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Posted on 12/2/13 at 2:50 am
Posted on 12/2/13 at 2:50 am
2007 LSU is often labeled as one of the worst BCS title winning teams. I'm not really sure why. I'll admit we were lucky to get into the national title game with 2 losses, but that was also the result of one of the craziest CFB seasons in recent memory.
People don't seem to remember that the team was loaded with star power on both sides of the ball. Injuries killed the depth and it really started to show at the end of the season, but when at full strength the team was dominant, blowing out opponents early in the season and OSU in the title game. I think that team when in top form would beat every one of the SEC national championship winners during the "streak" except for 2011 Bama and 2008 UF.
People don't seem to remember that the team was loaded with star power on both sides of the ball. Injuries killed the depth and it really started to show at the end of the season, but when at full strength the team was dominant, blowing out opponents early in the season and OSU in the title game. I think that team when in top form would beat every one of the SEC national championship winners during the "streak" except for 2011 Bama and 2008 UF.
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Posted on 12/2/13 at 2:52 am to benhamin5555
deep thoughts
Posted on 12/2/13 at 2:53 am to benhamin5555
Lsu should have been 7-5 that year, you got lucky.
The sad thing is Miles is still riding that season, and you haven't done Jack shite since then.
The sad thing is Miles is still riding that season, and you haven't done Jack shite since then.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 2:56 am to Stonehog
BB gags on A big blue vein throbber
Posted on 12/2/13 at 2:58 am to LSUNV
I like Miles, but it's the same way that I like a baby turtle. He's just not an elite coach, but Lsu keeps giving him raises and extensions. It's like the rest of the country realizes what Lsu can't.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:02 am to Stonehog
I would take Charlie Wies over BB. Both could frick up a buffet at Denny's but Wies could at least win 3 SEC games a year
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:02 am to Stonehog
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The sad thing is Miles is still riding that season, and you haven't done Jack shite since then.
It's gonna take a while for my fellow LSU fans to come to terms with this cold reality. If not for that season, Miles would've been fired a while ago.
Les Miles will be the coach that wins just enough to keep his job and cruise to retirement. He's basically Mark Richt with a national title. Always playing the hell down to inferior opponents, not playing well against good teams but still good for an occasional upset. Mediocrity.
2011 will wind up being the outlier for Les Miles.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:02 am to LSUNV
Denny's doesn't have a buffet.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:03 am to Stonehog
They do for them two fat asses
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:05 am to Stonehog
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Lsu keeps giving him raises and extensions.
Pisses me off how he was able to snooker LSU out of a huge extension with an insane buyout.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:05 am to benhamin5555
It's not just that LSU had two losses that year, it's that those losses were to Kentucky and Arkansas. Those were really bad losses.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:05 am to Sentrius
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Les Miles will be the coach that wins just enough to keep his job and cruise to retirement. He's basically Mark Richt with a national title. Always playing the hell down to inferior opponents, not playing well against good teams but still good for an occasional upset. Mediocrity.
Sensible Lsu fan, I applaud you.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:07 am to Stonehog
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He's just not an elite coach
What would be your definition of an elite coach?
Be it NFL or NBA or college hoops or baseball - it is only the Win/Loss record and occasional division, conference and championship titles.
Do you have any other metric?
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but Lsu keeps giving him raises and extensions.
Maybe the administration likes a coach who has an 80% win record in the toughest division / conference.
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It's like the rest of the country realizes what Lsu can't.
What is that exactly? That LSU has a coach who wins but it doesn't align with or suit their style?
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:11 am to CalTiger
The rest of the country realizes that Miles is a lovable buffoon. Lsu pretends that he's an elite coach, even though he loses to teams like Ole Miss regularly.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:16 am to Stonehog
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The rest of the country realizes that Miles is a lovable buffoon. Lsu pretends that he's an elite coach, even though he loses to teams like Ole Miss regularly.
You didn't answer the question regarding the metric or benchmark standards for an elite coach, the requirements from an administrative standpoint and instead are sticking to a strawman argument with a purely subjective statement.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:22 am to CalTiger
Strawman? Hardly, I like Miles as a person but the guy hasn't done anything noteworthy in 6 years.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:24 am to Stonehog
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The sad thing is Miles is still riding that season, and you haven't done Jack shite since then.
i wouldn't go that far. 2011 was probably the best regular season in LSU history, plus he won the SEC that year. having said that, i don't konw that he will ever win another national championship. every year you see the same issues, like playing down to the level of competition, penalties, poor clock management, ect. on top of that, you have the recruiting issue in north louisiana. at this point, you kind of have to wait it out, becuase he won't be fired anytime soon, unless he pulls a brett bielema, or gene chizik.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:25 am to Stonehog
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Strawman? Hardly, I like Miles as a person but the guy hasn't done anything noteworthy in 6 years.
Umm he went 13-0 barely two seasons back - won the sec west and sec conference titles , took the team to the BCSCG. That qualifies as upper level elite for most coaches.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 3:27 am to CalTiger
The success Lsu had in 2011 had more to do with Matthieu than Miles.
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