Kevin Sumlin vs. Les Miles

And so a lot of people are still missing the boat on why Les Miles got fired. It had nothing to do with his being 2-2 after 4 games. It was all about his having promised to make changes re his offense and his flagrant thumbing of the nose toward those to whom he'd so promised. It's pretty apparent to me that during this past offseason he decided, "I've got Leonard Fournette. Screw 'em. We're gonna play like it's 1975 and we're gonna win that way and all these dumb arse coonass fans can kiss my arse."

I'm pert certain that if he HAD made changes toward evolving and was yet 2-2 then he would still have his job right now. LSU fans would be saying, "Well, it sucks that we're 2-2, but at least we've lost those 2 games striving to evolve. Let's give Les some time; he'll figure it out."

On the opposite side of this coin we find Kevin Sumlin. The Kevin Sumlin of 2016 and the Kevin Sumlin of 2012 are two completely different entitities. Two different people. Life is change. No changes are permanent, but change is. And all of that. And Kevin Sumlin has fired one offensive and two defensive coordinators in his short tenure at A&M, amongst making all manner of both "drastic" and "subtle" changes. (Another offensive coordinator left to take a head coaching position). He has allowed his philosophies to evolve with no emphasis on pride and no hint of self-assuredness.

And since emotion is the enemy of reason, and pride and self-assuredness are manifestations of emotion, then it is reasonable to aver that Coach Sumlin is the better type of man.