Let's be realistic about Les's coaching abilities

I think you are contradicting yourself with that statement.

I think his time is coming to an end. This year, Alleva fricked it up, but probably will see a repeat next year.

He appears confused, the offense has serious problems and it's systematic. I'm not high on Steele as DC either, though the team played well last night.

to be considered a good coach. you need to be able to develop quarterbacks. You also need to be able to change your gameplan when necessary

I think the man is a pretty damn good coach.

I do not think he is a LEADER. And that's what this, or any team, needs.

The players, once they get down or things aren't going to plan, fall apart and seem directionless.

Maybe that's more about the assistants, which is what I'm mainly thinking about when I talk about leadership here.

The assistants seem unwilling to deviate from the path Miles established, right or wrong. It's easy to say "that's what the man wants" instead of fighting the good fight. Going with the flow, even when you know it's a bad path is NOT leadership.

They are either not being allowed to lead themselves (a failure in top-down leadership) or don't know how to (a failure in vetting/hiring practices of leadership). The coaches seem more lost and less motivated than the players at times.

It's a big time program, lots of moving pieces. Miles himself can't lead all the players all the time. So he must delegate and lead those delegates. Just like he won't trust his QB, he probably doesn't trust his coaches either. Yeah, ego is probably part of it. But the worse it gets, the more he tries to do himself and the downward spiral of a 1 man show will continue. It's a self fulfilling prophecy driven by Miles personally not leading his leaders and trying to be all things to all people.

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I think we are stagnant and can't get to Atlanta with Les as coach. But that doesn't make him bad or even average. He's a great coach.

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Of course, now we can be assured at least 8 wins next year.We will play bama tough in tiger stadium but come up short as usual with this bozo.So glad you are happy!

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Les's coaching abilities

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good recruiter-very important in college
great motivator
players love him-I feel that is true of most player coach relationships though
x's & o's-not a strength...see most gameplans vs teams like bama

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And LSU will be damn good every year he is our coach.

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can't get to Atlanta with Les as coach

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This friggin generation and their "damn good" = about average attitude.
'Merica.

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man of character kind of senile

Let me ask you something, and I want you to be very honest. Did you think LSU would be able to get back to No. 1 after 2008? 2009? Did you think LSU would get up to No. 2 in 2015?