Sunday, November 22, 2009

Les Miles: I'll just let you read.

Our buddy Les Miles has broken new ground. After openly wondering for almost 5 years how such a complete, clinical idiot could possibly land and keep a job at one of the top programs in the country, it appears as though he has finally been totally exposed. It also appears that my dream of seeing Miles end up at Michigan is probably over, as no BCS conference team(except maybe Illinois) would ever consider hiring a coach exposed as such a buffoon.

Here's the NO Times Picayune Story excerpt regarding the coaching debacle at the end of the LSU/OLE Miss game, which LSU had no business being anywhere close in anyway. We pick it up after a long pass had LSU at the Ole Miss 32 with less than a minute left and 2 timeouts. 1st down.

Miles said a run was "suggested, " and Jefferson said he thought the team would run the ball as it was already in Jasper's range. But offensive coordinator Gary Crowton called for a pass. It fell incomplete

On second down, LSU again went to the pass, and this time defensive end Emmanuel Stephens came off the left edge and smashed into Jefferson from behind. The sack cost LSU 9 yards and forced it to use its second timeout

"We talked about a run, but we didn't want to turn it over, " Miles said. "Down a runner, we felt like the quarterback could manage the situation, and that was my mistake."

Ok, so running the ball carries a larger threat of a turnover or negative play than a pass. Stop talking. Just go into the fetal position.

Also, not only are you a moron, Les, but you're a dickhead asshole as well. Whos is this guy, Mike Davis, the former Indiana basketball failure? This is a man so desperate to justify himself that he is more than willing to throw his players under the bus at a moment's notice. You're the one who allowed a pass play to be called. Should he have avoided the sack? Yes, but don't shift the blame to your quarterback when you have made the mother of all clock management blunders.

On third down LSU passed again, this time a screen to Ridley designed to pick up some of the lost yardage and get out of bounds. It unfolded in disastrous fashion, as Ridley stumbled while dodging a tackler in the flat. He lost 7 yards and did not get out of bounds. He went down with 26 seconds remaining.

And then the clock ticked. It wound down steadily, as LSU players on the field and coaches on the sideline milled about chaotically. Finally with nine seconds left, Miles called timeout, and the officials announced it would be a 30-second timeout.

"We're calling a timeout to save as much clock time as we can, but then we're late relaying it to the field, " he said. "Again, I take that to myself."

Miles later offered a fuller explanation of the lapse saying he heard "timeout" being called.

"The timeouts were being called verbally, I didn't relay it to the official apparently, and that was the mistake, " he said. "We didn't know that the timeout had not been called. So then we come down to nine seconds and the opportunity to get a first down and make a play thereafter, it was a very long position to be in, so we decided to go for the Hail Mary."


OK Les. Which is it? Were you "late" relaying the timeout to the field, or did you utter the words "timeout" at some point and just assume that a referee heard you, let that be the end of it, and then ignore what everyone else in the country could see as precious seconds ticked off the clock? Both are horrifically inexcusable, but we're all wondering, because you said two contradictory things within 30 seconds of each other.

I'm not going to even get into the last play, when he claimed he didn't know who told Jordan Jefferson to spike the ball even though replay clearly showed him maniacally motioning for Jefferson to clock the ball on the sidelines.

This incident should permanently cement this bonehead as the biggest idiot roaming the sidelines in college football today

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