Personally, I like a lot of things about Miles yet, at the same time, I still have some reservations about some things that have yet to be answered for me. Overall, he definitely gets the nod from me because, bottom line, he’s produced “Ws’”. In addition to winning, some other things I really like about him is his class- no player arrests (that I know of) so far, family oriented, great recruiter (I think better than Saban), and sincerely cares about LSU and his players.
I do still wonder about his mental approach to, and how he prepares for games and I can go back to the Peach Bowl last year with the Cotton Bowl crap.....maybe that wasn’t his doing but I would have stood my ground and said I had a game to prepare for. We seemed unfocused for Fla. and during that week he seemed low-keyed and made the comment to the affect that it was not a big game. He may have been trying to down-play it to keep players from getting worked up but sheez. Ole Miss last night- which I did take for granted we’d cruise but had I been the Coach I promise I would have been harping differently.
It was broadcast last night that his halftime talk was along the lines that, “We can’t disappoint our Seniors”. Obviously, I wasn’t in the locker room, but if that was even mentioned, that’s bush league and sounds like someone who is dumbfounded. The coach needed to be in some faces and calling some people out and preaching accountability.
I like, have supported, and still support Russell but (even though the whole team was lax) maybe put Flynn in to begin the second half- wouldn’t have been worse). I don’t normally advocate that but have seen it provide a spark on more than one occasion. We won so he made the right choices but just like the Auburn game, if it’s not working, adjust, and/or change.
Now here’s the point I wanted to make: Just like fisherman talk about the “One that got away”, even if they win the tournament; or duck hunters leave the blind with a limit of ducks and talk about the pintails that they couldn’t get to decoy, so it is with college football fans talking about their coach after the game.
Why is it that we can’t be happy and still question coaches, play-calls, position assignments, etc. As soon as the smallest criticism is mentioned (constructive or not) the same sunshine pumpers interpret it as not being loyal. On the flip, when others try to point out the positives to counter, they get the koolaid crap. There are LSU fans who tend to point out negatives but others who are just as far at the other end of the spectrum and never admit to areas of concern- they can be just as annoying to the other. Are they any more of a fan because they’re always on the “Up” side?
Are we supposed to watch our team like we are oblivious to the “Game within the game” and just look at the scoreboard. One reason I enjoy this forum is because I learn a lot from both pessimistic fans and optimistic fans. Many here point our things that I miss during a game. I tend to watch a little more passively during the game, but it is possible to be a diehard fan and still question our coaches’. It doesn’t have to be black or white, at the end of the day, we all pull for the Tigers.
Just my thoughts on what I’ve observed the last 15 hours. Hammer away. :thumb:
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