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Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:36 am to DeltaDoc
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Lessons learned, right? Wrong.
EXACTLY, and that's the biggest problem.
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But wait -- suddenly, the official is on his headset. And now he's signaling something. Turns out, Dooley had out-Miles'd Miles, sending in his own subs to counter LSU's subs -- two too many, it turned out. What had seemed like The Mad Hatter's most flagrant clock-management breakdown yet had magically worked in his favor. Given new life, the Tigers ran another play, and won in the wildest finish this season.
Afterward, in classic Les fashion, Miles explained exactly what happened in excruciating detail, but in his patently strange speech pattern. At one point, he's yelling at his audience, as if the reporters were the ones who messed up the substitutions. Twenty-seconds later, he's chuckling and happy again.
College football runs the full gamut of coaching personalities. It has its charmers (Mack Brown), its evil geniuses (Nick Saban), its icons (Joe Paterno), its wizards (Chip Kelly) and its villains (Lane Kiffin). Miles has come to occupy his own category.
He's eccentric. He's maddening. He's widely mocked. Some would say his most appropriate label is "lucky." He owns a BCS championship ring, a .789 winning percentage at LSU and a 5-0 record this season, yet most of the 93,000 celebrants at Tiger Stadium on Saturday still want his head on a platter.
Mind you, only one of the Tigers' five wins has come against a respected foe (West Virginia), and it's widely assumed Miles' offensively challenged team will get its comeuppance soon enough, most likely this weekend at No. 14 Florida. But don't be so sure.
Embarassing....
It's like watching GW give a speech and having it attributed to you simply because you identify with a political philosophy that he supposedly represents. So is Les and his representing LSU fans. But you know, in all fairness, I could just think of him as our own loveable bumbler and laugh it off if he just executed with his actions as a coach.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:37 am to Chicken
The port a potty time machine is funny though.. I just dont get why so many fans are leaving the game to get more booze.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:37 am to Catman88
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Nobody else have a problem with this?
I do, but on field problems trump shitty fans.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:39 am to Chicken
I have a problem with a fan in the stadium that leaves early to "return to the tailgate" when our 12th man is clearly a deciding factor late in games. If you are going off to your daughter's soccer game, to see your sick father in the nursing home or to go run to raise money for cancer, then good on you, but to go back to the tailgate so you can get some more alcohol, not staying to give your full support to the team that clearly needs every ounce of help it can get, then your opinion means less to me than whatever you were depositing in that time-warping port-o-let.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:41 am to TheMungBard
With the way the team was playing against basically a HS team, Im surprised anyone stayed till the half.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:42 am to MSMHater
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While you continue to "be told what to think" by Les and the 10 other sunshine pumping positards who make their feeeling known every thread. At least your committed.
check out last mondays "jj to start" thread where i curse miles out for 90 minutes. im not a "sunshine pumper", i just dont give a shite what anyone in the media says.
This post was edited on 10/4/10 at 10:44 am
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:47 am to MastrShake
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im not a "sunshine pumper", i just dont give a shite what anyone in the media says.
Fair enough. "realistic" is all I ever ask for.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:51 am to Catman88
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My friend and I sit in the game until the third quarter ended. Go back to the tailgate
That magical port-o-potty should have dropped you back in the Jurassic period!!!!
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:53 am to MastrShake
So, because the guy looks a certain way he can't write good articles about football?
The game is not rocket science. Les Miles proves that.
The game is not rocket science. Les Miles proves that.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:56 am to pfunkTiger
Hot Tub Time Machine wasn't very funny
Port-o-Potty Time Machine was just sad
Port-o-Potty Time Machine was just sad
Posted on 10/4/10 at 10:59 am to Rex
les miles is good entertainment. the article shows that. if he continues to win he's going to be a favorite around the country.
it's so american to have a buffoon come out on top.
it's so american to have a buffoon come out on top.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:03 am to DeltaDoc
quote:You would think that would make sense, but I guarantee you that if Miles is fired there will be more than enough pundits out (that maybe just being quiet now) that will howl about his firing and make LSU look ridiculous. It may even be some of the same pundits that make fun of him now but will absolutely skewer LSU for giving him the boot.
I view it as a positive. For one thing, when Miles is canned after another winning season, the media will not jump all over LSU. Two, any would be coaches will see that if Miles can win 8 or 9 at LSU, what could I do with that talent? (Cue a picture of Gary Patterson)
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:05 am to otowntiger
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You would think that would make sense, but I guarantee you that if Miles is fired there will be more than enough pundits out (that maybe just being quiet now) that will howl about his firing and make LSU look ridiculous. It may even be some of the same pundits that make fun of him now but will absolutely skewer LSU for giving him the boot.
This is sad, but I concede your point. It is about selling and internet traffic, not about truth.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:07 am to otowntiger
No knowledgeable football pundit or fan in this country would skewer LSU for firing Les Miles.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:11 am to Rex
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So, because the guy looks a certain way he can't write good articles about football?
heres what mandall said about UGA, who is 1-4, on August 18th...
"Count me as part of the Georgia/national sleeper crowd -- and the reason is Richt ... On paper at least, this team actually reminds me a bit of the 13-1 team from '02 that was coming off an eight-win season.
I don't see Georgia beating Florida in the East, but a 10-2 record seems entirely plausible and may just be enough to sneak into a BCS bowl over the SEC title-game loser."
these people are idiots. who gives a frick what they think.
This post was edited on 10/4/10 at 11:13 am
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:13 am to Catman88
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"My friend and I sit in the game until the third quarter ended. Go back to the tailgate.
That is the perception that our fanbase has created...they would rather eat and drink than watch the game. Thus, the "best fans in the country" bullshite is just that...
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:18 am to Rex
I have supported Miles through and through. My dog is named Miles. After Saturday, something has got to change.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:25 am to Brett425
Mandel's piece today is completely spot on. And I have been for lack of a better word a Miles "supporter" simply because we seem to win with him as coach and he keeps recruiting lights out.
Watching games that he coaches is truly like watching nothing else. I mean, all football games' outcomes are undecided beforehand (at least, we like to think so) but his games go in directions that no one can see coming.
I got the feeling that Mandel's piece was part criticism part affection for a guy that's hard to hate because he does seem to be so clueless. As I said on another thread, he is Inspector Clouseau who bumbles and stumbles and always catches the bad guy in the end. We are all Inspector Dreyfuss, slowly being driven mad by a guy we all know is a bumbling mess, yet somehow keeps coming up with the right outcome.
We shall see if he is able to capture the Pink Panther (Nick Saban and Urban Meyer) very shortly. I'm thinking against Florida we will be down by 2 with time running out and because we haven't thought ahead the clock will expire before Jasper can get out to boot the game winning field goal so Lee will just line up whoever is on the field and heave it to Randle in the end zone for a game winning 32 yard touchdown pass as time expires. Something like that.
Watching games that he coaches is truly like watching nothing else. I mean, all football games' outcomes are undecided beforehand (at least, we like to think so) but his games go in directions that no one can see coming.
I got the feeling that Mandel's piece was part criticism part affection for a guy that's hard to hate because he does seem to be so clueless. As I said on another thread, he is Inspector Clouseau who bumbles and stumbles and always catches the bad guy in the end. We are all Inspector Dreyfuss, slowly being driven mad by a guy we all know is a bumbling mess, yet somehow keeps coming up with the right outcome.
We shall see if he is able to capture the Pink Panther (Nick Saban and Urban Meyer) very shortly. I'm thinking against Florida we will be down by 2 with time running out and because we haven't thought ahead the clock will expire before Jasper can get out to boot the game winning field goal so Lee will just line up whoever is on the field and heave it to Randle in the end zone for a game winning 32 yard touchdown pass as time expires. Something like that.
Posted on 10/4/10 at 11:32 am to Catman88
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My friend and I sit in the game until the third quarter ended. Go back to the tailgate
Nobody else have a problem with this?
I do. How can you go to a game and then leave before the 4th quarter of a close SEC game?
Very telling about our bandwagon/johnnycomelately/spoiled fanbase.
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