re: Miles outcoached Saban

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Being that our offense was incapable of moving the ball very far at all, Saban should have been punting those field goals and pinning us down deep in our end of the field. Miles plays field position, Saban doesn't.
If the Bama defense holds us to a 3 & out they get the ball with great field position, (maybe) but instead he was giving us the ball close to mid field the whole game.

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Very insightful post. Bama should have punted instead.

i came here to post the exact same thing. for as good a recruiter and teacher of football saban is, and he really is, miles is 10x the better game day coach.

i have to give les miles his credit, he's an excellent game day coach. a good coach overall. he's earned my respect.


saban out thinks himself.

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When you have the talent and depth that LSU and Bama do there's no excuse for someone who can't plant on his ankle to be fielding punts.

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Agree. That was crazy.

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Why in the hell do you choose to play INTO the wind in overtime

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Damn, if true, that really was stupid.

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Saban had his team ready to play. I'm still not sure Miles did, but his teams have no quit in them...

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Wait, what?

Splain this, please.

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Miles outcoached Saban


Moron. I bet you are a Finebaum fan too.

If Williams catches the ball at the one . . . this is mute. If one of the field goals go through . . . this is mute.

Grow up and learn something about football.

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There's just too much to work with here. Where to start?

I wish we could mute typing.

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If Williams catches the ball at the one . . . this is mute. If one of the field goals go through . . . this is mute.

Grow up and learn something about football.

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There's an old philosophy in football....that if you need a big pass play, you want the ball in the hands of your best PASSER. Blame Maze if you want but the decision to run the trick play and put a hobbling punt returner on the field are one Little Nicky.

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He wasn't outcoached. We missed multiple kicks, the game should have never went past regulation.

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Woulda, should, coulda....

If Ware bounces outside at the end of the first half, we get 7 instead of 3.

Tell me who tackled Sheperd when he got behind Bamas coverage and caught that deep pass? Nobody. He just fell down.

Don't go down the path of what "coulda" or "shoulda" happened.

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There's an old philosophy in football....that if you need a big pass play, you want the ball in the hands of your best PASSER. Blame Maze if you want but the decision to run the trick play and put a hobbling punt returner on the field are one Little Nicky.

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this this this. that was some houston nutt type shite. WTF are you doing letting your WR pass the ball when you are on the freaking 20 yard line in a 6 6 game with like 4 mintues left.

you were basically 5 yards away from a national championship game. you get 5-6 more yards, and the FG is a chip shot, and he blew his wad


I have figured les miles out. He is the most conservative coach I have ever seen, and it's why he gives saban fits, because he basically says "okay, you are going to do somethings stupid, and i'm not, besides eat grass". miles figures, if we play long enough, you are going to do something dumb and we are going to capitalize. saban played right into his hands with that.