re: Perspective of Les MIles by "an old school Alabama fan"

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And in addition to the luck of the other teams losing that final weekend as well, you had NUMEROUS games that went down to the wire and you guys could have EASILY lost them. True, the better athletes won those games, but still. The Auburn game showed his TERRIBLE clock management skills, and you can't even argue that. The CB tips the ball up in the air and the game is over, Auburn wins. If JPW could have held on to the ball like a competent QB, we would have beaten you too.

In my opinion, Les Miles has had the superior athletes against EVERY TEAM he has faced since being at LSU. And he still loses 2 games per season? Don't get me wrong, that's a great record, but I could name several coaches that could put up those numbers with players as good as LSU has been fortunate enough to have.

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First off if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle. How many times do we have to go over the Auburns game. Are you retarded or something? It wasn't CLM's fault it was Flynn's fault for not getting the team up to the line of scrimmage. The play was called with plenty of time on the clock.

Please start naming the coaches that could do a better job at LSU than CLM. Nick Saban? CLM has never lost to an OOC team. Pete Carrol? I think the past two years puts him out. Stoops? CLM has never lost a BCS game how many has he? The Sweater? I think the blow out in the MNCG puts him out. You think of anyone else let me know.

Our talent hasn't been any better than USC, Tex OK, Fl, Georgia, Ohio St, or any of the other top ten recruiters, CLM has just coached them better.

You haters never mention what all LSU has been through since CLM has been here with all the damn hurricanes. I think he has done one hell of a job with this program.

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Well, let me be the first to say it.

Nick Saban is 'Bamas version of the 'Chicago Bears' Dave Wannstedt.

When Saban got a phone call from 'Bama Athletic Director Mal Moore in 2006, he must have splashed cold water on his face, looked in the mirror, and said, "I must be the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

I know that is what I would have thought if I had just come off 9–7 and 6–10 records in the previous two seasons at Miami, and then received a phone call offering me the Head Coaching job at 'Bama.

Then he must have smiled when it sank in that he was being handed a team that had more great athletes than any other team in the country—all thanks to 'Bama's previous coach, Mike Shula.

He must have felt like the kid who drives a Ford Pinto, being told his uncle Mike just left the keys to a Ferrari in his will!

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I suspect that if we lose to SC this guy will appear to have much more incite on the situation.

"Miles threw down the gauntlet several times this week, saying that every player’s job is on the line and that he won’t hesitate to pull the trigger on personnel changes."

I wonder if that applies to coaches as well.

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Nicky is very good

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He is a overrated gameday coach, see Arkansas and Iowa last second losses.

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Then he must have smiled when it sank in that he was being handed a team that had more great athletes than any other team in the country—all thanks to 'Bama's previous coach, Mike Shula.

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This is an absolutely stupid and rantarded post. I hope this was sarcasm.

Any team that finishes top ten in recruiting has loads of talent coming in.

LSU is this year where Florida was last year (minus the fact that Florida had a Heisman QB), and where Georgia will be next year. It's all cyclical.

When a Bama fan mentions the word "luck" in regards to LSU winning (as though it's the only reason), I roll my eyes. How many nights did I sit in Tiger Stadium seeing LSU lose to Bama because of some luck play?

Hell, against Georgia Bama was real lucky on a couple of their int's. A pass is thrown and hits the receiver in the numbers and it deflects off right into the bread basket of a defender that wasn't even expecting it. That's not luck...

The LUCK idea is really weak. Any team that gets into the BCS Championship game was lucky. The system requires it. LSU had one loss in 2003, and two in 2007, but gets in.

Auburn goes undefeated in the toughest conference in the country and gets left out.

Georgia has one loss in the toughest conference in the country and gets left out.

Miles had one bad coaching outing last year: Arkansas. He got away from the run and relied too heavily on the passing game.

His defensive was a bit beat up that game, but they played hard. Still, sending in a safety who didn't know what was going on, on 4th down when Arkansas had to get 17 yards for a 1st was a disaster. He had a time out and needed to call it to get everyone set. That confused safety gave up the first. That was coaching. That was the game.

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The LUCK idea is really weak.

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I agree 100%. Scoring on a 75 yard hail mary when you qb can only throw it 45 is lucky. Putting a game in the hands of your NFL caliber players is not lucky. Some of Les' calls are risky at times but what I don't understand about the luck argument is that many of the 4th down calls Les goes for are no-brainers to me. He's not going for a lot of 4th and 8's from his own 25 or anything. Most everything is 4th and a foot on the opponents 45. What's not to go for? Anyways RTR and I can't wait for November 8.

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He's not going for a lot of 4th and 8's from his own 25 or anything

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Actually, Chris Jackson threw a pass on a fake punt against Arizona State on the LSU 5 yard line. That was the first game for Les Miles as an LSU coach.