re: Tim Fletcher response to the Crowton thread - Crowton Staying

I guess we can draw from this that Les thinks having all that talent at Crowton's disposal and being 108th in offense is "quality" play calling.

There is such a thing as too much loyalty.

Les ownes Crowton now. He can't distance himself from anything Crowton does from here out. They are joined at the hip.

No running from it next year when we run a screen on 3rd and 1 or a short side option on 3rd and 14.

Les owns every play call next year.

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Les ownes Crowton now. He can't distance himself from anything Crowton does from here out. They are joined at the hip.

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Pretty suprised at this since he pretty much threw him under the bus after the Ole Miss game.....

I'm really nervous that Miles is safe next year regardless, and that's why he is so hesitant to make a change.

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I'm really nervous that Miles is safe next year regardless, and that's why he is so hesitant to make a change.

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Oh, no. That seat is going to be damn hot. Playing like we did this year will result in 6 losses next year. Mississippi State and Arkansas will beat us and I won't be surprised to see us lose to UNC & WVU.

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next season, if he doesn't like a play call, he may be the one to dial up what we run, rather than Crowton...

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BS....I call baloney on this, the dummy after the Ole Miss game said he would take more control.....and the result is the fiasco at the end of the Penn St. game which arguably was the most assinine call of them all.

so basically, the staff learned NOTHING from the arky game to the penn st game...

what he said, and what actually happened may be totally different.... both of us have no idea...

look at it this way... Miles hears the criticism of both he and Crowton... i'm sure he's smart enough to know we want Crowton gone now, and we'll give him a pass next season... by not doing this, he has to know his arse is now firmly on the hot seat... you have to logically conclude that he has some personal interest in doing this, b/c from all angles it's not the smartest thing to do... he's a gambling man, and this is ace in the hole...

keep the "puppet" OC in place, get more freedom to call his own plays, override Crowton's etc., and deflect blame when applicable... you don't think he's gonna sit there and say to Crowton "you know you should be gone, i saved your arse, now i'm calling the shots, and there's not a lot you can do about it"?

this seems to be the only reason i can come up with... of course, i have no idea, but searching for some sort of answer, this is all i could come up with...

he has the power to, but very, very rarely actually utilizes that power.... he trusts in the game plan that he and his coaches have come up with, and is willing to stick to that game plan, regardless...

Miles is ferverently loyal, and will stick by his guy/idea/gameplan, etc.... it may not be the way you or i like it, but that's him... right or wrong, good or bad, he's going to stick with what HE thinks is good for the program, even if it is pretty obvious it's not... only under severe circumstances will he make a change, and i don't think, in his mind, it has reached "severe" yet... he may not be around to realize it, when he finally does

yeah... a la Dumbnardo...

but it is what it is... LSU should have known what they were getting when they hired him, but they were so worried about getting someone to preserve recruits, i think they sorta overlooked alot of signs of the mistake they were making... and it's progressed and progressed and finally is becoming realized now...

Bump for the people that didnt see it yesterday.... And so they will quit starting new topics