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re: Was les miles ever actually good at coaching?
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:05 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:05 pm to RollTide1987
Only four active coaches have won a national title.
Only 7 have even played for one.
That's pretty pathetic.
Only 7 have even played for one.
That's pretty pathetic.
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Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:07 pm to shotcaller1
Miles was a great recruiter, a "Players Coach", entertaining personality, and absolute trash game coach. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.
ETA: And he would have won MORE national titles, if he had been a better Game coach. The talent and tools at LSU were unquestionable.
ETA: And he would have won MORE national titles, if he had been a better Game coach. The talent and tools at LSU were unquestionable.
This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:08 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Ole Miss fans talked shite about Les for 12 years now suddenly he's this great coach
Les did a better job beating LSU when Ole Miss was playing them than Ole Miss did. Fact.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:10 pm to BoarEd
Les was very good in his his heyday. Anyone denying that is either trolling or dumb.
The real question is if, in his mid 60's, he could reinvent himself and have a second act to his career? It's definitely possible, it could be that getting fired at LSU was what it took to open his eyes to modernizing his approach... if he had hired a Matt Canada last offseason and let them do their thing I think Les would almost certainly still be the coach at LSU today.
However, it's more likely that once in a new job he would revert back to what he knows, bad habits and outdated thinking are a part of that for 2017 Les. I don't think it would work out.
The real question is if, in his mid 60's, he could reinvent himself and have a second act to his career? It's definitely possible, it could be that getting fired at LSU was what it took to open his eyes to modernizing his approach... if he had hired a Matt Canada last offseason and let them do their thing I think Les would almost certainly still be the coach at LSU today.
However, it's more likely that once in a new job he would revert back to what he knows, bad habits and outdated thinking are a part of that for 2017 Les. I don't think it would work out.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:12 pm to DownSouthJukin
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Les did a better job beating LSU when Ole Miss was playing them than Ole Miss did. Fact.
Eh sometimes.
Ole Miss will always play LSU tough, y'all care about the game more than we do. I'm not trying to troll, that's just a fact. Every LSU coach good or bad as has struggled against Ole Miss more than they should have because of it.
Well, all of them except Ed
This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:12 pm to BoarEd
Who are they?
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:14 pm to blzr
Well, you have one of the seven.
Everyone give Auburn a round of applause.
Everyone give Auburn a round of applause.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:14 pm to blzr
Saban, Dabo, Urban, Jimbo are the 4 who have won.
Gus and Brian Kelly are 2 of the other 3 who have played. Can't think of the 7th.
Gus and Brian Kelly are 2 of the other 3 who have played. Can't think of the 7th.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:15 pm to BoarEd
Harder than a job in the military, working in a warehouse or farm work?
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:18 pm to jj06
Easily man.
And I've done all three.
And I've done all three.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:19 pm to BoarEd
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It's also exactly why, in a few years, LSU fans are going to be super pissed that they fired Miles. Orgeron has proven exactly the OPPOSITE of being able to maintain a winning program.
I don't like the Coach O hire either, but it was time for Miles to go.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:22 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
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How many coaches can say they were the HC in 2 national championships?
Larry Coker
You can guess what they have in common.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:24 pm to BoarEd
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From where I sit, the LSU admin are ALMOST as fricking stupid as the Ole Miss admin.
Fat Bert is your coach and you are talking shite about other programs? You sure you want to make yourself look that stupid?
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:26 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Can't think of the 7th.
Frank Solich...he's still coaching but at Ohio
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:36 pm to shotcaller1
Les sure won a lot of games for not being a good coach
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:41 pm to shotcaller1
Jesus. Ten wins a season over a decade in the toughest conference in the country and dumb asses are still starting these threads.
FYI - just so you know- Saban lost four games in his last year at LSU and he lost less than three games at LSU - once.
FYI - just so you know- Saban lost four games in his last year at LSU and he lost less than three games at LSU - once.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 1:33 am to BoarEd
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Only four active coaches have won a national title.
That's absolutely incredible. Kind of makes you wonder what the rest of the schools are playing for. I don't mean that harshly, it's just hard math. There are 130 head coaches in the FBS and only four of them have won national titles.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 2:23 am to shotcaller1
He was a good motivator, recruiter, and program manager. It just got stale after 2011. His message didn't carry the same weight as it did before and the program lost its edge under him.
OBJ, Landry, Hill, and Mett bailed him out in 2013, a great defense bailed him out towards the end of 2014, and LF7 bailed him out in 2015. There hasn't been a complete team in BR since 2011 and it's largely because of Miles. Losing the opener against Wisconsin last year truly showed just how far the game had passed him by. He refused to adapt (offense) and refused to do what was best for the program (not firing Cameron).
OBJ, Landry, Hill, and Mett bailed him out in 2013, a great defense bailed him out towards the end of 2014, and LF7 bailed him out in 2015. There hasn't been a complete team in BR since 2011 and it's largely because of Miles. Losing the opener against Wisconsin last year truly showed just how far the game had passed him by. He refused to adapt (offense) and refused to do what was best for the program (not firing Cameron).
Posted on 7/25/17 at 3:51 am to shotcaller1
Sumlin would probably say Les is a great coach. Aggies would lucky if he succeeds Sumlin.
Les is one of the 5 best coaches or his generation.
Les is one of the 5 best coaches or his generation.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 3:56 am to rmnldr
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He refused to adapt (offense)
Etling was injured and out for that game. If Etling plays that game LSU wins. There was about 35 seconds left when Etling threw the winning TD pass against Auburn. Clock operators cheated just like Florida did in 2015 vs Tennessee.
Les was 3-1 when he was fired and had to play the backup in the one game he lost.
This post was edited on 7/25/17 at 3:59 am
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