference in America. This year he got beat by Meyer, Richt, Saban, Nutt, and Petrino, 3 elite coaches, and 2 great coaches who very well could be elite in very little time.

I still support Miles and have faith that he'll right the ship. I think we'll be sick next year. I think JJ is the quarterback of the future and I would love to see him and Shepherd in the back field at the same time. We should have a big year. And I really think we will. So, I have faith he'll correct his coordinator mistake and I think we'll be alright. That being said, if he does this again next year, I don't know think he gets the chance to do it 3 years in a row.

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Bring back Lesticles and the Mad Hatter --- we NEED that go for broke attitude to win!

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Les must have known we were f*cked this year. I heard none of that preseason bravado out of him like last season.

Initially I did not support him, but after the job he did in 05 with Hurricane Katrina, I then began to support him. He did a great job in 06 and then in 07 won the NC. Yes, they were games where they did not win pretty, but up until this year, he beat the teams he should have. In 05, Tennessee was a top ranked team before they sank. GA was a ranked team too. In 06, both Auburn and Fl were top ranked teams as well. Yes, they lost to Kentucky and Arkansas, but this was in triple ot. I am of the opinion that we should see what Coach Miles does with the defense and go from there. The offense has no issues. Yes, bad play calling, but we had the same thing with Fisher and with Saban, etc. Now if Coach Miles is taking the playcalling away from Crowton, then this is an issue, but up until yesterday, I don't recall this happening before. Remember, we were playing with a second, third and then fourth string qb. If Oklahoma or Florida or Texas had this, no way they win.

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Skooter

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+1. Well said.

I'm glad to hear the majority is still behind Miles. I was really expecting to get on here this morning and read how Miles should be fired for one bad mistake. I have a friend who coaches ball in college and we talked at the beginning of the year after he promoted Mallory and Peveto. He had the feeling this was going to happen this year. No matter how experienced the guys are at coaching their positions, and they both could be good coordinators seperate from the other, but assigning two guys with different opinions on how a defense should be run is a disaster waiting to happen, and we are seeing that first hand this year. I hate to even suggest that anyone should be fired, but this has got to change. I think Les is a good HC, but like any big time HC or a CEO at a big corporation, you are only as good as the people under you that turn the wheels. He made a mistake. He went with his heart instead of his brain hiring Mallory and Peveto, but he will have to do what every other big time HC or CEO has to do, correct the mistakes and go after the best you can get. Unfortunately, my favorite DC out there, Mushchamp, is the gayHorns HC.

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I've supported him because he has won. But this year has shown that he is an average coach at best without good coordinators. The thing I loved about Saban was that even if you didn't have a great DC his defense would still be good. He found good DC's though.

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Don't kid yourself....Saban was the Defensive Coordinator. He's an excellent coach...don't kid yourself. His coordinators were nothing but mere position coaches.

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It is coincidental that LSU hits bottom the year after Pelini leaves.

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no its not. les could have hired a guy 5 times better than pelini in the offseason if he wanted to. there is no coincidence as to why we suck this year

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We will find out how good he is next year. I think if he goes the safe route and hires a proven D cood all will be fine in Tigertown. Now, if he were to keep the co-cood or take a risk on the next cood my opinion will definitely change.

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If he doesn't make changes he's gone. There's too much money involved.