That's a good observation, George.

I'd like to add to it by mentioning the weird phenomenon of the LSU fanbase flip-flopping about Miles. They went from WE LOVE MILES before last season to WE HATE MILES after the losses to Arky and Ole Miss back to WE LOVE MILES after they beat a weak Aggie team and a weak Texas Tech in the bowl game. WE LOVE MILES EVEN MORE after the Aranda and Dameyune Craig hires -- THEN after the very first game of the new season it's back to WE HATE MILES and not only that, they want him canned yesterday.

AND the story continues because the LSU fans already have Tom Herman coaching the LSU Tiger in 2017.

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Posted by SummerOfGeorge

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Posted on 9/4/16 at 6:02 pm to Champagne

It was not ridiculous to expect improvement, but it from LSU will be talented and experienced to "unanimous Top 5 team" overnight. And then it just kind of stuck.

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Posted by lsufball19

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Posted on 9/4/16 at 7:50 pm to Champagne

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They went from WE LOVE MILES before last season to WE HATE MILES after the losses to Arky and Ole Miss back to WE LOVE MILES after they beat a weak Aggie team and a weak Texas Tech in the bowl game. WE LOVE MILES EVEN MORE after the Aranda and Dameyune Craig hires -- THEN after the very first game of the new season it's back to WE HATE MILES and not only that, they want him canned yesterday.

not really. most people who disliked miles have continued to dislike miles throughout all of that and still do today. same for the people who like him, although some of the people that have defended him all along have finally started to change their tune

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Posted by Dire Wolf

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Posted on 9/4/16 at 7:59 pm to Champagne

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I'd like to add to it by mentioning the weird phenomenon of the LSU fanbase flip-flopping about Miles. They went from WE LOVE MILES before last season to WE HATE MILES after the losses to Arky and Ole Miss back to WE LOVE MILES after they beat a weak Aggie team and a weak Texas Tech in the bowl game. WE LOVE MILES EVEN MORE after the Aranda and Dameyune Craig hires -- THEN after the very first game of the new season it's back to WE HATE MILES and not only that, they want him canned yesterday.

AND the story continues because the LSU fans already have Tom Herman coaching the LSU Tiger in 2017.

I love les and want him to succeed but it's clear that isn't going to happen any more.

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Posted by Feral

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Posted on 9/4/16 at 8:12 pm to Champagne

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I'd like to add to it by mentioning the weird phenomenon of the LSU fanbase flip-flopping about Miles. They went from WE LOVE MILES before last season to WE HATE MILES after the losses to Arky and Ole Miss back to WE LOVE MILES after they beat a weak Aggie team and a weak Texas Tech in the bowl game. WE LOVE MILES EVEN MORE after the Aranda and Dameyune Craig hires -- THEN after the very first game of the new season it's back to WE HATE MILES and not only that, they want him canned yesterday.

AND the story continues because the LSU fans already have Tom Herman coaching the LSU Tiger in 2017.

This is so true.

I've never seen a fan base conjure (nonexistent) facts out of thin air inside the bubble of tribalism quite like LSU fans, wherein they basically talk themselves into believing something is true simply because they're talking about it.

They were going to be National Title contenders going into this year simply because they were telling each other that on message boards.

Miles was going to morph into a progressive offensive-minded football savant simply because they'd talked themselves into it.

Now Miles is going to be replaced by Tom Herman via the exact same methods of self-legitimization.

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