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re: What's the Rant's opinion of Les Miles as a coach?
Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:46 am to m2pro
Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:46 am to m2pro
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He was the weirdest anomaly. I think LSU made him better than he was. I think he benefitted a lot by what he inherited. He was clearly a good recruiter. I think probably a below average X's and O's coach, but a great manager of staff. A bit too loyal. Was clearly a player's coach from all the things I remember. He knew his role, and i think that was his chief wisdom.
Pretty much nailed it.
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Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:48 am to PSS101
Great recruiter
Boring but effective offense until it wasn’t. Then it was just boring and shitty.
Responsible for the worst LSU game in my lifetime at least
Boring but effective offense until it wasn’t. Then it was just boring and shitty.
Responsible for the worst LSU game in my lifetime at least
Posted on 6/13/25 at 8:09 am to Swagga
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Saban ran circles around him because of his willingness to adapt to the modern offense. Les could never do it and it was his downfall.
ALABAMA 7 Les Miles 5
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:57 am to PSS101
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What's the Rant's opinion of Les Miles as a coach?
His wife was off limits around here.
That’s all I’ve got.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 10:06 am to PSS101
X-O’s- average
Game management- horrendous
Recruiter- good
Motivator- great
Entertainment- top shelf
Some of the best football games in LSU history was while he walked the sidelines but also some the most head scratching.
Game management- horrendous
Recruiter- good
Motivator- great
Entertainment- top shelf
Some of the best football games in LSU history was while he walked the sidelines but also some the most head scratching.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:34 pm to PSS101
Championships
1 national (2007)
2 SEC (2007, 2011)
3 SEC Western Division (2005, 2007, 2011)
1 national (2007)
2 SEC (2007, 2011)
3 SEC Western Division (2005, 2007, 2011)
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:38 pm to PSS101
I remember being scared that A&M was going to hire him away from Oklahoma State. But of course they didn't, which means he probably would've won them championships.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 1:23 pm to MtVernon
Miles was a good coach but didn't make the right adjustments later in his career. He was mostly a great game manager as well.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 5:23 pm to jangalang
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He was mostly a great game manager as well.
Just lol!!
Les had his strengths, but game management certainly wasn’t one of them. Lol
Posted on 6/13/25 at 5:25 pm to Tammany Tom
Ok. I am going to pretend he didnt nearly beat Auburn at the buzzer like three times.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:05 pm to PSS101
Top 5 all time from when I started watching CFB
You’d run through a wall for coach miles
You’d run through a wall for coach miles
Posted on 6/13/25 at 8:23 pm to jangalang
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Ok. I am going to pretend he didnt nearly beat Auburn at the buzzer like three times
2005 Tennessee, 2009 Ole Miss, 2010 Tennessee, 2012 Alabama, 2012 Clemson & 2016 Wisconsin all strongly disagree with you.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 8:56 pm to PSS101
Can’t read a Clock ! And can’t speak the Kings English.
This post was edited on 6/13/25 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:41 pm to harmonics
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Good coach with some of the worst qb play I've ever seen.
It was bad. Playcalling was from tecmo bowl.
O line was terrible pass blockers for mett. He could throw atleast.
Another thing. How did nobody not just play safe fg or safe punt on D everytime after the first 2 years. That stupid shite worked way too much for him
This post was edited on 6/13/25 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:47 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Good coach but there was something missing in his thought process. He couldn’t understand clock management. It was if his brain simply couldn’t grasp it and you wondered what was wrong with him.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:50 pm to ulmtiger
I was there for tenn in 2010. That was the dumbest clock management I have ever seen in any sport. Never heard fans boo after a win. I was one of them
Posted on 6/13/25 at 10:53 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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2012 Alabama
One of the best nights in Tiger Stadium that wasn't.
I think you can only understand both the joy and agony of Les Miles if you were a die hard LSU fan from 2005-2016.
IMO, he squandered away the 2006 team which was actually better than the 2007 team. I think that was his inability as an X's and O's guy showing early and then being compensated for by talent.
Then the 2007 was the unforgettable year that should have been. Only 2 loss champion of the BCS area. Lucked his way into the Championship Coach realm.
The rest was just a roller coaster of shite QB's and a guy who refused to change. You knew you were not going to lose to many inferior teams, you got used to winning every opener and dominating OOC teams (til the end), you knew you were going to win most games in ridiculous ways, lose a few the same, and probably never get blown out.
Then you had to deal with the fact that Alabama became a machine and kind of the anti-Les with essentially the same talent year in and year out. And happened to beat us nearly every time.
Les was a "right place, right time" kind of hire at a place that was in a right place, right time stage.
Brian Kelly is just a more polished version of Les Miles with half the accomplishments.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 10:57 pm to PSS101
Good coach, didn’t adjust to this day an age of football. If you somewhat try at recruiting you’re gonna have a great class at lsu, with the tons of athletes in Louisiana and BR recruits itself. Grass connoisseur
Posted on 6/13/25 at 11:04 pm to LSUShock
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Brian Kelly is just a more polished version of Les Miles with half the accomplishments.
I don't know about all that.
Miles' biggest flaw was his stubbornness and refusal to change; Kelly has publicly admitted to being wrong at times and has made attempts to adjust.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 11:16 pm to SidewalkTiger
There will never be another coach other than Les Miles to run halfback toss 15-20 times a game. Crazy how much the game has changed.
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