re: To all short-sighted individuals who want to get rid of Les Miles

Your post was too long, but I take it that you were making a list of the good things LM has done since arriving at LSU. I'll grant you that when he had two stud coordinators that he was very successful and recruited well. Other than the obvious shortocmings in the two minute drill that are unacceptable for any coach at this level, the to biggest mistakes LM has made were the Malaveto debacle and not firing Crowton at the end of last year.

Miles has to have great coordinators. He's just not that good of a game day coach. He looks utterly lost out there when the clock is winding down.

I used to be on the Miles bandwagon, hell, I was driving it.

I was pretty indifferent when we hired him. I was willing to put the problem of 2005 and 2006 behind and move on. I accepted the reasons and explanations and circumstances of those two seasons. The in 2007, I was a Miles Maniac. I didn't care about the inconsistent play, his quirkiness, and his style. I bought into "Lesticles" and "The Mad Hatter". His Saturday morning press conference was amazing. I dismissed just about all criticism of Les by pointing at the crystal football.

Now, and the last 2 seasons, the inconsistent play, his quirkiness, and his style is annoying, frustrating, and pisses me off. I don't know what "it" is, but the first three years, Les had "it"... "it" is gone now.

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He's just not that good of a game day coach. He looks utterly lost out there when the clock is winding down.

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lol, so he is horrible at his job?

Yeah, lets wait until after the ship sinks before we attempt to keep it afloat

It's not fair to Miles to not acknowledge the good things he has done while he's been here. But his failures and short-comings over the years are adding up quickly, and it's becoming apparent that he's leading this team in the wrong direction.

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Yeah, lets wait until after the ship sinks before we attempt to keep it afloat

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It's going to take rock bottom for some of these idiots to even notice what has been staring them in the face for the longest time now.

Has Les Miles done some good things? Yes. Has he done bad things? Of course. But the fact that this poor clock management happened, again, begs the question, should he be coaching football? The end of that game was an embarrassment to the game of football. If Bill Walsh and Vince Lombardi were alive to see this, they would be spinning in their graves. LSU went from the best team in the country, to having a rebuilding year, to being an absolute joke. Because that is all we are at this point. Yea, we are 5-0, but we shouldn't be.

Les isn't a bad coach. He is a decent coach with some very bad attributes. Overall, his teams are successful. Those things that he does poorly will eventually catch up to him though.

Les is the LUCKIEST coach I've ever seen. Other coaches have been lucky, but not nearly as consistent with their luck.

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They did, at Oxcart last year. The flag in the Tenn game yesterday saved his arse from being canned.

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Hasn't yet. Those are merely the symptoms you see. Eventually his talent will stop performing as well as they have been and the losses will begin to mount.

A coach is defined in many ways, and most importantly is the executive function, these days. His teams are successful overall...but the losses will mount soon. Most likely the end of this year and next.