Why does everybody hate Les Miles?

[drunkernhelldawg]

Just curious. He's got one of the best instincts for winning out there. However, he seems to be a non starter for a HC position. Just curious as to why.

[Doggie_Style]

Because he's a goofy grass-eating mo-fo that won't recruit a QB***

[Spiderman]

Just curious. He's got one of the best instincts for winning out there. However, he seems to be a non starter for a HC position. Just curious as to why.

If you are talking about here, he's too old, too old fashioned offensively , and we don't even have a fullback on the roster to run his worthless I formation

[ShotgunDawg]

Just curious. He's got one of the best instincts for winning out there. However, he seems to be a non starter for a HC position. Just curious as to why.

Because no one wants to run his offense & he was given ample time at LSU to change & evolve & showed he was incapable of doing so

[BulldogDX55]

Just curious. He's got one of the best instincts for winning out there. However, he seems to be a non starter for a HC position. Just curious as to why.

He did just pretty good with elite talent. His NC was with Saban's recruits. Known to make boneheaded decisions at crucial times.

[drunkernhelldawg]

Because he's a goofy grass-eating mo-fo that won't recruit a QB***

Is that really all? I thought it had to be some scandal. He makes it ugly, but he pulls victory out of his ass better than any other coach I've watched. Losing those close games is not necessarily necessary.

[redstickdawg]

Les is a good person, but would fail badly with the MSU system.

[Coach34]

Because unlike Saban- he refused to evolve on the offensive side of the football, which led to his firing. All he had to do was tweak his offense to more Spread and he would still be LSU's coach. He wouldnt do it tho.

[drunkernhelldawg]

Because unlike Saban- he refused to evolve on the offensive side of the football, which led to his firing. All he had to do was tweak his offense to more Spread and he would still be LSU's coach. He wouldnt do it tho.

I see that as a point in his favor. He was coaching to win the games, not so much to impress the spectators. I personally like that. Also, a coach that evolves in response to pressure is a coach that is not the boss. I don't like coaches who are not the boss.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Bc he still coaches in 1995

[BuckyIsAB****]

I see that as a point in his favor. He was coaching to win the games, not so much to impress the spectators. I personally like that. Also, a coach that evolves in response to pressure is a coach that is not the boss. I don't like coaches who are not the boss.

But he wasnt winning games with top 5 talent

[Dawgology]

He was an average coach at a school stocked with talent that had no real in-state competition for recruits. He didn't develop QB's either. Combine those two points and it's a recipe for disaster at MSU.

[Coach34]

I see that as a point in his favor. He was coaching to win the games, not so much to impress the spectators.

Thats the point- he stopped winning games. He was averaging 10 wins per year and then started sliding

2014- 8-4
2015- 8-3
2016- 2-2

their offense got worse and worse and they stopped winning to the LSU standard

[yjnkdawg]

Heck even Odell Beckham said he would have rather been in Canada's offense than Miles. He said that this would be the perfect offense, for Landry and him to be in, that LSU is running now. Miles didn't want to adopt his offense to modern day football, and wanted to be old school. We don't need that.

[Lloyd Christmas]

Les Miles is the exact opposite of what this program needs to keep growing

[drunkernhelldawg]

Thats the point- he stopped winning games. He was averaging 10 wins per year and then started sliding

2014- 8-4
2015- 8-3
2016- 2-2

their offense got worse and worse and they stopped winning to the LSU standard

I see your point. But for the record, LSU was 9-3 in 2015. Also, they would have been 10-3 had their first game (vs. McNeese) not been cancelled.

This is lifted from wikipedia:

The Tigers planned to open the 2015 season against the McNeese State Cowboys at home on September 5, however, several lightning delays caused the game to be cancelled. As a result, LSU will play a schedule of 11 regular season games for 2015. The Tigers officially opened their season on the road against conference and division rival Mississippi State on September 12. The other non-conference games on LSU's schedule are against Eastern Michigan, Syracuse, and WKU. This season will consist of the first meeting against the Syracuse Orange since the 1989 Hall of Fame Bowl where the Orange defeated the Tigers 23–10. Because of massive flooding to the Columbia, South Carolina area, both schools agreed to play the October 10th matchup at Tiger Stadium, while still treating it as a home game for South Carolina.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 6:30 p.m. #25 (FCS) McNeese State* #14 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana SECN Canceled[a]
September 12 8:15 p.m. at No. 25 Mississippi State No. 14 Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi (Rivalry) ESPN W 21–19 62,531
September 19 2:30 p.m. No. 18 Auburn No. 13 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Tiger Bowl) CBS W 45–21 102,321
September 26 11:00 a.m. at Syracuse* No. 8 Carrier Dome • Syracuse, New York ESPN W 34–24 43,101
October 3 6:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan* No. 9 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPNU W 44–22 102,321
October 10 2:30 p.m. at South Carolina No. 7 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana[b] ESPN W 45–24 42,058
October 17 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Florida No. 6 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Rivalry) ESPN W 35–28 102,321
October 24 6:00 p.m. WKU*dagger No. 5 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPNU W 48–20 101,561
November 7 7:00 p.m. at No. 4 Alabama No. 2 Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Rivalry) CBS L 16–30 101,821
November 14 6:15 p.m. Arkansas No. 9 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Golden Boot) ESPN L 14–31 101,699
November 21 2:30 p.m. at No. 22 Ole Miss No. 15 Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Magnolia Bowl) CBS L 17–38 60,705
November 28 6:30 p.m. Texas A&M Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Rivalry) SECN W 19–7 101,803
December 29 8:00 p.m. vs. Texas Tech* No. 20 NRG Stadium • Houston (Texas Bowl) ESPN W 56–27 71,054
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.