Les Miles not a good first year coach?

Halo · 11-26-2005, 08:48 PM

I don't konw, I hear this all over ESPN, CBS, etc etc. They rank the top first year coaches and I agree with them that Spurrier has done a damn good job. But they always say Les Miles doesn't deserve credit because he arrived at LSU with a completely full stable of talent.

Personally I think they give him less credit than you think. It's hard to manage a team with fans and an administration that have GREAT expectations (over the top in some instances) and considering he started months before Katrina, the guy has done a fantastic job. They beat Bama, Auburn, and Florida in the same year, a first for LSU. There were unreal coaching adjustments made after the Tennessee loss, and the second half of the Alabama game said it all for me- a completely different team.

If LSU wins an SEC championship and finishes top 3 or 5 or better in his first year, he deserves as much credit as any new coach, if not more. It's got to be hard keeping it together in the LSU pressure cooker that's was put in the distraction frying pan of Hurricane's Katrina and Rita.

11-26-2005, 08:48 PM	#1
Halo Site Donor MONTHLY Join Date: May 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 20,867 Blog Entries: 45	Les Miles not a good first year coach? I don't konw, I hear this all over ESPN, CBS, etc etc. They rank the top first year coaches and I agree with them that Spurrier has done a damn good job. But they always say Les Miles doesn't deserve credit because he arrived at LSU with a completely full stable of talent. Personally I think they give him less credit than you think. It's hard to manage a team with fans and an administration that have GREAT expectations (over the top in some instances) and considering he started months before Katrina, the guy has done a fantastic job. They beat Bama, Auburn, and Florida in the same year, a first for LSU. There were unreal coaching adjustments made after the Tennessee loss, and the second half of the Alabama game said it all for me- a completely different team. If LSU wins an SEC championship and finishes top 3 or 5 or better in his first year, he deserves as much credit as any new coach, if not more. It's got to be hard keeping it together in the LSU pressure cooker that's was put in the distraction frying pan of Hurricane's Katrina and Rita.