I thought we were hiring a poindexter to stand by Les Miles on the sideline to tell him when to call timeout? Les did it again by wasting 10 precious seconds off the clock late in the first half that all but ended any chance at getting in field goal range. When is that going to end? Obviously, never.
Yeah, there's a few posters on this board that would try and break your balls for saying anything negative about Miles. You know who you are. Les is little league, and you 3 are still chumps. :grin:
And about 50 who break your balls for saying anything positive about Miles. It's a forum for discussion, right?
When the situation warrants, I am the first to say anything positive. I can pump sunshine better than most. But beyond Les Miles being a man of integrity and a fantastic recruiter (the man of integrity thing works in his favor here), there is just not much there when it comes to preparation, game planning and game management that you can say positively about the man.
yea I was at the game and Les Miles was standing next to the ref yelling at him trying to call a timeout. he eventually had to clap his hands in front of the ref to get him to pay attention to him. I don't blame that on him at all. You may not have seen it on TV but it happened.
Speaking of time management . . . On LSU's last drive when Ridley fumbled the ball with 1:08 left in the game, UNC had no timeouts left. Les criticised Ridley on the radio for "trying to score a touchdown" instead of protecting the football as ordered. Why was LSU even running plays at that point. Why not take a knee?
Well if Ridley was "ordered" to protect the ball and he went out and tried to score a TD against the staffs wishes... then does that mean the team is not listening to Miles and the other coaches now? See that last part to me is kind of a no-brainer... take 3 knees and head inside. But then again, like we all know, Miles is not a strong clock manager. And with addition of Gonzales, I thought dropped passes would be a thing of the past... especially when their hit in the pads with the ball.
maybe because UNC still had 2 timeouts left and a first down ends the game whereas taking 3 kneels has us punting to UNC with 20 something seconds left. Sure it would've been less than the time they had with the fumble but hell Yates threw for like 170 yards on 2 passes already. whose to say we don't get burned again on a bomb?
