re: rant myths

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as i said, if there isn't significant improvement next season, then i'm ok with letting crowton go. but i see the big picture. it's not just letting someone go. there has to be a viable replacement and those don't just grow on trees despite what college kids today think. the timing has to be right and that is something i trust miles with. regardless of what you think about crowton's stats this year, the offense was good enough to keep lsu in the elite of the sec. period.

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Wait....wait...if there's not significant improvement next year, you're going to allow Miles to stay??? You're going to allow Miles to say, "hey, obviously another guy I hired is performing so poorly that I have to let him go. It's not me as a head coach, you understand, it's these morons I keep hiring as assistants."

Since you're willing to let go of Crowton next year, when we're ranked 118th (that's about what the trend predicts) -- you'll agree that some people could reasonably say, no he should go this year rather than taking the chance that he might not suddenly reverse that trend because we don't want to see LSU go 5-7 next year with a completely inept offense. That's fair, right?

The offense was good enough to what?

Dude, this team was much closer to being 6-6 than it was to winning one more game this year? You don't think we could have lost to Georgia, Arkansas or MSU???

This offense wasn't good enough for 9-3. We were lucky. Please understand that.

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You don't think we could have lost to Georgia, Arkansas or MSU???

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but we didnt

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This offense wasn't good enough for 9-3.

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but it did

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there is a HUGE gap b/w florida and vandy or MSU

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huge is relative. in terms of starters, the gap isn't nearly as big as rantards make it out to be. it narrows even more when you're talking about teams in the same 3rd of the conference.

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les, a coach with a shaky history in hiring coaches, hired him after this failure

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again, there's probably some info you're not aware of. regardless of what you think about it and even if crowton doesn't work out at lsu, that doesn't mean the hire wasn't solid.

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that's why lloyd car led a revolution against miles last time, b/c he's so well-respected by UM?

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the point still stands. from all indications, mich wants miles. wanted him in '07 too.

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where does a requirement of 0 mistakes get born out of discussing an offense ranked in the 100s (out of 120 teams)?

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basically that you don't think the offense should ever have had any hiccups because of the "talent gap" pipe dream. do you honestly believe that's realistic? did meyer's offense take a hit this year without harvin?

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same arguments for 2008

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if you can't tell the difference between '08 and '09, then you need to reevaluate your football knowledge

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it wasn't that great this year

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better than you will ever give it credit

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or we just are mad that les fricked up another coaching hire

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this doesn't respond to my point. and as i said, if the o improves, the criticisms of crowton will be falsified

max, that response coming from you means my points are right on target

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i never said it was perfect. but it certainly didn't deserve the criticism rantards were giving it.

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sitting on a 3 point lead running horrible running backs for 2 yards a pop when you have a first round QB and 3 top WRs was beyond horrible and classic Les Miles conservative garbage.

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nd seriously, if you don't think that was the worst officiated game of all time, then you've got some serious mental issues

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and seriously, if you don't think that blaming all of Miles' shitty games on the refs is chickenshit than you are well you are bfniiii

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bfniii

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= biggest LSU homer, Miles worshiper, program crusader on the internet today. Do you EVER have any constructive criticism of the program? Cause if you don't, this is why all your arguments fall flat.

You remind me of the big boobed, blond cheerleader on the sidelines yelling "two bits", when we are down by 24 points in the 4th quarter.

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the problem is that rantards don't understand you don't just shove someone out without A VERY GOOD REPLACEMENT. those people are often locked up in contracts

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The goal is not to "shove him out", most reasonable people realize that Miles isn't going anywhere at least until next year. The goal is to light a fricking fire under his arse to do a better job than he has the last two year, to let him and the administration know in no uncertain terms that the fans are restless and unhappy and deserve and want better, and to fricking act like you care when you are out there coaching instead of appearing to be a disinterested, clueless observer on the sidelines.

This is one of the few forums that will allow for that kind of discourse and the LSU brass needs to hear it loud and clear.

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represents the university adequately.

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Have you ever heard the guy talk??? He makes Bush look like Obama.

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if there's not significant improvement next year, you're going to allow Miles to stay?

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i was referring to crowton, not miles. sorry about the confusion

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This offense wasn't good enough for 9-3. We were lucky.

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this is exactly the kind of unreasonable response i outlined in the op. we are 9-3 and luck is no more a factor than any of the others i listed