He will be successful. He has all the cards stacked in his favor to be a big success. Not many coaches just waltz into this situation. He proved that he can coach guys that were not big winners. Guys that were there b/c they werent good enough for the Big school in the state. I think that proves something about a coach. That is why I admire guys like Larry Brown. Brown won with guys no one else wanted. Granted, thats the NBA and they all should be great, but still he flat out coached. Not everyone can be Phil Jackson and be made into a genious b/c you coached 3 of the best players ever. Not to mention he had a little fella with LSU ties named Tex Winters. Back to Miles, I dont see how he can fail. Atleast right now he cant. There are too many good things going for LSU at this point. Miles will lose games. Miles will have seasons that he only wins 7 games. It happens. It is sports. He inherits a team where he doesnt have to coach as hard as he did at state. Not saying that he isnt busting his ass out there, but here, he's got so much talent that he can call the plays, step out of the way and let the talent do the walking. I love his intensity though. His voice is always rough and has a raspy quality to it like his ready to go to war. He has a fire and a passion in his eyes. He's intense man. In the let r rip clip, he looks like a freaking mad man. I love that. I love a coach that says, " Boys, You give me all you got, I'm gunna give you all I got." " Id run through a wall for you". Coaches like that. The Dick Vermeils of the world. Guys that are emotional and arent afraid to show it. Players respond to that. He seems like he'll be a coach that will feed off the crowd just like players. He's not a stiff. I wouldnt be surprised to see that dude standing on a bench and waving a towel. Taht is the kind of guy he is. Will he go undefeated this year? Probly not. But, he was a great hire and he's gunna keep the recent winning tradition of LSU going.
I like Miles and think he will do well, especially with the talent that he was fortunate to inherit. Earlier this week, an Okla St. fan called into a local Houston sports show and blamed Miles for that loss against Texas. The caller claimed that Miles forced Gundy (O-Coordinator) to become conversative with the big lead and that it happened a few times during the Miles tenure. Hopefully the caller was just bitter at Miles for leaving.
